| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) has announced that it was recently
awarded a government/private industry contract for the development (over
the next 3 years) of the Biocomplexity Collection, an extensive, multifaceted
database in the area of biocomplexity. According to the company, the database
will examine the countless interactions of all living entities, especially
humans, with the earth and its environment.
The partnership agreement is with the National Biological Information
Infrastructure (NBII). In general, the partnership will further the government’s
mission to work with nongovernmental organizations to provide the scientific
understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and
conservation of the nation’s biological resources.
In developing the Biocomplexity Collection, the partnership plans to
do the following:
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Incorporate biocomplexity-related bibliographic citations from CSA’s proprietary
abstracting-and-indexing databases
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Incorporate biocomplexity-related records from CSA’s Web Resources Database
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Develop three completely new and unique biocomplexity-related citation
databases, all records of which will be included in the Biocomplexity Collection
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Develop an extensive biocomplexity thesaurus
CSA is a leading publisher of bibliographic databases and print journals
used by more than 4,000 research institutions worldwide. Its Internet Database
Service provides Web access to more than 50 databases through
http://www.csa.com
and covers major areas of research, including materials science, environmental
sciences and pollution management, biological sciences, aquatic sciences
and fisheries, biotechnology, engineering, computer science, sociology,
art history, political science, and linguistics.
Source: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD, 800/843-7751,
301/961-6700; http://www.csa.com. |
