Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:46:12 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard
Reply-To: NetGold@yahoogroups.com
To: NetGold
Subject: [NetGold] DATABASES: MEDICAL HEALTH BIOSCIENCES BIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY
: BUSINESS: ACQUISITIONS MERGERS: Thomson Buys Biosis Publishing
DATABASES: MEDICAL HEALTH BIOSCIENCES BIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY : BUSINESS:
ACQUISITIONS MERGERS: Thomson Buys Biosis Publishing
If perhaps, perchange the reader of this post has not heard of BIOSIS,
their website should explain much about a critically important publisher,
indexer and content provider in the fields of the biosciences in the form
of print indexes and online databases. Biological Abstracts is the most
known print index of biology articles and research publications published
by BIOSIS and the database BIOSIS is the most important database provided by
the BIOSIS organization.
BIOSIS
"Influenza
The World Health Organization estimates that up to half a million deaths
are caused by the flu each year, with new strains of flu viruses
constantly testing researchers' ability to create effective vaccines.
BIOSIS databases are ideal for this type of research, with in-depth
coverage of the many fields that contribute to flu research, including
epidemiology, immunology, infectious diseases, molecular genetics, public
health, and virology.
A search of the BIOSIS databases for information on flu yields 44,447
relevant results from hundreds of journals, meetings, and reports from
all over the world."
"BIOSIS is a non-profit organization that delivers flexible information
services including databases and customized information products to the
global life sciences community.
What BIOSIS does
Selects Documents from thousands of sources worldwide
Indexes and abstracts them into citations which describe their content
Maintains Databases for searching citations - adding more than 600,000 new
entries each year"
"BIOSIS databases are the most complete resource for finding life sciences
information.
BIOSIS databases are
Interdisciplinary
BIOSIS databases integrate important subjects from many different fields
all across biology.
International
More than 90 nations are represented in BIOSIS databases.
Easy to Search
BIOSIS databases use a unique indexing system that allows flexible,
efficient searching.
Informed by Diverse Sources
You can find citations for articles, meetings, patents, book chapters, and
more in BIOSIS databases."
Full List of Biosis Products Including Databases
-----------------------------------------------------
Thompson
Thompson has become through the acquisition of a variety of information
publishers and database providers a major databank owner and the provider
of numerous databases through these databanks.
Owned by Thompson are
Gale
Dialog
Datastar
Westlaw
ISI
One gets a sense looking through the alphabetical lists of resources owned
by Thompson of the tremendous size of their information searching and
providing resources on this page with its links to entries for each letter
of the alphabet:
LEARNING PRODUCT AND SOLUTION FEATURES
Here is just the list of products found under the letter "A"
ACADEMIC DISCPLINES
ACT Assessment Set Gives the Confidence You Need for the Big Exam
ACT Assessment Set, 2003- 4 Volumes, 6th Edition
Accounting Principles & Practice / Workbook
Accounting Resource Center
Accounting/Record Keeping Resource Center - Post-secondary
Accounting/Record-keeping Resource Center - High School
Advanced Financial Accounting
Advanced Placement Catalog
Agriscience Resource Center
Allied Health Resource Center
American Decades: Primary Sources
The American Journey Online Empowers Students to Interpret U.S. History
American Men and Women of Science
AnswersPlus
Anthropology Resource Center
Assessment Solutions
Astronomy Resource Center
At Thomson Learning, we help you achieve your education and training goals
with tailored solutions that are focused on results.
Attract Backing For Your New Business
Auto Repair Technician
Auto Repair Technician
AutoDesk Press
Autoed Resource Center
2Prep.com
2ittrain.com
2test.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Thompson owns several database searching services or databanks like
Dialog, Datastar, Westlaw and Infotrak. One can get a sense of the
tremendous scope of information sources that are provided through Thompson
by snooping around the Dialog site and noticing what Dialog provides in
the way of databases.
Dialog
http://www.dialog.com
Sources Available on Dialog and
Dialog DataStar
Dialog Database Catalog
Dialog Bluesheets
DIALOG Bluesheets
Databases in Alphabetic Order
DIALOG Bluesheets
Databases by Subject Category
Dialog Bluesheet for BIOSIS
BIOSIS Previews
ONTAP BIOSIS Previews (FILE 205)
"BIOSIS Previews contains citations from Biological Abstracts (BA), and
Biological Abstracts/Reports, Reviews, and Meetings (BA/RRM) (formerly
BioResearch Index), the major publications of BIOSIS. Together, these
publications constitute the major English- language service providing
comprehensive worldwide coverage of research in the biological and
biomedical sciences. Biological Abstracts includes approximately 350,000
accounts of original research yearly from nearly 5,000 primary journal
and monograph titles. Biological Abstracts/RRM includes an additional
200,000+ citations a year from meeting abstracts, reviews, books, book
chapters, notes, letters, and selected reports. U.S. patents are included
from 1986 through 1989 and from 1994 to the present.
