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SciSearch^®: A Cited Reference Science Database is an international, multidisciplinary index to the literature of science, technology, biomedicine, and related disciplines produced by the Institute for Scientific Information^® (ISI^®). SciSearch contains all of the records published in the Science Citation Index^® (SCI^®), plus additional records from the Current Contents^® publications.

SciSearch is distinguished by some important and unique characteristics. First, journals indexed are selected on the basis of several criteria, including citation analysis, resulting in coverage of the most significant publications in the scientific, technical, and biomedical literature. Second, in addition to the more conventional retrieval methods, SciSearch offers citation indexing, which permits searching by cited references. For records added since January 1991, author abstracts, author keywords, and KeyWords Plus^TM may be searched.

SciSearch indexes all significant items (articles, review papers, meeting abstracts, letters, editorials, book reviews, correction notices, etc.) from approximately 4,500 major scientific and technical journals. Some 3,800 of these journals are further indexed by the references cited within each article, allowing for citation searching. An additional 700 journals indexed have been drawn from ISI Current Contents^® series of publications.

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Subject Coverage [return to top]

SciSearch covers virtually every subject area within the broad fields of science, technology, and biomedicine, including but not limited to:

• Agriculture and Food Technology
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Document Types Indexed [return to top]

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Geographic Coverage [return to top]

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Geographic Restrictions [return to top]

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  SAMPLE RECORD [return to top]

  	DIALOG(R)File  34:SciSearch(R) Cited Ref Sci
  	(c) 1998 Inst for Sci Info. All rts. reserv.
  GA=,NR=	06767552   Genuine  Article#:  ZQ403   Number of References: 31
  /TI	Title: Mercury levels along the food chain and risk for exposed
  	populations
  AU=	Author(s): Renzoni A (REPRINT) ; Zino F; Franchi E
  CS=	Corporate Source: UNIV SIENA,DIPARTIMENTO BIOL AMBIENTALE,
  	VIA CERCHIA 3/I-53100 SIENA//ITALY/ (REPRINT)
  JN=,PY=,SO=	Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 1998, V77, N2 (MAY), P68-72
  SN=,PD=	ISSN: 0013-9351   Publication date: 19980500
  PU=	Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC JNL-COMP SUBSCRIPTIONS, 525 B
  	ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495
  LA=,DT=	Language: English   Document Type: ARTICLE
  GL=	Geographic Location: ITALY
  SF=	Subfile: CC LIFE--Current Contents, Life Sciences; CC AGRI--
  	Current Contents, Agriculture, Biology & Environmental
  	Sciences
  SC=	Journal Subject Category: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL &
  	OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  /AB	Abstract: Mercury was not regarded as a pollutant of primary
  	importance until many deaths due to mercury poisoning
  	occurred in the 1950s. More recently, adverse health
  	effects have been documented at relatively low exposure
  	levels, and monitoring data must now be interpreted in
  	this light. The Mediterranean basin has been studied in
  	great detail over the past 20 years because of the
  	anomalous natural presence of mercury. Marine animals of
  	this basin have higher mercury body burdens than the
  	same (or similar) species in the Atlantic. The mercury
  	found in marine organisms is mainly in the form of
  	methyl mercury. Long-term and frequent intake of seafood
  	with high mercury levels by populations living in
  	coastal fishing villages is associated with a toxic
  	risk, especially in pregnant women.
  	(. . .)
  	This information deserves renewed scrutiny with regard to
  	preventive efforts needed. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
  /DE	Descriptors--Author Keywords: mercury ; fish ; hair ; blood ;
  	fishermen
  /ID	Identifiers--KeyWord Plus(R): SCALP HAIR; FISH CONSUMPTION;
  	FISHERMEN; ISLANDS; HUMANS
  	Cited References:
  CR=,CA=,CY=,CW=	*WHO, 1990, V101, ENV HLTH CRIT
  	AIREY D, 1983, V31, P157, SCI TOTAL ENVIRON
  	BALDI F, 1978, P251, 4 JOURN ET POLL ANT
  	BERLIN M, 1990, V2, P387, HDB TOXICOLOGY METAL
  	BERNHARD M, 1988, 98 UNEP
  	BETTI C, 1993, V22, P172, ENVIRON MOL MUTAGEN
  	DEFLORA S, 1994, V317, P57, MUTAT RES
  	DITRI FM, 1991, V19, P165, ENVIRON MONIT ASSESS
  	FERGUSSON JE, 1990, HEAVY ELEMENTS CHEM
  	FOO SC, 1988, V72, P113, SCI TOTAL ENVIRON
  	FRANCHI E, 1995, V93, P83, MAP TECHNICAL REPORT
  	(. . .)
  	MONSALVE MV, 1987, V10, P367, ENVIRON MOL MUTAGEN
  	RENZONI A, 1992, V16, P597, ENVIRON MANAGE
  	RENZONI A, 1986, V40, P17, ENVIRON POLLUT A
  	RENZONI A, 1989, V20, P93, MAR POLLUT BULL
  	RENZONI A, 1989, P207, 2 MED SEAB S CALV MA
  	RENZONI A, 1978, P255, 4 JOURN ET POLL ANT
  	SKERFVING S, 1970, V21, P133, ARCH ENVIRON HEALTH
  	WAGIDA A, 1991, V6, P189, MUTAGENESIS
  	WULF HC, 1986, V47, P81, SCI TOTAL ENVIRON

