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Database: CABA

CAB Abstracts is a comprehensive bibliographic database that covers worldwide literature from all areas of agriculture and related applied and life sciences since 1973. Published by CAB International, a division of CAB International, CABA is the world's most comprehensive database in its field.

Records contain bibliographic information, abstracts, and indexing information, including CAS Registry Numbers^®, from the 46 printed abstract journals published by CABI Publishing.

File Data

• 1973 to the present
• More than 6.3 million records (2/11)
• Updated weekly

Subject Coverage

• Agriculture
• Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, and veterinary pharmaceuticals)
• Agricultural economics and trade
• Animal sciences and production
• Biotechnology
• Buildings and machinery
• Crop protection
• Crop sciences and production
• Developing countries (rural development and sociology)
• Engineering
• Forestry
• Forest products (processing of pulp, lumber, chemicals, resins, and other wood products)
• Genetics
• Human medicine (fungal, parasitic diseases, and diseases caused or transmitted by insects)
• Human nutrition
• Soils and fertilizers
• Tourism, leisure, and recreation
• Veterinary medicine

Sources

• Over 6,000 serial journals in over 50 languages
• Books
• Monographs in series
• Technical reports
• Published theses
• Conference proceedings
• Review journals
• Symposia
• Annual reports
• Bibliographies and guides
• Translated journals
• Patents

Database Producer

CAB International
Nosworthy Way
Wallingford
Oxon, OX10 8DE, UK
Phone:  +44 1491 832111
Fax:    +44 1491 826090
E-mail: c.ison@cabi.org

Usage Terms

For usage terms and more detailed information, view the STN Database Summary Sheet.