CAB Direct

CAB Abstracts
ProducerCABI (United Kingdom)
History1973–present
LanguagesFifty languages, English abstracts
Access
ProvidersCABI Digital Library (CABI's own platform), Datastar, Dialog bluesheets, STN International, Thomson-Reuters Web of Knowledge, EBSCO, OvidSP, Dimdi
Coverage
Disciplinesapplied life sciences - agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied economics, food science and nutrition
Record depthbibliographic, abstracting and indexing
Format coveragejournal articles, abstracts, proceedings, books, book chapters, monographs, annual reports, handbooks, bulletins, newsletters, discussion papers, field notes, technical information, thesis papers
Temporal coverage1973–present
Geospatial coverageGlobal - international
No. of records11 million +
Links
Websitewww.cabidigitallibrary.org/product/ca
Title list(s)www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=1028
Global Health
ProducerCABI
Languages50 languages (158 countries)
Access
ProvidersCAB Direct, SilverPlatter, Web of Knowledge, EBSCO, OvidSP, Dialog, Dimdi
Coverage
Disciplinesinternational health research (medical and public)
Record depthbibliographic, abstracting and indexing
Format coveragescientific journals, reports, books and conferences
Temporal coverage1973 to present
Geospatial coverageglobal-international
No. of records4+ million scientific records
Links
Websitehttps://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/product/he

CAB Direct is a source of references for the applied life sciences It incorporates two bibliographic databases: CAB Abstracts and Global Health. CAB Direct is an access point for multiple bibliographic databases produced by CABI.[1] This database contains over 11 million bibliographic records, which includes 746,000 full text articles. It also includes noteworthy literature reviews. News articles and reports are also part of this combined database. CAB Direct has now migrated to CABI's new platform CABI Digital Library - the new home of CABI's research content. [2] [3]

In the U.K., in 1947, the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux became the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux or CAB. In 1986 the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux became CAB International or CABI.[4]

  1. ^ "CAB Abstracts". CABI.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  2. ^ "CAB Direct Library". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  3. ^ "CAB Direct". CABI. July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  4. ^ "Our history". Bulleted history. CABI. July 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2010-07-18.