BIOSIS Citation Index is one of several databases available via Web of Science. It covers pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. It provides access to citations, abstracts, tables of contents, and citation data. You can access the full text of journal articles if the University subscribes to those journals or if the journal article is available via open-access publishing.
BIOSIS Citation Index is an expansive index to life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. It is available via Web of Science. You can search across journals, meetings, patents, and books. Precise searching is possible using key terms and controlled terminology in context, and by choosing fields such as biochemistry, genes, or taxonomic data. You can also navigate to related research using indexed cited references.
Register/log in to personalise Web of Science. (BIOSIS is part of the Web of Science Core Collection.) You can save searches and articles, and create alerts.
Type your search terms into the search box.
• Use the default option of ‘Topic’ from the drop-down menu to search in the title, abstract and keyword fields.
• Use double speech marks to search for an exact phrase. Combine terms using ‘OR’ to broaden your search.
• Focus the search by adding more rows for new concepts.
• Once you've searched for something, you can use the filters on the left-hand side to refine the results, for example by topic, by year, or by author.
Viewing your search results
• Click on ‘Find it’ to see if the full text is available via the library or try ‘Free Full Text from Publisher’.
• Click on the item link or 'Show more’ to view a short summary of the item.
Saving the results of your search
• Tick the box next to any reference you want to save. Then, using the ‘Export’ option, located at the top of the result list, choose to print, email, or push to reference management software.
• If you are saving numerous references over several pages of results, click ‘Add to Marked List’ at the end of each page. Then go to ‘Marked List’ from the button near the top of the screen and follow the three-step instructions.
Try searching BIOSIS Citation Index by following the steps outlined below. This will help you to familiarise yourself with some of the most common functions:
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