CAB Information Service

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In the name of God
CABIs information servicesJan 2009
http//www.cabi.org

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CAB INTERNATIONAL

• An Not-for-profit, intergovernmental,
  international organisation owned and administered
  by its member governments.
• Multi-national (324 employees in 13 offices)
• Established in 1928, it is a Centre for
  Agriculture and Biosciences providing
  information, scientific and development services,
  throughout the world, for all those involved in
  agriculture, forestry, human health and the
  conservation of natural resources.

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Key Products of CABI Publishing

• Abstracts Databases
• Internet Resource
• Compendia
• Books and Reference Works
• Abstract Journalsprint Electronic
• CAB ABSTRACTS Plus

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CABI Abstracts Databases

• CAB Abstract 1973 on CABDirect
• CAB Abs. Archive (1900-1973) on CABDirect
• CAB Health 1973 on CABDirect
• CAB Health Archive ( 1910-1973)on CABDirect
• CABI Database Subsets (include 42 Speciality
  Databases)

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CAB ABSTRACTS

• 1973 to present
• International coverage in all languages and
  non-journal literature
• Over 5,300,000 records to date
• 220,000 new records added each year
• Over 269,500 new records added in 2007
• 9,000 serials scanned plus other relevant
  literature
• Articles reporting or reviewing original research
• Broad subject coverage - more than just
  Agriculture

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CAB ABSTRACTSSubject Coverage

• Crop sciences
• Crop protection
• Forestry, forest products agroforestry
• Animal sciences
• Animal health veterinary medicine

• Human medicine
• Food nutrition in man
• Economics and social sciences
• Leisure tourism
• Agricultural engineering

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CAB Abstracts Non-English languages covered
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CAB Abstracts Serials indexed from 158
countries
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CAB HEALTH

• 1973 to present - AIDS section since 1986
• International coverage in all languages
• 1,200,000 records to date
• Over 90,000 records added each year
• Over 3,500 serials scanned each year plus other
  relevant literature
• Articles selected from scientific and
  non-scientific literature
• International and multi-disciplinary coverage
• Some annotations and critical comment

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CAB HEALTHSubject Coverage

• Human nutrition
• Infectious diseases
• Parasitic diseases
• Toxicology and poisoning
• Non-communicable diseases
• Sociology and economics
• Community and public health issues
• Medicinal and poisonous plants

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CABI Databases - Important Features

• Abstracts
• International coverage
• CABICODES for broad concepts
• Comprehensive, controlled subject indexing
• Integrated Thesaurus

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Other CABI Database Resources

• 46 subject specific Database subsets
• Print online
• Internet Resources - Database subsets plus
  additional Web content
• Agricultural Biotechnology
• Human Nutrition
• Animal Health and Production
• Leisure, Recreation and Tourism
• Organic Research
• Forest Science
• VetMed Resource

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AgBiotechNet Database

• Search the global information literature with
  records gathered from over 125 countries
• Easy access to over 135,500 agricultural
  biotechnology research abstracts from the last 10
  years
• Tap into 13,500 newly added records every year
• Use an flexible search-and-retrieval interface
  with the option to link directly to full text
  articles
• Database guidance documents for effective tips to
  searching the database (database guide, abstracts
  guide, and serials cited guide)

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AgBiotechNet Database Subject areas

• Animal reproduction
• Biosafety
• Genetic engineering/modification
• Plant and animal genes and genomics
• Plant and animal pathogens and diseases
• Plant reproduction
• Plant tissue culture

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AgBiotechNet Database Subject areas

• Animal reproduction
• Biosafety
• Genetic engineering/modification
• Plant and animal genes and genomics
• Plant and animal pathogens and diseases
• Plant reproduction
• Plant tissue culture

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Animal Science Database

• Search the global information literature with
  records gathered from over 125 countries
• Up-front, easy access to over 1.5 million
  research abstracts from the last 10 years
• Tap into 40,000 newly added records every year
• Use an flexible search-and-retrieval interface
  with the option to link directly to full text
  articles
• Database guidance documents for effective tips to
  searching the database (database guide, abstracts
  guide, and serials cited guide)

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Animal Science Database Subject areas