Abstracts are available for records beginning in 1976."
Subject Coverage
All life science subjects are covered, including but not limited to the
following:
Aerospace Biology
Agriculture
Anatomy
Bacteriology
Behavioral Sciences
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Cell Biology
Clinical Medicine
Environmental Biology
Experimental Medicine
Genetics
Immunology
Microbiology
Nutrition
Occupational Health
Parasitology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Public Health
Radiation Biology
Systematic Biology
Toxicology
Veterinary Science
Virology
Dates Covered: 1969 to present (File 5)
1993 to the present (File 55)
1984-1990 (File 205)
File Size: 14,263,542 records as of October 2003 (File 5)
6,753,531 records as of October 2003 (File 55)
60,000 records (File 205)
Update Frequency: Weekly (File 5)
Weekly (File 55)
Closed (File 205)
Document Types Indexed
Books and Monographs
Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
Journal Articles
Patents
Geographic Coverage
International
[BIOSIS Contact Information]
BIOSIS
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street., Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7095
Telephone: 215-231-7500 (worldwide)
800 Line: 800-523-4806
Fax: 1-215-587-2016
E-Mail: info@biosis.org
-----------------------------------------------------
This groundwork having been laid, here is the news story from the
Philadelphia Inquirer which is yet another Dialog database.
Bluesheet
633
The Philadelphia Inquirer
-----------------------------------------------------
Posted on Tue, Jan. 13, 2004
Thomson buys Biosis publishing
Proceeds in the sale of assets of the Philadelphia-based nonprofit
research service will go to a new foundation.
By Linda Loyd
Inquirer Staff Writer
Thomson Corp. said yesterday that it had acquired the publishing assets of
Philadelphia-based Biological Abstracts Inc. and Biosis, a life-sciences
indexing service.
Toronto-based Thomson, with $7.8 billion in revenue in 2002, is a
publisher of specialized information for businesses, with more than 20
million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services,
higher education, reference information, corporate training, scientific
research, and health care. Thomson's products range from Westlaw legal
databases and the Physicians' Desk Reference to university textbooks.
Thomson ISI, which was founded in Philadelphia in 1958 as the Institute
for Scientific Information, provides Web-based information to researchers,
students and businesses worldwide.
Biosis announced in May that it was seeking a partner to ensure that
researchers, educators, students and others would have continued
affordable access to biological research. In October, Biosis said it was
in final negotiations with Thomson.
-----------------------------------------------------
Here is an excerpt and link to the Thompson press release regarding the
Thompson acquisition of BIOSIS:
Thomson Acquires BIOSIS Publishing Assets
Philadelphia, PA USA, 01/15/2004
A shorter URL for the above link:
Founded in 1926, BIOSIS is the non-profit organization that produces vital
databases and services for life sciences research, including Biological
Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, and Zoological Record. These databases are
made available globally on a wide variety of platforms. The board of
BIOSIS will continue to support their new mission under the interim name
of The J.R.S. Foundation.
Thomson ISI was selected from a number of potential strategic partners
following a detailed review process by the BIOSIS Board. After considering
both not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, the Board concluded that
Thomson ISI is in a unique position - to facilitate the understanding of
the living world by helping researchers, educators, students and others
access information relevant to the life sciences.
"We were delighted with the BIOSIS Board's decision. The acquisition of
BIOSIS is in keeping with the Thomson vision to be the leading global
provider of integrated information solutions to business and professional
customers," said Mike Tansey, Chief Executive Officer of Thomson
Scientific. "The integration of the BIOSIS content with the other Thomson
Scientific information resources augments the total information solutions
we provide to the scientific community."
The BIOSIS information services will become part of Thomson ISIa business
unit of Thomson Scientific and Healthcare. The BIOSIS product line will be
integrated within ISI Web of KnowledgeSMthe multidisciplinary information
solution that facilitates discovery by offering seamless navigation to the
highest quality content, evaluation tools, and bibliographic management
products.
