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Imprint: ELSEVIER/EMBASE
Description
EMBASE is a biomedical database produced by Elsevier. The database contains bibliographic
records with citations, abstracts and indexing derived from biomedical articles in peerreviewed
journals, and is especially
strong in its coverage of drug and pharmaceutical
research. EMBASE is current and updated daily on most platforms. Records
appear in the
database, on average, within two weeks of receipt of the original journal.
EMBASE covers nearly 5,000 active journals,
of which nearly 2,000 are unique compared with
MEDLINE. Each EMBASE record contains a full bibliographic citation, and over 80% have
an
abstract. In addition, all EMBASE records are indexed using EMTREE, Elsevier?s Life Science
thesaurus, with an emphasis on
comprehensive indexing of drugs and chemicals.
With its comprehensive, international and up-to-date coverage, EMBASE is an
indispensable
bibliographic database for researchers and information specialists who need to
access the world's biomedical and drug literature. It
is available via EMBASE.com as well as from
the major online database distributors (vendors).
Coverage
- Over 12 million
records from 1974-present
- More than 600,000 records added annually; over
80% with abstracts
- Covers over 4,800 active
peer-reviewed journals
published in 70 countries / 30 languages
- Broad biomedical scope covering the following
areas:
- Drug
therapy and research, including
pharmaceutics, pharmacology and toxicology
- Clinical and experimental (human) medicine
- Basic
biological science relevant to human
medicine
- Biotechnology and biomedical engineering,
including medical devices
- Health
policy and management, including
pharmacoeconomics
- Public, occupational and environmental
health, including pollution control
- Psychiatry and mental health, including substance
dependence and abuse
- Forensic science
- Alternative and complementary
medicine
Indexing
Facilitates comprehensive searching and high precision retrieval:
- EMBASE is indexed using EMTREE, Elsevier?s
Life Science thesaurus, to support comprehensive
searching and high precision retrieval.
- EMTREE contains over 55,000 preferred terms and
220,000 synonyms (including all MeSH terms), and is
updated at the beginning of each
year.
- EMTREE tree structure facilitates ?explosion?
searches, in which a hierarchical class of terms is
captured by a single
search statement.
- Additional indexing includes: drug manufacturers
and trade names; device manufacturers and trade
names; molecular
sequence numbers.
Convenient
EMBASE is available online via the major database vendors: DataStar, DIALOG, DIMDI,
Ovid Online, and STN (all updated daily) and Lexis Nexis (updated weekly). EMBASE is also available on tape for in-house installation.
In addition, a fully networkable
version is produced in cooperation with Ovid Technologies. User support
is provided through free training
programs, training files, user aid
publications and E-Helpdesk.
E-Helpdesk
North and Central America:
P.O.
Box 945
New York, NY 10159-0945 USA
Tel: +1 888 615 4500 (+ 212 462 1978, if calling from outside the USA and Canada)
Tel:
+1 888 437 4636
Fax: +1 212 462 1974 [helpdesk enquiries]
E-mail: usembaseinfo@elsevier.com
South
America:
Rua Sete de Setembro 111/16 Andar
Rio de Janeiro-RJ BRAZIL
Tel: +55 21 3970 9300
Fax: +55 21 2507 1991
E-mail: brembaseinfo@elsevier.com
Europe, Middle East & Africa:
P.O. Box 211
1000 AE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 485 3767
Fax: +31 20 485 3432
E-mail: nlembaseinfo@elsevier.com
Japan:
1-9-15 Higashi-Azabu 1-Chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-0044 JAPAN
Tel: +81 3 5561 5034
Fax: +81 3 5561 5047
E-mail: jpembaseinfo@elsevier.com
Asia & Australasia:
3 Killiney Road #08-01
Winsland House 1
Singapore 239519
Tel: +65 6 349 0222
Fax:
+65 6 733 1050
E-mail: sgembaseinfo@elsevier.com
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Last update: 9 Oct 2009
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