BIOSIS: its agricultural coverage and products

Abstract

BIOSIS is the world's largest abstracting and indexing service for biological and biomedical research. An independent not‐for‐profit organization, BIOSIS was founded in 1926 and aims to make life science information available to the scientific community through its bibliographic databases and related services. In fulfilling this aim during the last 65 years, BIOSIS has grown and now supports over 100 products and services, being best known for its printed publications, Biological Abstracts (BA) and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews & Meetings) (BA/RRM). Following an agreement in 1980, BIOSIS and the Zoological Society of London now jointly publish Zoological Record, the oldest continuing index to zoological literature, which was the first published in 1865. BIOSIS UK is concerned primarily with the production of this database, although staff are also involved in the education of users and promotion of all BIOSIS products in the UK.

Citation

Robinson, N. (1992), "BIOSIS: its agricultural coverage and products", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 44 No. 6, pp. 239-242. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051277