  
  

  BASIC INDEX [return to top]

  SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
  None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S FOOD(W)CHAIN
  /AB	AB	Abstract1	Word	S MEDITERRANEAN(W)BASIN/AB
  /DE	DE	Author Keywords1	Word & Phrase	S MERCURY/DE S FISHERMEN/DE
  /ID	ID	KeyWords Plus1	Word & Phrase	S FISH(W)CONSUMPTION/ID S SCALP HAIR/ID
  /RF	RF	Research Fronts2, 3	Word & Phrase	S DIETARY(W)FIBER(S)STARCH/RF S DIETARY FIBER/RF
  /TI	TI	Title	Word	S FOOD(W)CHAIN/TI
  /XF	None	All Basic Index Fields Except Research Fronts	Word & Phrase	S MERCURY(W)LEVELS/XF S FISH CONSUMPTION/XF

  ¹ Available from 1991 forward.

  ² Research Front names are also rotated word by word. EXPANDing is recommended.

  ³ Research Fronts were available for records added from 1983-1997.

  
  

  ADDITIONAL INDEXES [return to top]

  SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
  None	AN	DIALOG Accession Number
  AU=	AU	Author	Phrase	S AU=RENZONI A
  AV=	AV	Abstract Present	Word & Phrase	S AV=ABSTRACT S AV=ABSTRACT AVAILABLE
  CA=	CA	Cited Author or Cited Inventor 4, 5	Phrase	S CA=DEFLORA S S CA=KOBAYASHI T
  CP=	CP	Cited Patent 4	Phrase	S CP=JA 102915, 1978, KOBAYASHI T
  CR=	CR	Cited Reference 4, 6	Phrase	S CR=DEFLORA S, 1994?
  CS=	CS	Corporate Source	Word	S CS=(UNIV?(W)SIENA(S)AMBIENTALE)
  CW=	CW	Cited Work 4, 5	Phrase	S CW=SCI TOTAL ENVIRON
  CY=	CY	Cited Year 5	Phrase	S CY=1994
  DT=	DT	Document Type 7	Phrase	S DT=ARTICLE
  GA=	GA	Genuine Article Number	Phrase	S GA=ZQ403
  GL=	GL	Country Name from Corporate Source	Phrase	S GL=ITALY
  JN=	JN	Journal Name 8	Phrase	S JN=ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
  LA=	LA	Language 9	Phrase	S LA=ENGLISH
  NR=	NR	Number of References	Numeric	S NR=2:50
  PD=	PD	Publication Date 10	Phrase	S PD=19980500 S PD=980500
  PU=	PU	Publisher	Phrase	S PU=ACADEMIC PRESS?
  PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1997:1998
  RF=	RF	Research Front Code Number and Weight 3, 11	Phrase	S RF=88-0752 S RF=88-0752 002
  SC=	SC	Journal Subject Category	Word & Phrase	S SC=(PUBLIC(W)ENVIRON?(2W)HEALTH) S SC=ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  SF=	SF	Subfile 12	Word & Phrase	S SF=ENVIRONMENTAL S SF=CC LIFE
  SN=	SN	International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) 13	Phrase	S SN=0013-9351
  SO=	SO	Source Information 14	Word	S SO=(ENVIRONMENTAL(W)RESEARCH)
  UD=	None	Update 15	Phrase	S UD=199806W1:9999
  ZP=	ZP	Zip Code of Corporate Source	Phrase	S ZP=55108

  ⁴ EXPANDing is recommended to verify forms of entry.

