Databases use different codes to allow you to search by specific field. This can help to narrow your search to a specific publication, author, or date.
Search Indexes |
Labels |
Example |
Keyword | kw: | coffee or tea and house+ [keyword searches geographic codes, map data, and the Extended Title, Notes, and Subject indexes] |
Author | au: | leo 'le' bon [put single quotes around words that are treated as operators] |
Author Phrase | au= | saint-arroman auguste |
Corporate Name | co: | double five |
Descriptor | de: | voice disorders |
Descriptor Phrase | de= | voice disorders in children |
Geographic Coverage Phrase | gc= | capetown |
ISBN | nb: | 3196311821 [omit hyphens] |
ISSN | sn: | 0000-0019 [use hyphens] |
Material Type | mt: | vhs |
Publisher | pb: | mcgraw-hill |
Publisher Location | pl: | china |
Series Title | se: | emb report |
Subject | su: | coffee and tea house+ |
Subject Phrase | su= | coffeehouses in art |
Title | ti: | music w3 british w3 enlightenment |
Title Phrase | ti= | music theory in the british isles during the enlightenment |
Uniform title | ut: | bible |