ISI Web of Knowledge^SM Backfiles

The ISI Web of Knowledge platform includes resources which provide over a century of backfiles in the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities.

This valuable retrospective content meets the same high quality selection and indexing standards as the rest of the data within the Thomson Reuters information database. It provides a breadth and depth of coverage and search capabilities unmatched by other information providers.

What access delivers:

• Backfile data to 1864
• Comprehensive, worldwide coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities
• Fully indexed, searchable, and linkable data
• Instant access to the full text
• Older volumes, once only available in print, now fully digitized and re-indexed with modern search terms and functions

What you can do:

• Follow the history or methodology of an idea
• Locate current research based on earlier patents, reports, published works or findings
• Find similar or related records that have no obvious direct connections
• Create a list of experts within a field
• Verify the accuracy of a citation
• Track the research activities of colleagues, competitors, and potential collaborators

AVAILABLE BACKFILES:

Web of Science^® from 1900

Derwent Innovations Index^SM from 1963

Biological Abstracts^® from 1926

BIOSIS Previews^® from 1926

Zoological Record^® from 1864

CAB Abstracts^® from 1910

FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts^® from 1969

Inspec^® from 1898

MEDLINE^® from 1950

 

Web of Science from 1900
Web of Science backfiles provide access to millions of additional source items and cited references — plus cited reference searching for the entire database.

Science Citation Index Expanded™ - to 1900
Social Sciences Citation Index^® - to 1956
Arts & Humanities Citation Index^® - to 1975
Current Chemical Reactions^® - to 1986, plus archives from 1840 - 1985 from INPI
Index Chemicus - to 1993

Derwent Innovations Index from 1963
Backfiles coverage includes over 15 million patent records in all technologies from 41 international patent-issuing authorities.

BIOSIS Previews from 1926
Life sciences coverage includes journals, conferences, meetings, symposia, workshops, review articles, US patents, books, book chapters and software reviews. Over 19 million records include fully digital coverage of all 49 Biological Abstracts print volumes, 1926-1968.

Biological Abstracts from 1926
Delivers over 12 million records from life sciences journals on topics ranging from botany to microbiology to pharmacology. Includes fully digital coverage of all 49 Biological Abstracts print volumes, 1926-1968.

Zoological Record from 1864
Zoological Record is the world’s leading taxonomic reference, and for years has served as the unofficial register of animal names. Covers every field in animal biology, including biodiversity, taxonomy, veterinary sciences, and wildlife management. Includes original bibliographic and taxonomic indexing data from 1864-1977; now digitally indexed and fully searchable, with unified and mapped terminology. Includes over 3.5 million records.

CAB Abstracts from 1910
Covers every area of agricultural science, veterinary medicine, nutrition, and natural resources from 1973. Includes pioneering literature from 1910 to 1972, all re-indexed with modern terms and fully searchable. Over 7.4 million records are available. Produced by CABI Publishing.

FSTA — Food Science & Technology Abstracts from 1969
Indexes food science and technology and food-related human nutrition research. Includes over 800,000 records. Produced by IFIS Publishing.

Inspec from 1898
Provides international scientific and technical literature in physics and engineering. Includes fully digitized bibliographic records from 176 print volumes, 1898 to 1968 — the entire backfile of Science Abstracts journals, the precursor to the Inspec database. This in-depth coverage delivers access to nearly 10.8 million records. Produced by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

MEDLINE from 1950
Includes biomedical, life sciences, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and preclinical sciences research. Provides coverage of over 17 million records. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine^® (NLM^® ).