CAB Direct (database)
| Producer | CABI (United Kingdom) |
|---|---|
| History | 1973 to present |
| Languages | Fifty languages, English abstracts |
| Access | |
| Providers | Datastar, Dialog bluesheets, STN International, CAB Direct (CABI's own platform), Thomson-Reuters Web of Knowledge, EBSCO, OvidSP, Dimdi |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | applied life sciences - agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied economics, food science and nutrition |
| Record depth | bibliographic, abstracting and indexing |
| Format coverage | journal articles, abstracts, proceedings, books, book chapters, monographs, annual reports, handbooks, bulletins, newsletters, discussion papers, field notes, technical information, thesis papers |
| Temporal coverage | 1973–present |
| Geospatial coverage | Global - international |
| Number of records | 6 million + |
| Links | |
| Languages | 50 languages (158 countries) |
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| Access | |
| Providers | CAB Direct, SilverPlatter, Web of Knowledge, EBSCO, OvidSP, Dialog, Dimdi |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | international health research (medical and public) |
| Record depth | bibliographic, abstracting and indexing |
| Format coverage | scientific journals, reports, books and conferences |
| Temporal coverage | 1973 to present |
| Geospatial coverage | global-international |
| Number of records | 1.2 million scientific records |
CAB Direct is a source of references for the applied life sciences It incorporates two bibliographic databases: CAB Abstracts and Global Health. CAB Direct is an access point for multiple bibliographic databases produced by CABI. This database contains 8.8 million bibliographic records, which includes 85,000 full text articles. It also includes noteworthy literature reviews. News articles and reports are also part of this combined database.
In the U.K., in 1947, the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux became the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux or CAB. In 1986 the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux became CAB International or CABI
CAB Abstracts is an applied life sciences bibliographic database emphasising agricultural literature, which is international in scope. It contains 6 million records, with coverage from 1973 to present day, adding 300,000 abstracts per year. Subject coverage includes agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied economics, food science and nutrition. Database covers international issues in agriculture, forestry, and allied disciplines in the life sciences. Indexed publications are from 150 countries in 50 languages, including English abstracts for most articles. Literature coverage includes journals, proceedings, books, and a large collection of agricultural serials. Other non-journal formats are also indexed.
CAB Abstracts Archive is a searchable database produced by CABI. It is created from 600 volumes of printed abstracts, which are the collected and published scientific research from 1910 to 1972, and then digitized to form the archive. This archive database contains more than 1.8 million records which covers agriculture, veterinary science, nutrition and the environment. Subject coverage also includes biodiversity, pest control, environmental pollution, animal disease (including zoonotic diseases), nutrition, and food production. Natural resource management includes plant and animal breeding. CAB Abstracts Archive is also indexed in other databases, which also serve as access points. These other databases are CAB Direct, Web of Knowledge, EBSCOhost, OvidSP, and Dialog.
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