-----------------------------------------------------
The full text of these documents may be viewed at the URLs provided for
each.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@astro.temple.edu
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From: David P. Dillard
Reply-To: NetGold@yahoogroups.com
To: NetGold
Subject: [NetGold] DATABASES: MEDICAL HEALTH BIOSCIENCES BIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY
: BUSINESS: ACQUISITIONS MERGERS: Thomson Buys Biosis Publishing
DATABASES: MEDICAL HEALTH BIOSCIENCES BIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY : BUSINESS:
ACQUISITIONS MERGERS: Thomson Buys Biosis Publishing
If perhaps, perchange the reader of this post has not heard of BIOSIS,
their website should explain much about a critically important publisher,
indexer and content provider in the fields of the biosciences in the form
of print indexes and online databases. Biological Abstracts is the most
known print index of biology articles and research publications published
by BIOSIS and the database BIOSIS is the most important database provided by
the BIOSIS organization.
BIOSIS
"Influenza
The World Health Organization estimates that up to half a million deaths
are caused by the flu each year, with new strains of flu viruses
constantly testing researchers' ability to create effective vaccines.
BIOSIS databases are ideal for this type of research, with in-depth
coverage of the many fields that contribute to flu research, including
epidemiology, immunology, infectious diseases, molecular genetics, public
health, and virology.
A search of the BIOSIS databases for information on flu yields 44,447
relevant results from hundreds of journals, meetings, and reports from
all over the world."
"BIOSIS is a non-profit organization that delivers flexible information
services including databases and customized information products to the
global life sciences community.
What BIOSIS does
Selects Documents from thousands of sources worldwide
Indexes and abstracts them into citations which describe their content
Maintains Databases for searching citations - adding more than 600,000 new
entries each year"
"BIOSIS databases are the most complete resource for finding life sciences
information.
BIOSIS databases are
Interdisciplinary
BIOSIS databases integrate important subjects from many different fields
all across biology.
International
More than 90 nations are represented in BIOSIS databases.
Easy to Search
BIOSIS databases use a unique indexing system that allows flexible,
efficient searching.
Informed by Diverse Sources
You can find citations for articles, meetings, patents, book chapters, and
more in BIOSIS databases."
Full List of Biosis Products Including Databases
-----------------------------------------------------
Thompson
Thompson has become through the acquisition of a variety of information
publishers and database providers a major databank owner and the provider
of numerous databases through these databanks.
Owned by Thompson are
Gale
Dialog
Datastar
Westlaw
ISI
One gets a sense looking through the alphabetical lists of resources owned
by Thompson of the tremendous size of their information searching and
providing resources on this page with its links to entries for each letter
of the alphabet:
LEARNING PRODUCT AND SOLUTION FEATURES
Here is just the list of products found under the letter "A"
ACADEMIC DISCPLINES
ACT Assessment Set Gives the Confidence You Need for the Big Exam
ACT Assessment Set, 2003- 4 Volumes, 6th Edition
Accounting Principles & Practice / Workbook
Accounting Resource Center
Accounting/Record Keeping Resource Center - Post-secondary
Accounting/Record-keeping Resource Center - High School
Advanced Financial Accounting
Advanced Placement Catalog
Agriscience Resource Center
Allied Health Resource Center
American Decades: Primary Sources
The American Journey Online Empowers Students to Interpret U.S. History
American Men and Women of Science
AnswersPlus
Anthropology Resource Center
Assessment Solutions
Astronomy Resource Center
At Thomson Learning, we help you achieve your education and training goals
with tailored solutions that are focused on results.
Attract Backing For Your New Business
Auto Repair Technician
Auto Repair Technician
AutoDesk Press
Autoed Resource Center
2Prep.com
2ittrain.com
2test.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Thompson owns several database searching services or databanks like
Dialog, Datastar, Westlaw and Infotrak. One can get a sense of the
tremendous scope of information sources that are provided through Thompson
by snooping around the Dialog site and noticing what Dialog provides in
the way of databases.
Dialog
http://www.dialog.com
Sources Available on Dialog and
Dialog DataStar
Dialog Database Catalog
Dialog Bluesheets
DIALOG Bluesheets
Databases in Alphabetic Order
DIALOG Bluesheets
Databases by Subject Category
Dialog Bluesheet for BIOSIS
BIOSIS Previews
ONTAP BIOSIS Previews (FILE 205)
"BIOSIS Previews contains citations from Biological Abstracts (BA), and
Biological Abstracts/Reports, Reviews, and Meetings (BA/RRM) (formerly
BioResearch Index), the major publications of BIOSIS. Together, these
publications constitute the major English- language service providing
comprehensive worldwide coverage of research in the biological and
biomedical sciences. Biological Abstracts includes approximately 350,000
accounts of original research yearly from nearly 5,000 primary journal
and monograph titles. Biological Abstracts/RRM includes an additional
200,000+ citations a year from meeting abstracts, reviews, books, book
chapters, notes, letters, and selected reports. U.S. patents are included
from 1986 through 1989 and from 1994 to the present.
