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Abteilung
Abt
Academy
Acad
Accident
Accid
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS
Administration
Adm
Advance(d)
Adv
Aerospace
Aerosp
Agency
Agcy
Agriculture
Agr
Air Force
AF
Air Force Base
AFB
Akademy
Akad
America(n)
Amer
Analysis
Anal
Angewandte
Angew
Animal
Anim
Anthropol(any ending such as Anthropology or Anthropologist)
Anthropol
Apparatus
Apparat
Applied
Appl
Arch(any ending such as Archive or Archives)
Arch
Arthritis
Arthrit
Association
Assoc
Avenue
Ave
Behavior (al)
Behav
Bibliog(any ending such as Bibliography or Bibliographies)
Bibliog
Biochemistry
Biochem
Biol(any ending such as Biology or Biologist)
Biol
Botany
Bot
Boulevard
Blvd
Brothers
Bros
Building
Bldg
Bureau
Bur
Cancer
Canc
Center
Ctr
Central
Cent
Chem(any ending such as Chemistry or Chemical)
Chem
Chimie
Chim
Chirurgie
Chirurg
Cientificas
Cient
Clin(any ending such as Clinic or Clinical)
Clin
College
Coll
Comite
Com
Committee
Comm
Communication
Commun
Company
Co
Comparat(any ending such as Comparative)
Comparat
Compounds
Cpds
Computer
Comp
Conference
Conf
Corporation
Corp
County
Cty
Defence or Defense
Def
Dental
Dent
Department
Dept
Deutsch
Deutsch
Development
Dev
Diabetes
Diabet
Diagnosis
Diag
Disease
Dis
District
Dist
Division
Div
Drive
Dr
East
E
Econ(any ending such as Economy or Economist)
Econ
Education
Educ
Egyetem
Egyet
Electric/Electronic
Elect
Electroencephalographic
Eeg
Elektrische/Elektronik
Elekt
Engineering
Engn
Environment
Environm
Establishment/Establissement
Estab
Étude
Etud
Experiment(al)
Expt
Faculty
Fac
Fakulty
Fak
Farmacia
Farm
Federal
Fed
Fisica
Fis
Forschung
Forsch
Fort
Ft
Foundation
Fdn
Fysica
Fys
General
Gen
Geology
Geol
Gesellschaft
Gesell
Government
Govt
Graduate
Grad
Group
Grp
Health
Hlth
Heights
Hts
History
Hist
Hochschule
Hsch
Hogeskole
Hgsk
Hopital
Hop
Horticulture
Hort
Hospital
Hosp
Husbandry
Husb
Hygiene
Hyg
Incorporated
Inc
Industry
Ind
Infectious
Infect
Infirmary
Infirm
Ingegneria
Ingn
Institute
Inst
Istituto
Ist
International
Int
Intro(any ending such as Introduction)
Intro
Investigation
Invest
Island
Isl
Junior
Jr
Kemiai
Kem
Klinik
Klin
Konference/Konferenz
Konf
Laboratories
Labs
Laboratory
Lab
Lecture
Lect
Library
Lib
Limited
Ltd
Maladies
Malad
Manufacturing
Mfg
Marketing
Mkt
Material
Mat
Mathematics
Math
Mechanical
Mech
Medecine
Med
Medicine
Med
Meditskkaya
Med
Medizin
Med
Memorial
Mem
Metabolic
Metab
Metal
Met
Military
Mil
Mining
Min
Ministry
Minist
Molecular/Molecule/Molekular
Mol
Mount
Mt
Nacional
Nacl
National
Natl
Natural
Nat
Navigation
Nav
Nazionale
Nazl
North
N
Northeast
Ne
Northern
No
Northwest
Nw
Nuclear
Nucl
Nuklear
Nukl
Nutrition
Nutr
Observatory
Observ
Obstetrics
Obstet
Office
Off
Organization
Org
Ospedale
Osped
Paediatrics
Paediat
Park
Pk
Parkway
Pkwy
Pediatrics
Pediat
Petroleum
Petr
Pharmaceut(any ending such as Pharmaceutical or Pharmaceuticals)
Pharmaceut
Pharmacol(any ending such as Pharmacology or Pharmacologist)
Pharmacol
Pharmacy
Pharm
Physiol(any ending such as Physiology or Physiologist)
Physiol
Place
Pl
Post Office
Po
Post Office Box
Pob
Process
Proc
Products
Prod
Professor
Prof
Propulsion
Prop
Protein
Prot
Province
Prov
Psychiatry
Psychiat
Psychol(any ending such as Psychology or Psychologist)
Psychol
Pulmonary
Pulm
Quimica
Quim
Radiat(any ending such as Radiation)
Radiat
Recherche
Rech
Rehabilitation
Rehabil
Reproduction
Reprod
Research
Res
Respiratory
Resp
Ricerca
Ric
Road
Rd
Saint
St
Sanatorium
Sanat
Sanitary
Sanit
School
Sch
Science
Sci
Semiconductor
Semicond
Service
Serv
Society
Soc
South
S
Southeast
Se
Southern
So
Southwest
Sw
Spectroscopy
Spect
Square
Sq
Standard
Stand
Station
Stn
Statistics
Stat
Strasse
Str
Street
St
Structure
Struct
Substance
Subst
Superior
Super
Surgery
Surg
Synthesis
Synth
System
Syst
Technical, Techische
Tech
Technical High School/ Technische Hochschule
TH
Telephone
Tel
Temperature
Temp
Territory
Terr
Textile
Text
Transact(any ending such as Transactions)
Transact
Tuberculosis
Tb
Tudomanyos
Tud
United States
US
University
Univ
Vascular
Vasc
Veterans Administration
Vet Adm
Veterinary
Vet
Weapons
Weap
Welfare
Welf
West
W
Wissenschaft
Wissensch
Zentral
Zent

