BIOSIS Previews are an electronic version of Biological Abstracts (BA) and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings), containing bibliographic information on subjects ranging from traditional areas of biology such as botany, zoology and microbiology to related fields such as agriculture, pharmacology, bio-physics, ecology, bio-engineering and experimental clinical medicine.
The BIOSIS Previews Backfile 1969-2008 has been purchased by JISC Collections and is available free of charge to UK Higher and Further Education institutions and Research Councils.
Additionally, new subscribers to the BIOSIS Previews Backfile have the opportunity to receive access to the BIOSIS Previews Current Data at a deeply discounted rate. The new agreement will also provide access to the new Biosis Citation Index at no extra cost.
Content description
Biosis Previews offers:
- Coverage of nearly 6,000 journal titles, containing 18 million records with coverage from 1926 to the current day.
- Over 165,000 documents from more than 1,500 meetings.
- Specialized indexing, with tags to vital data such as CAS Registry numbers, Enzyme Commission numbers, and cross-references throughout to gene, disease, and organism names.
Biosis Citation Index offers:
- Information on emerging research trends
- Integrated searching, writing, and bibliographic management.
- Cited reference searching with a citation score card to keep track of citation counts from various resources.
- Author identification, analysis and visualization tools.
- Searching capabilities such as spell check, left hand truncation, and auto detect for search terms.
For more information please see http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/specialized/bci/.
Main subject areas
- Botany
- Zoology
- Microbiology
- agriculture
- Pharmacology
- Bio-physics
- Ecology
- Bio-engineering
- Experimental clinical medicine
Academic level
Postgraduate, undergraduate.
Date range
Coverage dates from 1969 – present day.
Updates
Weekly.
Publisher's selection policy
Selection for BIOSIS databases occurs at two levels: first at the journal, or source, level where journals are evaluated and accepted for coverage and then, as issues of a journal are received, at the journal issue level, where items within an issue are chosen for inclusion.
At the journal level, the BIOSIS editorial group evaluates a title for coverage on three aspects of the publication's attributes: Subject; Editorial Content and Publication Attributes; and Geographic Origin and Scope.
Once a source journal is accepted for coverage, guidelines are established for item selection based on the content of that source. Many sources are 'cover-to-cover' meaning that nearly every item from the journal will be included in BIOSIS coverage. Other sources are ‘non-cover-to-cover' where certain sections or types of items are not selected. At the issue, or item, level certain items are excluded.
More information on Biosis Previews's selection policy
Subscription
This is a two part agreement covering BIOSIS Previews current data for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 and the BIOSIS Previews Backfile 1969-2008.
BIOSIS Previews Backfile 1969-2008
This backfile is freely available in perpetuity to all UK Higher and Further Education Institutions and Research Councils.
BIOSIS Previews Current Data 2009-2011
JISC Collections is working with Thomson Reuters on an innovative model to widen access to BIOSIS Previews. The model will allow institutions that do not currently take BIOSIS Previews to access current data at a deeply discounted rate. These subscription fees will be used to discount the fees being paid by current subscribers, thus benefitting all institutions.
Information for Existing Subscribers on the new arrangements and how to subscribe.
Information for New Subscribers on the new arrangements and how to subscribe.
This information is restricted to users from the Higher and Further Education community who are visiting our website from the 'ac.uk' domain. If you have any queries please contact the JISC Collections Helpdesk on 01993 880044 or email subscriptionshelp@jisc.ac.uk.
Additional Authorised User Initiative
Additional Authorised User licences will be supported on a case-by-case basis and Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Inc welcome requests from institutions regarding this provision. Please email jon.stroll@thomsonreuters.com, for more information, and include:
- details of your partner institution
- details of the number of staff and students in your partner institution (and the numbers of staff and students requiring access to the online resource if it is a subset of the institution's staff and students)
- details of the courses with which the resource will be used
Functionality and standards compliance
Full text linking
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Federated searching
Biosis Previews provide various Web Services and are compatible with most commercial Federated search engines. Z39.50 is not supported.
Metadata standards
TBC
Search options
- General Search
- Cited Reference Search
- Chemical Structure Search
- Advanced Search
- Web Services
Post-search options
- Direct export to EndNote and EndNote Web
- Save to file
- Alerting
- RSS
Usage statistics
COUNTER-compliant usage statistics are available.
Authentication
Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens, and IP range
Personalisation of the online resource
Institutions can include their logo and a hyperlink to their library. Up to 5 logos are supported.
Accessibility
TBC
Library support information