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Volume 13 Article 4 4-1-1986 'SOYA' Soybean Genetics Newsletter Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/soybeangenetics Recommended Citation Soybean Genetics Newsletter (1986) "'SOYA'," Soybean Genetics Newsletter: Vol. 13 , Article 4. Available at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/soybeangenetics/vol13/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Soybean Genetics Newsletter by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact . 11 III . SOYA Computerized Bibliographic Database on Soybean Utilization, Processing, Marketing, Nutrition, Production, and History 1100 B. C. to the Present Background and Introduction : SOYA is the world ' s most comprehensive com- puterized bibliographic database relating to all aspects of soybeans and soyfoods. The only computerized database on foods with records predating the late 1960s , it contains more than 6 , 500 records published before 1969. Ten years in the making and international in scope, it is based on the Soyfoods Center Library, t he world ' s la r gest in this field . Producer and Owner of Database: CA 94549 USA . Phone : Soyfoods Center , PO Box 234 , Lafayette , (415) 283-2991 . Contact William Shurtleff . The Soy- foods Center is a private research and publication organization . Subject Matter and Scope of Database : All aspects of soybean utilization and processing for food , feed, and industrial uses . Soyfoods include tradi- tional and modern , fermented and nonfermented , soy oil, soybean flour and meal , and modern soy protein products. Marketing of soybeans and soyfoods worldwide , and information about these industries and markets . biochemistry of all foods and feeds . tions . Nutrition and Major soy- related people and organiza- History of soybeans and soyfoods , domestication and dissemination of the soybean, his t ory of world soybean production . Of the tens of thousands of articles and books on all aspects of soybean agriculture (production , agronomy , etc.) that have been published worldwide , r eferences to about 1 , 500 of the most impo r tant ones , including all key reviews of the literature , have been included in this database . Most of those published before 1925 have been included , as they are of historical import ance . Indexing/Coding/Classification : The bibliographic records (references) are indexed using one large index, which covers the following fields and allows v i rtually instantaneous retrieval: Personal Author , Corporate Author , Title in English , Journal Name, Keywords/Descriptors (controlled vocabulary) , Corporate Sou rce (authors ' address) , Language , and Identifiers (uncontrolled vocabulary). The database uses 320+ Keywords , which are described in our Thesaurus ($9 . 95 ) . Each recor d contains at least one soy-re l ated keyword plus a region- and-country keyword (e . g ., Asia-Japan or Europe- France) . as major books) contain as many as 20 keywords. Some records (such 12 Present Number of Bibliographic Records in Database: 10,900+ as of Jan. 1986. Time Span Covered by Database: 1100 B.C. to present. Principal Language of Database: English . First Available in Machine-Readable Form: Frequency of Updates: Growth Rate: 10 December 1984. Monthly. 1 , 000 to 2,000 records/year. Formats and Sequences Available: Format 1 is the full record. Format 2 is the bibliographie citation only (the first 15 fields , described later) . The record sequence may be specified as eithe r alphabetically by author , chronological , or reverse chronological (newest fi r s t). Book Form: In 1986 (and roughly once ever y 3-5 years thereafter) the en- tire contents of the SOYA database will be printed as a hardcover book titled Bibliography of Soyfoods and the Soybean Industry . All records will be print- ed alphabetically by author and numbered sequentially . Then there will be a chronological listing of all r ecords published before 1920 . Fi nally , there will be a listing of all 320+ keywords, followed by the number of each r eco rd in which they occ ur . E.g. , TOFU: 23 , 99, 107, 108 , 1 13, 176, How t o Search the Database: Contact The Soyfoods Center by phone (prefer- ably) or letter , indicating s ubjec t s , auth ors , and/or time frame you wish to have searched. We wi l l be glad to help you define your search. ing is not yet availab le. Online search- We will conduct the search immediately (using our indexes) and let you know the number of records found in each search, and the cost . In any field relating to soybeans , the SOYA database i s unsurpassed fo r doing a review of the literature. A sample request might be : " I 'd like all r eferences t o soybeans or soyfoods in Indi a from earliest times, printed alphabetically by au thor. " Result: 227 references, starting from the year 1690 . The saurus for the SOYA Database , first published in 1985 and updated annually , is the key guide to searching . Containing all of the 320+ keywords , it shows hierarchical broad and narrow term relationships , related terms , and " see" references . It is available f r om Soyfoods Center for $9 .95 , post- paid . Prices: $0.45 per record printed offli ne , $45 . 00 minimum. Reduced rates for more than 500 r ecords . Pos tpaid . 13 Full Text of Documents: Photocopies of the full text of most documents listed in the SOYA database can be ordered from Soyfoods Center Library for $0.50 per page, $9 . 00 minimum, postpaid . How to Order: lished. Orders must be prepaid . Orders must be prepaid until customer credit is estab- Credit will automatically be given to staff members at all colleges and universities, and to well known organizations in the United States . Hardwar~ and Software: disk (35 and 20 megabytes). based on Revelation . Our system uses two IBM-PCs, each with a hard Our database manager program, called BIBLIO, is One of the world's most powerful bibliographic software programs, BIBLIO is available to organizations developing computerized bibliographic databases . For a detailed brochure and prices, contact the Soyfoods Center . Number of Records and ComEosition of Da t abase bl Time Periods : llOO B. C. to 1849 1850 to 1900 1900 to 1919 1920 to 1939 1940 to 1959 1960 to 1968 1969 to 1985 152 records 405 records 881 records 1532 records 1817 records 1685 records 3102 records 1. 7% of total 4 . 5% 9. 7% 16.9% 20.0% 18 . 6% 34 . 2% Number of Records on Major Food Categories in Database : 1148 1107 806 755 609 655 484 473 201 199 191 1 76 162 161 117 Soy oil and soybean meal Soy flour Tofu Soymi l k Soy sauce Modern soy proteins (Isolates , concentrates, textured products) Miso Tempeh Whole dry soybeans Fresh green soybeans Soy sprouts Soy ice cream (from isolates , tofu , or soymilk) Soy lecithin Nat to Fermented s (...truncated)