State & Country Abbreviations

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U.S. State Abbreviations

Alaska-Kansas

Alaska
AK
Alabama
AL
Arkansas
AR
American Samoa
AS
Arizona
AZ
California
CA
Colorado
CO
Connecticut
CT
Canal Zone
CZ
District of Columbia
DC
Delaware
DE
Florida
FL
Georgia
GA
Guam
GU
Hawaii
HI
Iowa
IA
Idaho
ID
Illinois
IL
Indiana
IN
Kansas
KS
Kentucky-Ohio
Kentucky
KY
Louisiana
LA
Massachusetts
MA
Maryland
MD
Maine
ME
Michigan
MI
Minnesota
MN
Missouri
MO
Mississippi
MS
Montana
MT
North Carolina
NC
North Dakota
ND
Nebraska
NE
Nevada
NV
New Hampshire
NH
New Jersey
NJ
New Mexico
NM
New York
NY
Northern Mariana Islands
CM
Ohio
OH
Oklahoma-Wyoming
Oklahoma
OK
Oregon
OR
Pennsylvania
PA
Puerto Rico
PR
Rhode Island
RI
South Carolina
SC
South Dakota
SD
Tennessee
TN
Trust Territories
TT
Texas
TX
US Overseas Military
AA, AE, AP
Utah
UT
Virginia
VA
Virgin Islands
VI
Vermont
VT
Washington
WA
Wisconsin
WI
West Virginia
WV
Wyoming
WY

Country Name Abbreviations

Names of countries are spelled out in the database as space permits (up to 15 characters). The abbreviations currently used for countries with names longer than 15 characters are below.

Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbu
Bosnia & Hercegovina
Bosnia & Herceg
Central African Republic
Cent Afr Republ
Dominican Republic
Dominican Rep
Equatorial Guinea
Equat Guinea
French Austral Lands
Fr Austr Lands
French Polynesia
Fr Polynesia
Malagasy Republic
Malagasy Republ
Mongolian People's Republic
Mongol Peo Rep
Netherlands Antilles
Neth Antilles
Northern Ireland
North Ireland
Papua New Guinea
Papua N Guinea
People's Republic of China
Peoples R China
Republic of Georgia
Rep of Georgia
Sao Tome E Principe
Sao Tome E Prin
Saint Kitts & Nevis
St Kitts & Nevi
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinid & Tobago
United Arab Emirates
U Arab Emirates
United States of America
USA

Additions/Deletions/Changes

1994
Deleted Czechoslovakia
Added Czech Republic
Added Slovakia
Changed Congo Peopl Rep to Congo
Changed Spanish Sahara to Western Sahara
Deleted Senegambia
Added Senegal
Added Gambia
Changed St Christ & Nev to St Kitts & Nevi
Added Eritrea
1993
Deleted USSR
Added:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus and Byelarus
Estonia
Rep of Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Tajikistan and Tajikstan
Turkmenistan
Russia
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Added Bosnia & Herceg
Added Croatia
Added Macedonia
Added Slovenia
1991
Deleted Fed Rep Ger
Deleted Ger Dem Rep
Added Germany
1989
Changed Afars & Issas to Djibouti
Changed Belau to Palau
Changed Cent Afr Empire to Cent Afr Republ
Added Ciskei
Changed Portuguese Guin to Guinea Bissau
Changed Ivory Coast to Cote Ivoire
Changed Khmer Republic to Cambodia
Corrected Leichtenstein to Liechtenstein
Madagascar changed to Malagassy Republ
Added Namibia
Added Transkei
Added Venda

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