databases

PatBase is a searchable patent database covering over 28 million patent families with historical information dating back to the early 1900s. Developed in partnership with Minesoft Ltd and RWS Group, PatBase offers a wealth of innovative features.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

The US National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced dbGaP, a database designed to archive and distribute data from genome wide association studies.

Three new country modules — India, Israel and Turkey — are now available in IDRAC, the global pharmaceutical regulatory intelligence database from Thomson Scientific.

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has launched two new freely-available information resources. The Functional Glycomics Gateway is a collaboration between the Consortium for Functional Glycomics and NPG.

Access Innovations (AI), which provides the Data Harmony suite of taxonomy software tools, is working with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers to improve the institute’s online research services.

Dialog has added the Engineering Index Backfile to the Dialog platform. This backfile from Engineering Information is said to add more than 1.7 million records dating back to 1884.