Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : April 2002

Derwent Announces Enhancements to Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts

A number of changes and enhancements have been made to Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts (File 357/DWBA). The name of the database has changed to Derwent Biotechnology Resource. Copyright is now shared with the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

• All ongoing patent records will contain the full Derwent World Patents Index™ documentation abstract.



• All ongoing journal records will contain original journal author abstracts where available and bibliographic information provided by ISI.



• Derwent Biotechnology Resource will be updated weekly, and weekly Alerts will now be available.



• Coverage for Derwent Biotechnology Resource has been expanded to include all emerging areas of biotechnology, including bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, pharmacogenomics, high throughput screening, biochips, and tissue engineering.



• A new classification system and updated thesaurus are in use to incorporate new terms associated with the new technology areas.



• Journal coverage has been expanded to include the latest journals in biotechnology.



• The database will have 48 updates in 2002.

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