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Advanced Search Field Tags

Field tags enable you to search data fields within a record.

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AD=Address

Searches for institution and/or place names in the Author Address and the Editor Address field within a record.

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AI=Author Identifiers

Searches for ResearcherID numbers and ORCID identifiers in the Author Identifiers table within a record.

Enter a unique ResearcherID number or ORCID identifier with the AI field tag.

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AO=Astronomical Object

Searches the Astronomical Object Indexing field within a record.

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AU=Author

Searches for names in the following fields within a record.

Author(s)
Translator
Inventor

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Last names containing a space should be searched with and without the space to ensure that all relevant records are returned. For example:

AU=(De Marco* OR DeMarco*)
AU=(Van Hecke T* OR Vanhecke T*)

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CH=Chemical Data

Searches the Chemical Indexing field within a record.

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CIX=Controlled Index

Searches the Controlled Indexing field within a record.

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CL=Classification

Searches the Classification Code(s) field within a record.

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ED=Editor

Searches for editor names in the Editor(s) field within a record. For example:

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IC=Identifying Codes

Searches for codes in the following fields within a record.

Accession Number
CODEN
CODEN of Translation
ISSN
ISSN of Translation
Standard Book Number
Report Number
Contract Number
Patent Number
Original Patent Number
SICI
SICI of Translation

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IS=ISSN

Searches the ISSN field within a record.

The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) searches for periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has both a print ISSN and an electronic ISSN, then both display in the Full Record. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X.

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IS=ISBN

Searches the ISBN field within a record.

The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) searches for books. It is a unique machine-readable identifier that marks a book unmistakably. The format is a 10-digit number that contains 3 hyphens (-). The last digit is a check character, which may be a number or an X. The position of the hyphens can vary for each ISBN identifier.

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MI=Meeting Information

Searches the following fields within a record.

Title of Conference
Conference Location
Sponsoring Organization
Conference Dates

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PY=Year Published

Searches the Source Published field within a record. You must combine this field tag with another field tag using the AND or NOT Boolean operator.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=2007

When entering a range of years, restrict your search to five years or less; otherwise, processing slows down and the product returns too many unproductive results.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=(2008-2010)

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SO=Publication Name

Searches for publication names in the Source field within a record. The product retrieves all source titles within a product database (for example, journal titles and/or book titles if the product includes books).

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SU=Research Area

Searches the Research Areas field.

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TI=Title

Searches the Title field within a record.

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TS=Topic

Searches for topic terms in following fields within a record.

Title
Abstract
Controlled Indexing
Uncontrolled Indexing
Original Indexing
Classification Code(s)

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UI=Uncontrolled Index

Searches the Uncontrolled Indexing field within a record.

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UT=Accession Number

Searches the Accession Number field within a record. The accession number is a unique identifying number associated with each record in the product. It consists of a product identification code, a product year, and an item number.