Analysis of BioOne Journal Collections: Their Quality,Indexing Coverage,and Scholarly Content |
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| Authors: | Lutishoor Salisbury Carolyn Mills |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Arkansas Libraries , Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA;2. Homer Babbidge Library , University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the 130 current full-text titles in the BioOne.1 and BioOne.2 collections to determine whether they are peer-reviewed, contain book reviews, and are supplied by document delivery vendors. We identified indexing coverage in 11 major databases in agriculture and life sciences: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Current Contents, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Abstracts, GeoRef, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and Zoological Record. We concluded that the majority of the titles in BioOne collections are refereed and scholarly, indexed in several of the major indexing and abstracting journals in the field of agriculture and life sciences, and available via several major document delivery vendors. We find both BioOne collections to be valuable, useful, cost-effective journal aggregations. |
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| Keywords: | AGRICOLA BioOne Biological Abstracts BIOSIS Previews book reviews CAB Abstracts Current Contents databases document delivery ISI Web of Science journal indexing Scopus Zoological Record |
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