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BIOSIS Previews
Searching for
Broad Organism Groups
Taxa Notes
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Vendor
DataStar
Dialog
Ovid
SilverPlatter
STN
Field tag
(field name)
Controlled
Vocabulary
(Authority
File)
Search
example
Display
example
Notes
Animal-Viruses#, Animals#,
Chordates#,Humans#,
Mammals#, Microorganisms#,
Primates#, Vertebrates#, Viruses#.
Animal Viruses; Animals;
Chordates; Humans; Mammals;
Microorganisms; Primates;
Vertebrates; Viruses
Animal Viruses. Animals.
Chordates. Humans. Mammals.
Microorganisms. Primates.
Vertebrates. Viruses.
Animal-Viruses; Animals-;
Chordates-; Humans-; Mammals-;
Microorganisms-; Primates-;
Vertebrates-; Viruses-
Animal Viruses; Animals;
Chordates; Eubacteria; Humans;
Mammals; Microorganisms;
Primates; Vertebrates; Viruses
.TN. (Taxa Notes)
/DE (Descriptors)
BC= (Biosystematic
Classification/Super Taxa)
.KW. (Keywords)
.TN. (Taxa Notes)
TS= or in TS (Subject Terms)
TN= or in TN (Taxa Notes)
/IT (Index Terms)
/ORGN (Organism Superterms)
Search multi-word terms with
hyphens.
Note the use of #
STN has implemented a system of
mapping to assist searching broad
organism groups.
As the Organism field is only available
in records from 1993-, searching an
Organism Superterm in the /ORGN
field returns a system message
suggesting a search which will also
include the appropriate field for records
prior to 1993.
Example:
S nonhuman mammals/ORGN
System response: "USE nonhuman
mammals+BC/ORGN for a
complete file search."
Use the suggested search to
retrieve records from 1969-
Alternatively enter Organism
Superterms in the/BC field to
search the whole database
without the message.
S birds/BC
Search "taxa notes" in the BIAF file
to view full list of controlled taxa
notes terms.
E (taxa notes) to view full list of
controlled taxa notes terms.
Use TOOLS option, select the Tree
and type "Taxa Notes" to view a
complete list of controlled terms
Use the thesaurus to view the com-
plete list by typing "taxa notes".
Expand taxa notes+NT2/ORGN
to view a complete list of controlled
taxa notes terms.
mammals#
mammals#.TN.
S mammals/DE
S BC=mammals
Mammals.KW.
Mammals.TN.
mammals in TS
mammals in TN
S mammals/IT
S mammals/ORGN