  ⁵ Extracted from the Cited Reference field. Display includes entire Cited Reference.

  ⁶ Refer to the Cited Author, Cited Work, and Cited Year fields for searching on individual parts of the Cited Reference field.

  ⁷ To restrict results to journal articles, refer to the Limiting section.

  ⁸ Also searchable using SO=.

  ⁹ To restrict results to the English language, refer to the Limiting section.

  ¹⁰ Available from 1997 forward.

  ¹¹ Second example includes the "weight" (002) assigned to the RF Code (indicates number of citations in common with the original Research Front cluster).

  ¹² Refers to ISI publications or databases.

  ¹³ Available from 1992 forward.

  ¹⁴ Also searchable using JN=. Display includes: Journal Name, Publication Date, Volume, Issue, and Pagination.

  ¹⁵ Not available in File 294.

  
  

  LIMIT [return to top]

  Sets and terms may be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /DE, /ID, /RF, /TI (e.g., S S5/TI,DE,ID), as well as by the following features:
  SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
  /ART	Journal Article	S MERCURY/ART
  /CR	Contains Cited References	S RISK/CR
  /ENG	English Language	S FOOD(W)CHAIN/ENG
  /NART	Non-Article	S S3/NART
  /NOCR	No Cited References	S S5/NOCR
  /NONENG	Non-English Language	S S6/NONENG
  /NREV	Not a Review or Bibliography	S S6/NREV
  /REV	Review or Bibliography16	S MERCURY/REV
  /YYYY	Publication Year	S S2/1995:1998

  ¹⁶ Limits only to Reviews from 1989 forward.

  
  

  SORT [return to top]

  SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
  AU, CS, JN, PY, RF, TI	SORT S13/ALL/CS/AU PRINT S5/5/ALL/JN,PY,D

  
  

  RANK [return to top]

  RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
  All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: DE, ID	RANK DE RANK AU S4

  
  

  MAP [return to top]

  MAP FIELDS	EXAMPLES
  AU, CA, CW, GA, PY	MAP AU TEMP /CA=

  
  

  USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [return to top]

  Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output.	TYPE S3/AU,TI,SO,NR/1-5

  
  

  PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [return to top]

  NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
  1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
  2	--	Full Record except Cited References and Abstract
  3	Medium	Bibliographic Citation
  4	--	Full Record with Tagged Fields1
  5	--	Full Record1
  6	Short	Title, Genuine Article Number and Number of References
  7	Long	Bibliographic Citation and Abstract
  8	Free	Title, Genuine Article Number, Journal Subject Catagory, Number of References, and Research Fronts
  9	Full	Full Record1
  25	--	Full Record plus Keywords and Abstract minus Cited References
  K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

  
  

  DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [return to top]

  FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
  If the accession number of a specific record is known, it can be used to display the record directly.	TYPE 00270906/2 DISPLAY 00270906/AU,CR PRINT 00270906/5

  
  

  ACCESSION NUMBER LIST [return to top]

  File 434: Year Accession Numbers 1974 00010001-00438158 1975 00438159-00856744 1976 00856745-01306107 1977 01306108-01829053 1978 01829054-02365639 1979 02365640-02918362 1980 03100002-03651634 1981 03651635-04247247 1982 04247248-04866918 1983 04866919-05521089 1984 05521090-06175340 1985 06177167-06881309 1986 07000002-07713695 1987 07800002-08508445 1988 08508446-09212297 1989 09212298-09876991

  File 34: Year Accession Numbers 1990 00010001-00698272 1991 00698273-01391308 1992 01391309-02131548 1993 02131549-02883249 1994 02883250-03677513 1995 03677514-04529441 1996 04529442-05429459 1997 05429460-06352887 1998 06352888-99999999

  
  

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