BIOSIS Previews | Embase | |
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Years |
1926– |
1947– |
Literature Types |
Journal articles, patents, books (and some book chapters), technical reports, dissertations, conference papers; 50+ languages |
Journal articles, books (and some book chapters), conference papers; 50+ languages |
Purpose(s) | Breadth: comprehensively indexing worldwide life sciences literature | Breadth: comprehensively indexing worldwide biomedical literature |
Updates | Weekly | Daily |
Additional notes | Overlaps with PubMed content, but covers additional journals and additional literature types | Overlaps with PubMed content, but covers additional European and Asian journals and additional literature types; particularly strong coverage of literature on drugs and toxicology |