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	ORGANIZATION:	BIOSIS
	ACTIVE DATES:	1926-2004
	ADDRESS:	2100 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-1399
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	OTHER INFORMATION:	As of early 1999, BIOSIS described itself as "a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster the growth, communication and use of biological knowledge for the common good. By accumulating the world's largest collection of abstracts and bibliographic references to worldwide biological and medical literature and organizing this information for easy access, BIOSIS provides vital sources of information for life scientists. BIOSIS processes approximately 550,000 items each year, from primary research and review journals, books, monographs, and conference proceedings. The BIOSIS information system, a pool of material totalling over 13 million citations at the end of 1997, is available in several formats. These include Biological Abstracts, the leading printed reference publication for life science information and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings) (BA/RRM), the companion printed reference to Biological Abstracts. BIOSIS also publishes Zoological Record, supplying a comprehensive collection of references to zoological research articles worldwide." In 2004, BIOSIS assets were acquired by Thomson (Loyd, 2004). BIOSIS Previews, which combines Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM, is now offered by Clarivate (Clarivate, 2023).
	SOURCES:	Clarivate. (n.d.). BIOSIS Previews on Web of Science. Retrieved September 13, 2023, from https://clarivate.com/products/scientific-and-academic-research/research-discovery-and-workflow-solutions/webofscience-platform/biosis-previews-on-web-of-science/ Loyd, L. (2004, January 13). Thomson purchases Biosis publishing. Philadelphia Inquirer. https://web.archive.org/web/20050301104145/http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/7695484.htm

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-BIOSIS, established in 1926, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster the growth, communication and use of biological knowledge for the common good. By accumulating the world's largest collection of abstracts and bibliographic references to worldwide biological and medical literature and organizing this information for easy access, BIOSIS provides vital sources of information for life scientists.<p>BIOSIS processes approximately 550,000 items each year, from primary research and review journals, books, monographs, and conference proceedings. The BIOSIS information system, a pool of material totalling over 13 million citations at the end of 1997, is available in several formats. These include <i>Biological Abstracts</i>, the leading printed reference publication for life science information and <i>Biological Abstracts</i>, the companion printed reference to <i>Biological Abstracts</i>. BIOSIS also publishes <i>Zoological Record</i>, supplying a comprehensive collection of references to zoological research articles worldwide.
+As of early 1999, BIOSIS [https://web.archive.org/web/19990117004351/http://www.biosis.org/htmls/common/biosis.html described] itself as "a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster the growth, communication and use of biological knowledge for the common good. By accumulating the world's largest collection of abstracts and bibliographic references to worldwide biological and medical literature and organizing this information for easy access, BIOSIS provides vital sources of information for life scientists.<p>BIOSIS processes approximately 550,000 items each year, from primary research and review journals, books, monographs, and conference proceedings. The BIOSIS information system, a pool of material totalling over 13 million citations at the end of 1997, is available in several formats. These include <i>Biological Abstracts</i>, the leading printed reference publication for life science information and <i>Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings) (BA/RRM)</i>, the companion printed reference to <i>Biological Abstracts</i>. BIOSIS also publishes <i>Zoological Record</i>, supplying a comprehensive collection of references to zoological research articles worldwide." <p>In 2004, BIOSIS assets were acquired by Thomson (Loyd, 2004). BIOSIS Previews, which combines Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM, is now offered by Clarivate (Clarivate, 2023).
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+Clarivate. (n.d.). ''BIOSIS Previews on Web of Science''. Retrieved September 13, 2023, from https://clarivate.com/products/scientific-and-academic-research/research-discovery-and-workflow-solutions/webofscience-platform/biosis-previews-on-web-of-science/
+Loyd, L. (2004, January 13). Thomson purchases Biosis publishing. ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. https://web.archive.org/web/20050301104145/http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/7695484.htm
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