Zoological Record (ZR
)
The Natural Selection
SilverPlatter
Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts
Dialog Corporation
NISC
Ovid (forthcoming 2003)
Formats
Web, CD
Web
Web, Online
Web, DVD
Web
File Years
1978-present
1978-present
1978-present
1978- Present
1978-Present
Frequency of Updates
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Database Filename
Zoological Record
Zoological Record Plus
File 185, Zoological Record
Online
®
Zoological Record
Full-Text Links
Not currently available
Yes
Full text journal links via
document locators
Not currently available
Yes-to most commercial
aggregators; Open URL services;
library holdings
Yes,
viaJournals@Ovidwww.ovid.co
m/products/fulltext/journals/jour
nals.cfm
Number of Records
>1.5 million
>1.5 million
>1.5 million
>1.5 million
>1.5 milliion
Meetings
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
yes
Abstract Availability
From Volume 137 (2001)
forward
From 1978 forward
From Volume 137 (2001) forward From 1978 forward
From 1978 forward
Network/Intranet
Availability
Yes
No
No
Yes (local hard disk through MS
Windows or HTML browser
Yes
Multi-Site Consortia
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Additional Features
French, German, Spanish
language interface options
Journal holdings standard
SilverPlatter feature
- French, Japanese, Korean, and
Spanish language Interface option
- Abstracts added to backfile
- Free provision of 2 additional
CSA databases: Web Resources
and Recent References (current
awareness feature)
Dialog ERATM (Electronic
Redistribution & Archiving
Service)
-Record display links to 30,000+
selected Species Profiles available
at Government, University & NGO
websites
-Index terms link directly to ZR
Thesaurus from record
-Nearly 1 million abstracts added to
the ZR backfile starting from 1978
-Hierarchical display of
Systematics data during record
view
-Subscription includes discounts to
some NISC products
Linking to Local holdings
Billing
Annual Fee
Annual Fee
Transactional Fee
Annual Fee
Annual Fee
URL
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http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/qzr
.htm
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