• It is including information on all aspects of
  animal science.
• It covers all economically important farmed
  animals (including fish) as well as equines,
  companion animals, wild animals and zoo animals,
• All aspects of animal science and veterinary
  medicine, including
• Infectious diseases of domestic and wild
  animals, research on breeding, genetics,
  nutrition and husbandry, dairy technology,
  management and biotechnology of economically
  valuable animals, and of laboratory species
  relevant to agriculture

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Animal Science Database Subject areas

• It is including information on all aspects of
  animal science.
• It covers all economically important farmed
  animals (including fish) as well as equines,
  companion animals, wild animals and zoo animals,
• All aspects of animal science and veterinary
  medicine, including
• Infectious diseases of domestic and wild
  animals, research on breeding, genetics,
  nutrition and husbandry, dairy technology,
  management and biotechnology of economically
  valuable animals, and of laboratory species
  relevant to agriculture

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Forest Science Database

• It is an online information resource that covers
  all of aspects of forestry, agroforestry and
  wood science, developed by CABI.
• CABI aims to provide impartial information of
  high quality, recognizing worldwide interest in
  sustainable forestry, tropical deforestation,
  climate change, carbon sequestration, forest
  genetic resources and related issues.

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Leisure Tourism Database

• Leisure Tourism Database has information on all
  aspects of leisure, tourism, recreation and
  hospitality
• The key subject areas are as below
• Leisure and tourism policies
• Tourism and leisure industries
• Travel and transport
• Facility management and planning
• Recreation, cultural, entertainment and sporting
  activities
• Sport sociology and economics
• Sociology and behaviour
• Education and training
• Community development
• Ecotourism, natural resources and the environment
  
• Hospitality industry

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Nutrition and Food Sciences

• It is a international Resource with records
  gathered from over 125 countries
• Up-front, rapid and easy access to over 580,000
  nutrition and food science research abstracts
  dating back to 1973.
• Tap into 35,000 newly added records every year
• Use an flexible search-and-retrieval interface
  with the option to link directly to full text
  articles

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Nutrition and Food Sciences Subject Coverage

• Food composition and nutritive value
• Food science and technology
• Functional foods, nutraceuticals and supplements
• Physiology and biochemistry of nutrients
• Epidemiology
• Public health nutrition
• Socioeconomics
• Analytical methods used in human nutrition and
  food analysis
• Nutrition policy
• Clinical nutrition
• Sports nutrition
• Diet-related disorders
• Preventive nutrition
• Maternal and child nutrition
• Nutrigenomics

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Organic Research

• Search the global information literature with
  records gathered from over 125 countries
• Up-front, rapid and easy access to over 160,000
  organic research abstracts from the last 30 years
  
• Tap into 9000 newly added records every year
• Use an intuitive and flexible search-and-retrieval
  interface with the option to link directly to
  full text articles

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Organic Research Subject Coverage

• Organic/ecological crop production and animal
  husbandry
• Organic foods
• Organic soil amendments
• Composting
• Soil fertility management and conservation
• Biocontrol and integrated pest management
• Use of approved organic pesticides
• Cultural and mechanical control of weeds
• Organic methods of animal healthcare, including
  homeopathy
• Low input and traditional farming systems
• Sustainability of agricultural systems
• Environmental impacts of farming
• Relevant economics, policy and regulatory issues

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VetMed Resource Subject coverage

• Dogs, Cats, and other Companion Animals
• Fish and Aquaculture
• Food Animals
• Horses and other Equines
• Poultry
• Veterinary Affairs, and Other
• Zoo-, Wild-, Laboratory-, and Other Animals

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Other Publishing Products

• 4 interactive, encyclopaedia Compendia
• 65-80 print books per year (reference works,
  edited texts, monographs and textbooks) providing
  the material for the e-books collections
• CAB Abstracts Plus

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CABI CompendiaEncyclopaedic, multimedia tools

• Animal Health Production Compendium
• Forestry Compendium
• Crop Protection Compendium
• Aquaculture Compendium

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Animal Health and Production Compendium

• A practical guide for the raising of healthy and
  productive livestock
• It is included
• Over 800 datasheets covering animal diseases,
  pathogens,..
• More than 2,000 datasheets
• Veterinary drugs and products database
• 2,000 Images for demos and teaching
• Over 85,000 bibliographic records from CAB
  Abstract database
• Glossary with more than 50,000 definitions

