CAB Abstracts is an applied life sciences bibliographic database emphasizing
agricultural literature, which is international in scope. It contains over 11 million records, with coverage from 1973 to present day, adding around 360,000 abstracts per year. Subject coverage includes
agriculture,
environment,
veterinary sciences,
applied economics,
food science and nutrition. Database covers international issues in agriculture,
forestry, and allied disciplines in the life sciences. Indexed publications are from 120 countries in 50 languages, including English abstracts for most articles. Literature coverage includes journals, proceedings, books, and a large collection of agricultural serials. Other non-journal formats are also indexed.
CAB Abstracts Archive CAB Abstracts Archive is a searchable database produced by
CABI. It is created from 600 volumes of printed abstracts, which are the collected and published
scientific research from 1910 to 1972, and then digitized to form the archive. This archive database contains more than 1.8 million records which covers agriculture,
veterinary science, nutrition and the environment. Subject coverage also includes
biodiversity,
pest control,
environmental pollution,
animal disease (including
zoonotic diseases),
nutrition, and
food production.
Natural resource management includes plant and
animal breeding. CAB Abstracts Archive is also indexed in other databases, which also serve as access points. These other databases are
CAB Direct,
Web of Knowledge,
EBSCOhost,
OvidSP, and
Dialog. The following print journals (digitized) comprise CAB Abstracts Archive: :Animal Breeding Abstracts, Dairy Science Abstracts, Field Crop Abstracts, :Forestry Abstracts, Horticultural Science Abstracts, Nematological Abstracts, :Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series A: Human and Experimental, :Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series B: Livestock Feeds and Feeding, :Plant Breeding Abstracts, Review of Agricultural Entomology, :Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, Review of Plant Pathology, :Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Review of Plant Pathology, :Soils and Fertilizers, Tropical Veterinary Bulletin, Veterinary Bulletin :and Weed Abstracts.
Weed Abstracts Weed Abstracts, derived from CAB Abstracts, is an abstracts database focused on
published research regarding
weeds and
herbicides. This includes
weed biology, encompassing
research areas from
genetics to
ecology, including
parasitic,
poisonous,
allergenic and
aquatic weeds. Further coverage includes all topics related to
weed control, in both
crop and non-crop situations. Research on herbicides, includes formulations,
herbicide resistance and the effects of
herbicide residues in the environment. 10,000 records are add to this database per year.
Weed Abstracts is updated weekly with summaries from notable English and foreign language journal articles, reports, conferences and books about weeds and herbicides. With the back-file, coverage is from 1990 to present day bringing the total of available research summaries to 130,000 records. ==Global Health database==