Abstracts are available for records beginning in 1976."
Subject Coverage
All life science subjects are covered, including but not limited to the
following:
Aerospace Biology
Agriculture
Anatomy
Bacteriology
Behavioral Sciences
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Cell Biology
Clinical Medicine
Environmental Biology
Experimental Medicine
Genetics
Immunology
Microbiology
Nutrition
Occupational Health
Parasitology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Public Health
Radiation Biology
Systematic Biology
Toxicology
Veterinary Science
Virology
Dates Covered: 1969 to present (File 5)
1993 to the present (File 55)
1984-1990 (File 205)
File Size: 14,263,542 records as of October 2003 (File 5)
6,753,531 records as of October 2003 (File 55)
60,000 records (File 205)
Update Frequency: Weekly (File 5)
Weekly (File 55)
Closed (File 205)
Document Types Indexed
Books and Monographs
Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
Journal Articles
Patents
Geographic Coverage
International
[BIOSIS Contact Information]
BIOSIS
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street., Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7095
Telephone: 215-231-7500 (worldwide)
800 Line: 800-523-4806
Fax: 1-215-587-2016
E-Mail: info@biosis.org
-----------------------------------------------------
This groundwork having been laid, here is the news story from the
Philadelphia Inquirer which is yet another Dialog database.
Bluesheet
633
The Philadelphia Inquirer
-----------------------------------------------------
Posted on Tue, Jan. 13, 2004
Thomson buys Biosis publishing
Proceeds in the sale of assets of the Philadelphia-based nonprofit
research service will go to a new foundation.
By Linda Loyd
Inquirer Staff Writer
Thomson Corp. said yesterday that it had acquired the publishing assets of
Philadelphia-based Biological Abstracts Inc. and Biosis, a life-sciences
indexing service.
Toronto-based Thomson, with $7.8 billion in revenue in 2002, is a
publisher of specialized information for businesses, with more than 20
million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services,
higher education, reference information, corporate training, scientific
research, and health care. Thomson's products range from Westlaw legal
databases and the Physicians' Desk Reference to university textbooks.
Thomson ISI, which was founded in Philadelphia in 1958 as the Institute
for Scientific Information, provides Web-based information to researchers,
students and businesses worldwide.
Biosis announced in May that it was seeking a partner to ensure that
researchers, educators, students and others would have continued
affordable access to biological research. In October, Biosis said it was
in final negotiations with Thomson.
-----------------------------------------------------
Here is an excerpt and link to the Thompson press release regarding the
Thompson acquisition of BIOSIS:
Thomson Acquires BIOSIS Publishing Assets
Philadelphia, PA USA, 01/15/2004
A shorter URL for the above link:
Founded in 1926, BIOSIS is the non-profit organization that produces vital
databases and services for life sciences research, including Biological
Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, and Zoological Record. These databases are
made available globally on a wide variety of platforms. The board of
BIOSIS will continue to support their new mission under the interim name
of The J.R.S. Foundation.
Thomson ISI was selected from a number of potential strategic partners
following a detailed review process by the BIOSIS Board. After considering
both not-for-profit and for-profit organizations, the Board concluded that
Thomson ISI is in a unique position - to facilitate the understanding of
the living world by helping researchers, educators, students and others
access information relevant to the life sciences.
"We were delighted with the BIOSIS Board's decision. The acquisition of
BIOSIS is in keeping with the Thomson vision to be the leading global
provider of integrated information solutions to business and professional
customers," said Mike Tansey, Chief Executive Officer of Thomson
Scientific. "The integration of the BIOSIS content with the other Thomson
Scientific information resources augments the total information solutions
we provide to the scientific community."
The BIOSIS information services will become part of Thomson ISIa business
unit of Thomson Scientific and Healthcare. The BIOSIS product line will be
integrated within ISI Web of KnowledgeSMthe multidisciplinary information
solution that facilitates discovery by offering seamless navigation to the
highest quality content, evaluation tools, and bibliographic management
products.
-----------------------------------------------------
The full text of these documents may be viewed at the URLs provided for
each.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@astro.temple.edu
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