Are you a life scientist researching organisms?
BIOSIS Previews allows you to explore the entire field of life sciences by providing access to journal content from Biological Abstracts supplemented by Biological Abstract Reports, Reviews and Meetings.
Our BIOSIS Previews coverage dates from 1926 to present, and includes
the traditional areas of biological sciences, such as zoology, botany,
microbiology, as well as emerging areas like drug discovery, gene therapy,
biodiversity and biotechnology.
Searching for an organism using the taxonomic data field
Biosis
Previews uses a relational indexing system, which provides hierarchical access
to kingdom, family and common genus species names. Knowing how to best utilise
the taxonomic structure of the database will assist in targeting your search to
retrieve records with the required organism as the primary focus of the
article.
Start by
performing a topic search, listing as many variations as possible of the
organism name, either the formal scientific name, Latin name or the common
organism name.
Select a
relevant result based on title information and scroll down past the abstract to
the taxonomic data table.
The
taxonomic data table displays the following categories: Super Taxa, Taxa Notes,
Organism Classifier, Organism name and Variant.
The Super
Taxa field refers to broad categories of organisms, in this instance Mammalia,
Marsupialia. The Taxa Notes supply the common names of broad groups of
organisms, for example Marsupials, Mammals and more. The Organism Classifier
provides the controlled term for the taxonomic rank of family as well as the
five-digit Biosystematic Code for an organism. Organism name refers to the
organism name as provided by the author and this will assist users unfamiliar
with the taxonomic nomenclature to easily search for an organism. The Variant
name is also captured if the article provides this information. Other details
on the organism such as gender, its developmental stage and role may also be
supplied.
Once you
have a clearer picture of the appropriate terms to use, you would narrow your
search by entering the organism name in the taxonomic data field.
The Super
Taxa terms or Taxa Notes are useful for broadening a search. To broaden your
search to include both kangaroos and wallabies, use the Organism Classifier
term “Macropodia“.
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