Recently the Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) purchased the BIOSIS and Zoological Record Archives, greatly expanding access at Stanford to the older literature of the life sciences.
Both archives are available via the ISI Web of Knowledge http://www.isiknowledge.com/ and via the SULAIR databases Web site. See also SULAIR Improves Access to Databases and Articles in this issue.
BIOSIS
BIOSIS indexes the worldwide literature of the life sciences. It covers cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, basic biomedical sciences, neurobiology, plant and animal biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, population biology, and more. Journal articles, books, book chapters, meeting abstracts, and other document types are indexed. Its primary print equivalent, Biological Abstracts, began publication in 1926. Together the BIOSIS Archive and current file cover the complete contents of Biological Abstracts from its first volume to the current year.
Zoological Record
Zoological Record (ZR) is an in-depth index to the literature of animal biology. It has long acted as the world's unofficial register of animal names, and while it is particularly strong in taxonomy, population biology, biodiversity, and veterinary biology, it indexes literature on all aspects of biology of living and fossil animals. Over 5,000 serials are covered, and ZR indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and other document types. ZR is the oldest continuing index in animal biology and the Archive and current file cover the complete contents of the printed Zoological Record.
Please Note
Several important journals in the life sciences now offer full text of older articles online. For example, articles in the Journal of Biological Chemistry are available from 1905 to the present in PDF, and Science is available from 1880 to the present. Records in the BIOSIS and ZR Archives will be linked to the full text of these older articles when available.
At this time, the BIOSIS Archive is not available via SearchPlus at LANL, and the Zoological Record Archive is not available via CSA.
