PRV utilizes mainly the EPO:s internal search tool AbS along with the database KIME. The database contains a platitude of underlying patent- and NPL-databases. Below is further information about the databases PRV generally has access to.

Academic Search Elite

Contains approx. 3500 scientific journals from various fields, about 2000 in full text.

• Constantly updated.
• Published by EBSCO.

ASC American Chemical Society

• Contains over 40 scientific journals in full text.

Analytical Abstracts

• A reference database covering a range of sources.
• Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
• From 1980.

BASE

• Search engine targeting scientific open access journals of all disciplines.
• From Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld.

BIOSIS Biological Abstracts*

• Abstracts from research articles and other publications.
• The sources are journals.
• Contains all biological and biomedical disciplines.
• From 1969.
• Updated weekly.

DOAJ Directory of open access journals

• Almost 10.000 open access journals gathered by Lunds University. 50% searchable on article level.

EBSCO Academic Collection

• E-books from various fields, e.g. chemistry
• New titles added each year.

Embase Biomedical and pharmacological data*

• A biomedical and pharmacological database produced by Elsevier.
• Covers medical and drug-related subjects.
• Sources are conference proceedings and more than 4000 biomedical journal from 70 countries.
• Produced by Elsevier.
• From 1947.
• Updated weekly.

German Automotive Collection

Contains journals such as ATZ – Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift and MTZ –

• Motortechnische Zeitschrift.
• Springer Verlag
• From 1998.

Global New Products Database (GNPD)

Contains data on new products in retail – food, beverage, beauty and personal care, healthcare, household goods and pet care.

• A Mintel database.
• Monthly updates.
• From 1996.

J-STAGE Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic

• Access to around 2000 Japanese journals from various universities.

Karger

• Primarily biochemistry and medical journals from Karger Publishers.
• Contains approximately 100 journals.

MEDLINE US National Library of Medicine*

Contains biomedical literature produced by the United States National Library of Medicine, abstracts included.

• Includes data from AIDSLINE; HealthSTART; HISTLINE; SPACELINE; BIOETHICS and POPLINE.
• From 1950.
• Updated daily.

Nature journals

Contains:

• Nature (includes Nature News).
• Nature Biotechnology.
• Nature Genetics.
• Nature Medicine.
• Nature Methods.
• Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

PUBCHEM Chemical structure and compound names*

• A database of chemical molecules and their activities.
• Contains substance descriptions and small molecules with fewer than 1000 atoms and 1000 bonds.
• Consists of three growing databases: PubChem Compounds, PubChem Substances and PubChem Assay.
• Released in 2004.

Royal Society of Chemistry Gold

• Contains approx. 40 current journals and 7 databases.
• Contains an archive of 73 journals published between 1841-2007.

SciELO Scientific Electronic Library Online

• Contains scientific open access journals, primarily from Latin America.

Science Direct Freedom Collection

• Approx 2100 scientific journals from various disciplines.
• From Elsevier.
• Contains articles between 1995 and June 30th 2018.

Scopus

• A scientific database containing abstracts from journals, conferences, patents and industry publications.
• Contains över 40 millions references dating from 1823 onwards.
• From Elsevier.
• Updated daily.

SpringerLINK

• Contains over 2300 journals from Springer Verlag.
• Some journals are Open Access.
• Coverage from 1924.

Springer Reference

• Major reference works and encyclopedias from Springer Verlag.
• Covers medicine, chemistry, technology and engineering.

SQEMEST Bibliographic data biological sequences. EST*

• A collection Expressed Sequence Tag.
• International collaboration, produced by Genbank and the DNA Database of Japan.
• Produced by European Bioinformatics Institute.
• Updated quarterly.

SQEMGSS Bibiographic data biological sequences GSS*

• A collection of Genome Sequence Scan records.
• International collaboration, produced by Genbank and the DNA Database of Japan.
• Produced by European Bioinformatics Institute.
• Updated quarterly.

SQEMOTH Bibliographic data biological sequences. EMBL Others*

• EMBL Others.
• International collaboration, produced by Genbank and the DNA Database of Japan.
• Produced by European Bioinformatics Institute.
• Updated quarterly.

SQEMWGS Bibliographic data biological sequences. WGS*

• A collection of EMBL Whole Genom Shotgun records.
• International collaboration, produced by Genbank and the DNA Database of Japan.
• Produced by European Bioinformatics Institute.
• Updated quarterly.

SQPRPUB Bibliographic data biological sequences. Uniprot+Prot*

• Public proteins and Patent records.
• The world’s most comprehensive catalogue of information about protein.
• Comprises information from Swiss-Prot, TrEMBL, and PIR.
• Produced by European Bioinformatics Institute.
• Updated quarterly.

SwePub

• Theses, conference papers and journal articles.
• Published by some 40 Swedish Universities, Research Institutes and Governmental Agencies.

Synthetic Reaction Updates

A searchable literature updating service within synthetic organic chemistry.

TOXNET: TOXLINE

• Bibliographic database of drugs and chemicals.
• From the 1840s onwards.

Wiley Journals

• Subscription includes “Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology” and “Ullman’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry”.
• Approx. 1400 scientific journals, mostly technology, medicine and science.
• Published by John Wiley & Sons.
• Contains all Wiley journals since 1997.

XPTK Traditional knowledge*

• A database containing references to traditional health-care systems and global literature on medicinal and aromatic plants.
• Sources are the Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge and MAPA (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Abstracts) database.
• Published by the National Institute of Science Communication – NISCOM.
• Consists of more than 55 000 abstracts, books, conference proceedings, patents, research papers and review articles.

XPOAC Open Access Central Journal Articles*

• Open access to peer-reviewed biomedical and chemical journals.
• Includes peer reviewed research articles in all areas of physics and mathematics.
• Coverage from 1997.

XPIPCOM Ip com Prior Art*

• Full-text database.
• Contains disclosure publications from companies such as IBM, Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, and Sony.
• Includes disclosures from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, the US Patent and Trademark Office and the Internet Society.
• Historical coverage varies according to datasource.