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Forestry Compendium

• Unique guide with Over 750 detailed datasheets on
  pests, diseeses and weeds and 1200 detailed
  datasheets on tree species
• A bibliography containing over 87,000 references,
  65,000 abstracts provided from CAB Abstract
• Information relating to 50 countries
• Names of 22,000 species
• 5,500 images and maps
• Interactive advisory system
• Database of seed suppliers
• A multilingual glossary containing 10,000 entries

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Crop Protection Compendium

• 2400 detailed datasheets on crop
  pests,diseases,weeds,
• invasive plants
• More than 200 detailed crop datasheets
• Over 8,000 pictures for teaching and easy
  identification
• Over 110,000 bibliographic records from CAB
  Abstracts
• Covers 10,000 diseases and pests
• More than 6500 images
• Interactive glossary with more than 9,000 terms

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Aquaculture Compendium

• All aspects of aquaculture production and health
• It is included
• Over 700 datasheets including detailed
  information on 300 cultured aquatic species and
  100 aquatic diseases and disorders
• Summary information on 200 other diseases
• 130 Case studies
• Over 2,000 images to allow for easy
  identification and teaching
• A interactive glossary, with more than 30,000
  definitions
• Bibliographic database with over 150,000 records

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Search interface
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Results of a search - Datasheets
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Distribution and Image Bank
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Other Datasheet types
Ecosystems Production systems..
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Library of Key Materials
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Library of Key Materials
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Linking Theory and PracticeCase Studies
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Linking Theory and PracticeCase Studies
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CAB Abstracts Plus - Key Facts

• Full Text Select
• Unique collection of hard-to-find, international
  journals conference proceedings
• CAB Reviews
• CABI published, authoritive scientific Reviews in
  core areas
• (100 p/a)
• DMPP, DMPD and DFB
• Essential reference tools for applied life
  science
• professionals
• CAB Reviews Archive
• Historic collection of 2,800 CAB Reviews from
  1930 - 2003

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Full Text Select

• A collection of authoritative, hard to find
  third-party content
• 180 Journals ,280 Conferences, reports
• 32,000 articles to date
• Building by 10,000 per year
• Metadata from CAB Abstracts
• PDF version of full article offered

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Full Text Select Journal Coverage

• Most start from 2005 volume
• Coverage aligned to CAB Abstracts vets, animal
  science, agriculture, crop protection,
  horticulture, plant and animal breeding, soils
• Over 180 journals accepted and growing
• Truly international over 30 countries
  including Italy, Switzerland, Spain, USA,
  Poland, India, Pakistan, Iran, Korea, China,
  Japan, Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa,
  Tanzania, Egypt

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CAB ReviewsPerspectives in Agriculture,
Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural
Resources

• This Journal Complements the subject coverage of
  CAB Abstracts, by focusing on - Animal
  science- Veterinary medicine- Applied plant
  sciences- Agriculture- Nutrition and food
  science- Natural resources and environmental
  sciences
• It will be an authoritative resource to help them
  keep up to date the latest developments and place
  their research efforts into context.
• Exclusively electronic publication
• Continuous and rapid publication on an article by
  article basis as reviews are accepted
• International editorial advisory board
• Peer reviewed

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CAB Reviews Portal
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Browse Reviews by - Subject - Date
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Link through to Full Text
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Distribution Maps of Plant Pests/Diseases

• Current product in print started 1951 (DMPP) and
  1942 (DMPD)
• Expertly compiled and verified
• Essential for quarantine and other users
• 760 DMP Pests to date - 18 added p.a.
• 1,125 DMP Diseases - 36 added p.a.
• All fully searchable through metadata
• Browsable by date or geographic area
• All now have online PDF

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Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria

• Current product in print started in 1964
• For plant pathologist, vet/med mycologists
• Over 1,735 descriptions with 40 added p.a.
• Expert and authoritative compilation
• All fully searchable through metadata
• All have online PDF

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Summary

• CAB Abstracts Plus has five components
• Each has different Full Text
• All except the Reviews Archive are subscription
  products
• Full Text Select can only be purchased by CAB
  Abstracts customers
• All others can be purchased separately but PDFs
  will link from CAB Abstracts too

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