BasicBIOSIS

An extract of the journal BIOSIS Previews, BasicBIOSIS is an electronic 
version of Biological Abstracts and covers most fields in Biology.  
Biological & Agricultural Index, Biology Digest and MEDLINE may also
be useful databases for particular topics.
   
 __SEARCH______DESCRIPTION_______________________________EXAMPLES_______
|  
|  Subject     Type the label SU: and a word(s).         su:maize  
|              (Descriptors, titles, abstracts, notes)   su:dna binding  
|  
|  Author      Type the label AU: and the author         au:ferl  
|              name or any part of the name.             au:r j ferl  
|  
|  Title       Type the label TI: and the title          ti:estuary  
|              or any word(s) in the title.              ti:diet for diabetics  
|  
| A '+' following the name of a kind of search means you can search  
| simple plurals.  
|  
| KIND OF SEARCH          LABEL         REMARKS  
| Subject+                 su:          Includes descriptors, titles,  
|                                       abstracts.  The label is not  
|                                       required.  
|                                       EXAMPLES:  su:dna binding  
| Author                   au:                     au:r j ferl  
| Title+                   ti:                     ti:diet+ for diabetics  
|  
| KIND OF SEARCH          LABEL         REMARKS  
| Abstract+                ab:  
| Descriptor+              de:  
| Source                   so:  
| Corporate source         cs:  
|  
| BOUND-PHRASE SEARCHES   LABEL         REMARKS  
| Author                   au=          A bound-phrase search looks for  
| Source                   so=          the FULL title, author, etc.,  
|                                       to appear EXACTLY as you type  
|                                       it.