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What is the difference between BIOSIS Previews, Medline and EMBASE?

April 26, 2017biosis difference MEDLINE previews

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What is the difference between BIOSIS Previews, Medline and EMBASE?

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Coverage analysis indicates that BIOSIS Previews, Medline, and EMBASE are complementary databases, partially due to differences in their selection policies. The primary focus of BIOSIS Previews is pre-clinical research information in biology and biomedicine; the primary focus of Medline is biomedicine, including clinical medicine; the primary focus of EMBASE is drug research and pharmacology. What makes BIOSIS Previews unique is its international meeting coverage, its specialized indexing, and its multidisciplinary subject coverage. You can download a full comparison analysis of these database (Word document) or download/view the comparison as it appeared in BIOSIS Evolutions newsletter Vol. 6 No. 3 (PDF document).