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BasicBIOSIS

Revised 12/2/03

Database Name: BasicBIOSIS
Short Database Name: BIOS
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • Covers the basic core of life science journals found in college and university libraries and written for undergraduate non-biology majors
  • Includes popular and scholarly science journals
Subjects included
agriculture biochemistry biology
biotechnology botany ecology
environment genetics medicine
microbiology neuroscience nutrition
physiology public health  

Coverage/update frequency

Current year plus previous four update years.
New records are added monthly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for BasicBIOSIS  and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field
Year 008
Accession Number 035/a
Author 100/a,e
700/a,e
Author Address 100/u,v
700/u
Author E-mail 100/8
700/6
Corporate Author 110/a
710/a
Translated Title 242/a
Title 245/a
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Content Type 598/b
Meeting Title 611/a
Meeting Location 611/c
Meeting Date 611/d
Geographic Terms 697/b
Chemical Name 697/e
Chemical Name Variant 697/f
CAS Registry Number 697/g
Drug Modifier 697/h
Chemical Role 697/i
Chemical Process 697/j
Enzyme Commission Number 697/k
Chemical Detail(s) 697/L
Geographic Term Variant 697/m
Geopolitical Locations 697/n
Zoogeographical Region 697/o
Marine Zone 697/p
Citation 773/g
ISSN Qualifier 773/q
Journal Title 773/t
ISSN 773/x
Second ISSN Qualifier 798/q
Second ISSN 798/x
Parent Book Author 799/a,b,e,h
Translated Parent Book Title 799/c
Parent Book Coporate Author 799/i
Book Series Title 799/k
Publication Year (Books and Book Chapters) 799/o
Pagination (Books and Book Chapters) 799/q
Parent Book Title 799/t
Book Publisher URL 799/w
Book Series ISSN 799/x
Book ISBN 799/z
Book Series ISBN 799/0
Book Series Volume/Enumeration 799/2
Instructions 856/i
Full Text Format (e.g., ASCII, PDF) 856/q
URL to External Website or Link to Full Text Article (Direct Article Access) 856/u
Note (e.g. OCLC Direct Article Access, size) 856/x
Materials Specified (e.g. Cover Art, Local Ownership Info) 856/3
Database from which Full Text Article Is Accessed 856/8
Taxa Notes 903/i
Organism Classifier 903/j
Organism Name 903/k
Type of Organism Name 903/L
Variant of Organism Name 903/m
Taxonomic Level (Type) of the Variant Name 903/n
New Taxon (Organism Name) 903/o
Developmental Stage(s) 903/p
Organism Role(s) 903/q
Fossil Indicator 903/r
Organism Gender 903/s
Organism Detail(s) 903/t
Gene Name Variant 903/u
Gene Name Detail(s) 903/v
Disease Variant Term 903/w
MeSH Term 903/x
Disease Affiliation 903/y
Disease Detail(s) 903/z
Super Taxa 903/0
Gene Name 903/1
Diseases 903/2
Parts, Structures & System Variant Terms 905/s
Parts, Structures & Systems Organ System 905/t
Parts, Structures & Systems Detail(s) 905/u
Methods & Equipment Variant Terms 905/v
Equipment 905/w
Methods & Equipment Supplier 905/x
Methods & Equipment Role 905/y
Methods & Equipment Detail(s) 905/z
Parts, Structures, & Systems of Organisms 905/0
Methods & Equipment 905/1
Library Holdings 948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names.
Volume 949/a
Issue 949/b
Page Range 949/c
Supplement 949/d
OCLC-Defined Date 949/e
First Page 949/f
OCLC-Defined Publication Date 949/g
Julian Day 949/j
OCLC Display Type 949/x
Copyright Statement 949/y
Date Produced/Date of Entry 953/b
Record Type 960/g
Geologic Time Classifier 966/a
Geologic Time Detail(s) 966/b
Geologic Time 966/c
Item URL 973/b
Item URL Date 973/c
Journal URL 973/e
Cover Date 973/j
Publication Year 973/k
Publication Year 2 973/L
Medium 973/n
Book Publisher 973/o
Book Publisher Address 973/p
Meeting Sponsor 973/r
Correction/Retraction Note 973/u
Major Concepts 973/v
Sequence Data 973/3
Miscellaneous Descriptors 974/b
Miscellaneous Descriptors Details 974/c
Update Date (of record) 974/f
Concept Codes and Text 974/g
Abstract Indicator (Y/N) 974/L
Human Marker 974/n
Major Concepts Broader Terms 974/q
DOI 983/7

Indexes

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

  1. For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
  2. Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
  3. Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.

FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any 5110 2 242/a
245/a
520/a
611/a,c,d
773/t
799/c,k,t
697/b,e-p
903/i-2
905/s-1
966/a,b,c
973/r,v,3
974/b,c,g,Q
Keyword All Any

1016

2 008<date1>
100/a
110/a
242/a
245/a
520/a
611/a,c,d
700/a
710/a
773/t,x
798/x
799/a,b,c,i,k,t,x,z,0
697/b,e-p
903/i-2
905/s-1
949/e,g
966/a,b,c
973/r,v,3
974/b,c,g,Q
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Author (au,au=) Author-name 1003 1,2,101 100/a
110/a
700/a
710/a
799/a,b,i
Chemical Information(cx) OCLC Defined 5130 2

697/e-L
Conference Name(cn) Author-name-conference 1006 2 611/a,c,d
973/r
Conference Name Phrase(cn=) Author-name-conference 1006 1 611/a
Content Type(ct) Content-type 1034 2 598/b
Corporate Author Phrase (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 110/a
710/a
799/i
Disease Information(di) OCLC Defined 5131 2 903/w,x,y,z,2
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Gene Information (gf) OCLC Defined 5132 2 903/u,v,1
Geographic Information (go) OCLC Defined 5133 2 697/b,m-p
Geologic Time (gt) OCLC Defined 5134 2 966/a,b,c
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b,d
Language Phrase (ln=) Code-language 54 1 546/a
Major Concept (mc) OCLC Defined 5946 2 973/v
974/q
Methods & Equipment(me) OCLC Defined 5135 2 905/v-z,1
Organism Information (oi) OCLC Defined 5128 2 903/i-t,0
Parts & Structure Information (px) OCLC Defined 5136 2 905/s,t,u,0
Publication Date (pd) Date-publication 30 2 949/e,g
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 973/o
Record Type (rt=) Material-type 1031 1 960/g
Sequence Information (sq) OCLC Defined 5137 2 973/3
Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1,2 773/t
799/c,k,t
Standard Number (sn, sn=) Identifier-standard 1007 1,2 773/x
798/x
799/x,z,0
Subject (su, su=) Subject area 21 1,2 611/a,c,d
697/b,e-p
903/i-2
905/s-1
966/a,b,c
973/r,v,3
974/b,c,g,q
Taxonomic Terms (tt) OCLC Defined 5129 2 903/j,0
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1,2 242/a
245/a
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) * Date - publication 31 4,5 008/<date1>
Year 2 (yy) OCLC Defined 5031 4,5 973/L

Restrictors

The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search.   They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results:

Restrictor Type Input Use Attribute Structure Attribute Fields
Year * No Limit
Single Year
Range of Years		 --
19XX
19XX-20XX		 31 5 008/<date1>
Abstract Indicator (AI) No Limit
Abstract
No Abstract		 --
y
n		 5026 2 974/L
Human Limiter (HU) No Limit
Humans		 --
hum		 5948 2 974/n
Full Text ** Fulltext fulltext 6002 2 --

* Year is both an index and a restrictor.

** This functionality is dependent on your institution's full text access.

Sorting

Search results in the BasicBIOSIS database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title (4), Source (1033), and Date (<008>).

General punctuation rules

(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):

Punctuation Rule Punctuation Rule
" Delete and collapse $ Delete and collapse
' (apostrophe) Delete and collapse % Delete and collapse
. Delete and collapse * Delete and collapse
, (comma) Delete and collapse + Delete and collapse
; Delete and collapse > Delete and collapse
: Delete and collapse < Delete and collapse
() Delete and collapse @ Delete and collapse
<> Delete and collapse ? Delete and collapse
{} Delete and collapse -- Delete and collapse
[] Delete and collapse / Substitute a space
= Delete and collapse - Retain and index
! Delete and collapse & Retain and index
# Delete and collapse

Searching tips

Keyword All searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds information in these fields: Abstract (520/a); Author (100/a, 700/a, 799/b); Publication Date (949/e,g); Source Phrase (773/t); Standard Number (773/x, 798/x, 799/x,z,0); Subject (611/a,c,d, 697/b,e-p, 903/i-2, 905/s-1, 966/a,b,c, 973/r,v,3, 974/b,c,g,q); Title (242/a, 245/a) and Year (008/<date1>).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31),  Abstract Indicator (5026), and Human Limiter (5948).

Copyright

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