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Tropical Diseases Bulletin

CAB Abstracts
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
No. of records 6 million +
Links
Global Health bibliographic database
Languages 50 languages (158 countries)
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
No. 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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