BIOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURAL INDEX [143]

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	143
Wilson Biological & Agricultural Index

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Last Update To Bluesheet: February 9, 2006

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File Description	Dialog File Data	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort
Subject Coverage	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Tips	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Predefined Format Options
Print Counterparts	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Rates

File Description [top]

Biological & Agricultural Index provides thorough, reliable indexing of 258 periodicals common to most libraries. Periodical coverage includes a wide range of scientific journals, from popular to professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture. About 45% of the focus is on agriculture. Types of materials indexed include feature articles, biographical sketches, reports of symposia and conferences, review articles, abstracts and summaries of papers, selected letters to the editor, special issues or monographic supplements, and book reviews.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 143

in a DIALOG OneSearch® with other files in the AGRI category. Searched alone, it also provides a good overview of easily retrievable articles on biology and agriculture.

EXPAND GN=

to see how country names are entered:

EXPAND GN=RUSSIA shows RUSSIA (REPUBLIC)

Subject Coverage [top]

Indexed by a staff of librarians and subject specialists with expertise in the field, Biological & Agricultural Index covers a broad range of subjects, including:

Agricultural Chemicals
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry
Biochemistry
Biology
Biotechnology
Botany
Cytology
Ecology
Entomology
Environmental Science
Fishery Sciences
Food Science
Forestry
Genetics
Horticulture
Limnology
Microbiology
Neuroscience
Nutrition
Physiology
Plant Pathology
Soil Science
Veterinary Medicine
Zoology

Print Counterparts [top]

Biological & Agricultural Index

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	July 1983 forward
File Size:	Over 690,000 records as of February 1998
Update Frequency:	Monthly

Database Content [top]

Bibliographic Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Journal Articles

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
AGRI	Agriculture
BIOCHEM	Biochemistry
BIOSCI	Biosciences
BIOTECH	Biotechnology
ENVIRON	Environment
HEALTH	Health
NUTRIT	Nutrition
VETSCI	Veterinary Science

Contact [top]

Biological & Agricultural Index is provided by The H.W. Wilson Company. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

The H.W. Wilson Company
950 University Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452

Telephone:	800-367-6770
Fax:	800-590-1617
E-Mail:	techmail@hwwilson.com

Terms and Conditions [top]

Biological and Agricultural Index is copyrighted by The H.W. Wilson Company. For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive policy, enter Help ERA online. The H.W. Wilson Company, Inc. make no warranties, express or implied, including as to fitness for any particular purpose, and will not be liable for claims, demands, or damages arising out of its Databases or their use.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 143:Biol & Agric Index`
	`(c) 1996 H. W. Wilson Co. All rts. reserv.`

AA=	`0060567 H.W. WILSON RECORD NUMBER: BBAI96007790`
/TI	`Trends & challenges: the new environmental landscape`
	`AUGMENTED TITLE: special issue`
SO=,JN=	`Environmental Science & Technology v. 30 (Jan. '96) PY=`
	`p. 24A-44A`
DT=,SN=	`DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature Article ISSN: 0013-936X`
LA=	`LANGUAGE: English`
ST=	`RECORD STATUS: New record`

/DE	`DESCRIPTORS: Environmental policy--United States;`
	`Environmental research--United States; Environmental`
	`risk assessment`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S ENVIRONMENTAL(W)IMPACT
/DE	DE	Descriptor¹	Word & Phrase	S ENVIRONMENTAL(W)POLICY/DE S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY(L)UNITED STATES
/GN	GN	Geographic Name^2,3	Word	S GREAT(W)BRITAIN/GN
/TI	TI	Title	Word	S (TREND? AND ENVIRONMENT?)/TI

¹Also /DF.

²Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

³Also displayable using /DE.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
AA=	AA	H.W. Wilson Record Control Number	Phrase	S AA=BBA196007790
None	AN	DIALOG Accession Number
AU=	AU	Author	Phrase	S AU=O'BRIEN, MELANIE?
CS=	CS	Corporate Source	Word & Phrase	S CS=(BRITISH(W)ECOLOGICAL(W)SOCIETY) S CS=BRITISH ECOLOGY SOCIETY
DT=	DT	Document Type	Phrase	S DT=FEATURE ARTICLE
GN=	GN	Geographic Name^2,3	Phrase	S GN=GREAT BRITAIN
JN=	JN	Journal Name	Phrase	S JN=ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
LA=	LA	Language	Phrase	S LA=ENGLISH
PD=	PD	Publication Day	Phrase	S PD=19960100
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1996
SN=	SN	International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)	Phrase	S SN=0013-936X
SO=	SO	Source Information	Word	S SO=(ENVIRON?(W)SCI? AND V(W)30)
ST=	ST	Status of Record	Word & Phrase	S ST=CHANGED S ST=NEW RECORD
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
Sets and terms can be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /DE, /DF, /GN, and /TI (e.g., SELECT S2/TI), as well as by the following features:
/	DIALOG Accession Number	S S1/001000000-99999999
/ENG	English-Language Source Article	S ENVIRONMENTAL/ENG
/NEW	New Record in Database	S TREND?/NEW
/NONENG	Non-English-language Source Article	S S6/NONENG
/YYYY	Publication Year	S S2/1993:1996

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
AU, JN, PD, PY, TI	SORT S1/ALL/PY PRINT S5/9/1-24/AU

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: DE	RANK AU S3

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats can be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/TI,JN/1-5

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	--	Bibliographic Citation and Indexing
3	Medium	Bibliographic Citation
4	--	Full Record with Tagged Fields
5	Long	Full Record
6	Free	Title
8	Short	Title and Indexing
9	Full	Full Record
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number	TYPE 00100005/5 DISPLAY 00744832/AU,TI PRINT 50301964/9

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Wilson Biological & Agricultural Index[143]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $3.12
Cost per minute:                   $0.99
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $12.57
ALERT (Monthly)                   $12.57
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $12.57
ALERT (Weekly)                 *  $12.57
ALERT (Daily)                  *  $12.57
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $12.57
ALERT (Intraday)               *  $12.57
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.30    $1.30
     3    $1.30    $1.30
     4    $1.30    $1.30
     5    $1.30    $1.30
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $1.30    $1.30
KWIC95    $0.27       NA
KWIC96    $0.27       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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