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ach record in BIOSIS Previews and BIOSIS Previews/RN contains a number of
separately searchable components called data elements (or fields or paragraphs). Data
elements make the record format systematic and uniform and are your access points
to the records.
The data elements can be grouped into four broad categories:
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Record Identification Information: Accession Number and Journal Announcement
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Subject Information: Title, Abstract, Added Keywords, Concept Codes, Biosystematic
Codes and Super Taxonomic Groups
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Author Information: Author and Author Affiliation
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Source Information: Journal, Bibliographic Information, Publication Year, ISSN,
CODEN and Language
Record Identification Information: Accession Number,
Journal Announcement
Accession Number: 9 7 2 9 2 5 0 5
Journal Announcement: Biological Abstracts Vol. 098 Iss. 001 Ref. 014150
This field contains the unique eight-digit identification number assigned by BIOSIS.
From 1994 forward, all records for each year will have the same volume number, begin-
ning with 97. Information on the print reference is provided in the Journal Announce-
ment field.
Prior to 1994, the first two digits represent the volume number of B A o r
B A / R R M in which the reference was published and the last six digits represent
the citation number.
This field, available from 1994 forward, indicates where the reference was
published in B A or B A / R R M.
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