Commercialised Databases

By Ms Pinki Sharma Asst. Prof. M.D.U., Rohtak

Science Direct

ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books. There are currently more than 9.5 million articles/chapters, a content base that is growing at a rate of almost 0.5 million additions per year. ScienceDirect is a part of Elsevier whose Headquartered is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the company is the world's largest scientific, technical and medical information provider and publishes over 2,000 journals as well as books and secondary databases.

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AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)

AGRICOLA serves as the catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural information. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from as far back as the 15th century. AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database consisting of literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. It consist of Over 4,970,364 records as of January 2012 which is updated on a monthly basis. It was developed by National Agricultural Library Agricultural Research Service, USDA Baltimore Boulevard, Beltsville, USA

AGRICOLA

This extensive database provides selective worldwide coverage of primary information sources in agriculture and related fields. The literature cited is primarily in English, but over one-third of the database comprises citations in Western European, Slavic, Asian, and African languages. Since 1985, the CAB Thesaurus has been used to select controlled vocabulary terms for subject indexing. Library of Congress Subject Headings are used as controlled vocabulary for cataloging records. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.

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Agriculture supplements AGRICOLA with access to deep indexing for tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature for selected records.

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Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include: Agriculture Products Agriculture (General) Animal Sciences Biotechnology Botany Chemistry Conservation Cytology Economics, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Energy, Agriculture Engineering, Agricultural Entomology Farm Management Feed Science Fertilizers Fibers and Textiles Food and Nutrition Forestry History, Agricultural Horticulture Human Ecology Human Nutrition Hydrology Hydroponics Information Systems for Agriculture Microbiology Natural History Natural Resources Pesticides Physiology Plant Sciences Pollution Public Health Rural Sociology Soil Sciences Veterinary Medicine Water Quality Weather and Climate Wildlife Zoology

Sample Report

Database: AGRICOLA Title: Serial dilution with a confirmation step. Author: Blodgett, R.J. Source: Food microbiology., vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 547-552, Dec 2005 ISSN: 0740-0020 Descriptors: food contamination; bacterial contamination; food pathogens; microbial growth; predictive microbiology; mathematical models; probability analysis; plate count; laboratory techniques; population density Notes: Food microbiology. 2005 Dec., v. 22, no. 6; Includes references Language: English Publication Year: 2005 Publication Type: Journal Article Identifiers: Q200; X100 Holding Library: DNAL QR115.F66 Accession Number: IND43711998

Field Codes

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.
AB = Abstract AF = Author Affiliation AN = Accession Number JP = Journal Pages JV = Journal Volume LA = Language

AU = Author
CA = Corporate Author CF = Conference DE = Descriptors ES = Edition Statement HL = Holding Library IB = ISBN ID = Identifiers IP = Information Provider IS = ISSN JI = Journal Issue JN = Journal Name

MT = Monograph Title
NT = Notes OT = Original Title PB = Publisher PH = Physical Description PT = Publication Type PY = Publication Year SO = Source SR = Series Title TI = Title UD = Update

INSPEC

Inspec is a major indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), England, and formerly by the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), one of the IET's forerunners. Inspec coverage is extensive in the fields of physics and computer, control, and mechanical engineering. Its subject coverage includes astronomy, electronics, communications, ergonomics, computers & computing, computer science, control engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, and physics.

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Inspec was started in 1967 as an outgrowth of the Science Abstracts service. The electronic records were distributed on magnetic tape. In the 1980s, it was available in the U.S. through the Knowledge Index, a low-priced dial-up version of the Dialog service for individual users, which made it popular. Access to Inspec is currently by the Internet through Inspec Direct and various resellers.

ISI Web of Knowledge

ISI Web of Knowledge launched in 2002 is an academic citation indexing and search service, which is combined with web linking and provided by Thomson Reuters. Web of Knowledge coverage encompasses the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. It provides bibliographic content and the tools to access, analyze, and manage research information. It has the attribute that multiple databases can be searched simultaneously.

Science Citation Index (SCI) Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)

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ISI Web of Knowledge

The ISI Web of Knowledge suite encompasses the following databases:

Arts & Humanities Citation Index is accessed via the Web of Science Biological Abstracts Biosis Citation Index on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform CAB Abstracts from CAB Direct Conference Proceedings Citation Index complements and extends the journal-based information in other Web of Science citation databases. Current Chemical Reactions Web of Science access Current Contents Connect Derwent Innovations Index

Essential Science Indicators

FSTA Food Science Technology Abstracts Global Health from CAB Direct Index Chemicus Inspec incorporates backfiles to 1898 ISI Highly Cited

Journal Citation Reports

MEDLINE bibliographic database for the U.S. National Library of Medicine Science Citation Index Expanded Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science provides bibliographic and citation information in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Zoological Record a database of animal biology and taxonomic reference (unofficial register of animal names).