Not to be confused with BIOBASE (company), a German publisher of molecular biology databases.
| Producer | Elsevier |
|---|---|
| History | 1954–present |
| Languages | English |
| Access | |
| Providers | DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, STN |
| Cost | Subscription |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Biology |
| Record depth | indexing, abstracting, bibliographic citations, and separate species dictionary |
| Format coverage | titles, authors, abstracts, bibliographic details and authors' addresses |
| Temporal coverage | 1994–present |
| Geospatial coverage | World wide coverage |
| Number of records | Over 4 million |
| Update frequency | Weekly |
| Print edition | |
| ISSN | 0733-4443 |
| Links | |
Elsevier BIOBASE is a bibliographic database covering all topics pertaining to biological research throughout the world. It was established in the 1950s in print format as Current Awareness in Biological Sciences. Temporal coverage is from 1994 to the present. The database has over 4.1 million records as of December 2008. More than 300,000 records are added annually and 84% contain an abstract. It is updated weekly.
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Coverage of the biological sciences is derived from 1,900 journals. Subjects are indexed by titles, authors, abstracts, bibliographic details and authors' addresses. This database covers the following disciplines:[1][2][3][4]
Access points on the internet are DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI, and STN.
This database continues: [5]
It also continues in part:[5]