Many sources of information are covered in
BIOSIS Pre v i e w s
, including journal art i c l e s ,
books (including textbooks), proceedings of
meetings, conferences and symposia, mono-
graphs, re p o rts, short communications, soft-
w a re reviews, notes and re v i e w s .
A p p roximately 6,500 serials from over 100
countries are monitored for inclusion in
BIOSIS Pre v i e w s
. Over 39 languages are
re p resented in the database.
The diverse coverage of BIOSIS Pre v i e w s
p rovides a vast amount of information which
is not available in similar databases like
Medline and Embase. For instance, re p o rt ,
re v i e w, and meeting literature is covere d
much more comprehensively in B I O S I S
P re v i e w s
. The ability to obtain these re f e r-
ences is extremely important since many of
these papers may not ever be published
in journ a l s .
F u rt h e rm o re, BIOSIS Pre v i e w s spans a
much wider range of topics than other medi-
cal databases. Rather than emphasizing hu-
man medical re s e a rch, which is often the
case with Medline and Embase, B I O S I S
P reviews
p rovides information on all aspects
of medicine, from preclinical re s e a rch to vet-
e r i n a ry science.
Medical subjects comprise a large amount
of the BIOSIS Pre v i e w s database and the
s t rong emphasis on medical topics contin-
ues to be a BIOSIS priority.
A reas of medical coverage in B I O S I S
Previews
include:
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B I O S I S
P R E V I E W S
C O V E R A G E
Clinical and Applied Research
involving humans directly or
potentially, including surgery,
diagnosis, disease, psychiatry,
therapy and public health.
Preclinical Experimental
Research
including anatomy,
physiology, biochemistry,
microbiology, methods, cytology,
genetics and immunology.
