Biological Abstracts Now Available via BIOSIS Previews. Can Cross Search.

Access to the databases Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM (reports, reviews, meetings) is now available through one combined database called BIOSIS Previews, on the Web of Knowledge platform. BIOSIS Previews includes all of Biological Abstracts and also indexes literature and taxonomic reviews, books and book chapters, meeting papers and abstracts, patents, and other types of documents. The database is updated weekly.

With three of the major life sciences databases available on the same Web of Knowledge platform, users can now cross search Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, and Zoological Record. The quickest way to use the CrossSearch feature is to select one of the three databases from the NCSU Libraries Databases list. Once you are in the database, choose CrossSearch from the pull-down menu at the top of the screen and click Go.

After that, simply enter your search terms and select the timespan that you wish to search. Note: not all of the databases’ unique search features are available with CrossSearch.