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Welcome to the BIOSIS Previews training
course. This presentation can be used as
a self-instruction package or to instruct
others in the use of BIOSIS Previews.
The following materials are available from
the BIOSIS Web site (www.biosis.org) and
can be used to accompany this course:
PowerPoint Presentation providing an
electronic companion to this course with
details of the database for each major
search system
Workbook this workbook is available in
PDF format, and provides platform specific
search assistance and field descriptions
Workshop Questions sample search
questions and answers customized for
each major search system
Quick Reference Cards handy desktop
references which can be used as a reminder
of database fields and functions
Table of Contents:
I. BIOSIS Help Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
II. About BIOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
III. BIOSIS Previews Coverage Statistics and Source Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
IV. Searching BIOSIS Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Sample Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Record Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Author Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Source Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Controlled Vocabulary List (Authority File) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Subject Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Organism Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
V. Search Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
VI. Field Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
VII. Search Strategy Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
VIII. BIOSIS Search Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
IX. BIOSIS Help Desks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
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