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AUTHORS
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NKEY
(Author)
Searches
for material by persons and corporate bodies in the fields describing
personal and corporate authors/creators, series, and other editions/versions.
Does not search for names in subject fields.
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Example:
NKEY duke
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| Retrieves:
catalog records for materials by persons or corporate bodies with the word
duke in their name, such as "Duke Ellington" or "Duke
University ." |
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SUBJECTS
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SKEY
(Subject)
Searches
for words or phrases in authorized subject heading fields.
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Example:
SKEY paint?
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Retrieves:
catalog records for materials about painting or painters and/or
having the exact phrase painting in their name, such as "Painting, photography,
film."
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655A
(Genre Form)
Searches
for generalized genres, such as fiction, drama, or forms
such as bibliographies, encyclopedias, dictionaries, or directories.
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Example
#1:
655A poetry
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| Retrieves:
catalog records for materials with the exact phrase poetry in
the form/genre field. |
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Example
#2:
655A manuscripts
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catalog records for manuscripts on many different topics. |
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TITLES
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TKEY
(Title)
Searches
for words or an exact phrase in fields and subfields describing titles, series,
and authors (relating to titles). Do not search for titles as subjects.
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Example:
TKEY "moby dick"
Retrieves:
catalog records for materials having the exact phrase moby dick
in the title.
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JKEY (Journal
Title)
Searches
for words or an exact phrase in catalog records in all journal-related
fields and subfields describing titles, series and authors.
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Example:
JKEY "urban"
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| Retrieves:
serial catalog record(s) containing the word "urban" in the
title, such as "Comparative Urban Research." |
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SERI (Series
Title)
Searches
for words or an exact phrase in titles of series or in series-related fields.
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Example:
SERI ecology
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catalog records for materials in series containing the term "ecology",
such as "The historical ecology series." |
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NOTES
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NOTE (Notes)
Searches
for words or an exact phrase included in any Notes fields. Notes fields
may contain a wide variety of information including such things as:
- frequency
- physical
characteristics (e.g., globe, microfiche)
- arrangement
of material (e.g., organized into the following subgroups, arranged by
series and series number, alphabetical by)
- relation
to other works (e.g., abridgment of)
- content
of items containing multiple works
- restrictions
on access (e.g., restricted, unclassified)
- credits
to persons participating in the creation of the work
- indexing
services; presence of a bibliography
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Example:
NOTE hogarth
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Retrieves:
catalog records for materials where the word hogarth is included
in a note. Examples include:
- "The
present edition is based on the first (and only) edition published during
Hogarth's lifetime, incorporating his errata in the text, and correcting
obvious errors."
- Added entries:
"Hogarth, Mark.
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690A (Local
Notes)
Searches
for locally specific information; often, but not always, relating to rare
books and other special collections.
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Example:
690a thesis |
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catalog records for materials with the word "thesis", in the
local notes field, such as Yale dissertations. |
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PUBLICATION
INFORMATION
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KPPD
(Publisher: Place, Name, Date)
Searches
for words or dates entered in the publisher's name, place and publication
date fields (imprint).
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Example:
KPPD YALE |
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catalog records for materials with the word yale in the publication
information, such as "Yale University Press." |
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NUMBERS
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IKEY
(Standard Number)
Searches
for both International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) and International
Standard Book Numbers (ISBN).
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Example
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IKEY "0163-075X"
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Retrieves:
the catalog record for the serial publication with the ISSN 0163-075X,
"The Kenyon Review" along with its predecessor and successor
titles.
Note:
for ISSNs, always include the hyphen and enclose the search string in quotation
marks.
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Example
#2:
IKEY 0684874350
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Retrieves:
the catalog record with the ISBN 0-6848-7435-0, "Angela's Ashes."
Note:
for ISBNs, always omit all hyphens and spaces. It is not necessary to enclose
the search statement in quotations.
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Example
#3:
IKEY 012?
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Retrieves:
monographs published by Academic Press.
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