BIOSIS Previews
®
Your Gateway to Life Science Research
EBSCO
(forthcoming 2003)
Ovid
ScienceDirect®
SilverPlatter®
Web of Knowledge®
Formats
Web
Web
Online
CD
Web
Web
CD
Web
File Years
1969-Present
Web/Online:
1969 - Present
CD: 1985 - Present
1993 - Present
Web: 1969 - Present
CD: 1969 - Present
1969-Present
Frequency of Updates
Weekly
Web/Online:Weekly
CD: Monthly
Weekly
Web: Weekly
CD: Monthly
Weekly
Online File Names
BIOZ (1969 - Present)
BIOL (1990 - Present)
BI85 (1985 - 1989)
BIOB (1969 - 1984)
Full-Text Links
Yes
Yes, via
Journals@Ovid
www.ovid.com/
products/fulltext/
journals/journals.cfm
Yes, via CrossRef
(
www.crossref.org
),
ScienceDirect full text and
ScienceDirect Gateway Partners
Yes, via
SilverLinker
www.silverplatter.com/
silverlinker/
Yes, via
ISI Links
www.isinet.com/isi/isilinks
Number of Records
1969-Present
Web/Online (>14 million)
CD (> 6.5 million)
> ~5 million
Web (>14 million)
CD (> 14 million)
>14 million
CAS Registry Numbers®
1993-Present
1993 Present
1993 Present
1993 Present
1993 Present
MeSH Disease Terms
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cross-Database Searching
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
U.S. Patents
Yes, partial years
Yes, partial years
Yes, partial years
Yes, partial years
Yes, partial years
Meeting Reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Network/Intranet
Availability
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Consortia
Availability
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Payment Options
Annual Fee
Transactional Fee
Annual Fee
Annual Fee
Annual Fee
Contact Information
EBSCO
Ovid Technologies, Inc.
ovid@ovid.com
www.ovid.com
Elsevier Science
info@sciencedirect.com
www.sciencedirect.com
SilverPlatter Information, Inc.
info@silverplatter.com
www.silverplatter.com
ISI
sales@isinet.com
www.isinet.com
