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Contents
Contents
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Introduction
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Who should use this guide?
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Revision history
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Additional documentation
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Getting Started
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Browsing
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Capitalization
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Combine, qualify, and expand searches
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Boolean operators
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Proximity operators
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Qualified searches
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Wildcards and truncation
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Examples of combined and qualified searches
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Default index
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Derived searches
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Initial articles (such as "a", "an", and "the")
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Internet URLs and the 856 field
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Levels of searching
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Non-Latin/non-Roman scripts
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Search for local holdings record (LHR) data
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Spacing
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Special characters in Latin script searches
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Stemming
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Stopwords
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Types of searches
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Word search
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Phrase search
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Whole phrase search
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Number search
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Number phrase search
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Indexes
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List of Indexes
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Indexes by types of data used for searching
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Access Method
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Access Restrictions
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Action Note
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Authentication Code
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Barcode
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BC Year
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Branch Definition/Shelf Location
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Call Number
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Canadian Class Number
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Canadian Subject
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Cataloging Source
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Character Sets Present
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Collection Level
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Cooperative Programs
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Corporate/Conference Name
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Corporate/Conference Subject
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Country of Publication
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Date Created as MARC
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Derived: Corporate/Conference Name
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Derived: Name/Title
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Derived: Personal Name
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Derived: Title
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Description Conventions
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Descriptors
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Dewey Decimal Class Number
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Dewey Decimal Edition Number
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Encoding Level
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Entity Attributes
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Format/Document Type
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Genre/Form
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Geographic Coverage
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Government Document Number
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Holding Library
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Holding Library Group
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Internet
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ISBN
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ISSN
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ISSN-L
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Keyword
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Language
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Language of Cataloging
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LC Children's Subject
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LC Class Number
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LCCN
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LCSH
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Local holdings — City
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Local Holdings — OCLC Groups
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Local holdings — OCLC institution symbol
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Local Holdings — State/Province
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Local holdings — Your holdings
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Material Type
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MeSH
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Microform
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Music/Publisher number
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Musical Composition
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Musical Incipit
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NAL Class Number
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NAL Subject
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Name
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National Bibliography Number
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NLM Class Number
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Notes
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OCLC Control Number
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Online Digital Limit
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Other Class Number
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Other Format
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Other Subject
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Personal Name
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Personal Name Subject
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Physical Description
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Provenance
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Publisher
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Publisher Location
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Report Number
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RVM Subject
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Sears Subject
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Series
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Standard Number
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Subject
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Title
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Uniform Title
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Unique Serial Title
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Universal Decimal Class Number
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Update Date
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Vendor
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Year
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Year 2
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Fields and subfields
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Leader
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0xx fields
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1xx fields
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2xx fields
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3xx fields
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4xx fields
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5xx fields
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6xx fields
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7xx fields
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8xx fields
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9xx fields
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Format/Document Type values and codes
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Material Type Names and Codes
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Computer Files (com)
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Continuing Resources (cnr)
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Maps, Cartographic Materials (map)
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Musical Scores (sco)
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Sound recordings (rec)
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Universal
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Visual Materials (vis)
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RDA terms and codes
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Carrier terms and codes (field 338 ‡a ‡b)
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Content terms and codes (field 336 ‡a ‡b)
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Media terms and codes (field 337 ‡a ‡b)
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Online Help Documentation
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Open the online help
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Print an individual help topic
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Search for an online help topic
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Using the Online Help
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View an online help topic in Contents tab
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Contacting Support
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Introduction
This guide provides comprehensive information about indexes used to retrieve records
from WorldCat. OCLC services, including cataloging and discovery/reference, use the
same search indexes. Interfaces for searching WorldCat include:
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OCLC Connexion® client and browser (cataloging)
OCLC CatExpress® in Connexion browser (copy cataloging)
OCLC FirstSearch® (reference)
OCLC WorldCat Discovery
OCLC WorldShare™ (Acquisitions, Circulation, InterLibrary Loan, Metadata)
This guide shows MARC fields and subfields indexed for each WorldCat index, gives
examples, and provides information about how each index works to help construct
searches that retrieve the records you need.
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Organization
These sections are contained in this document:
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Introduction — describes the purpose of the guide, who should use the guide, links to additional documentation for
interface-specific instructions, and a table with recent updates to the guide.
Getting started — provides general information, requirements, and guidelines with which you should be familiar when
searching WorldCat.
Indexes — lists all of the indexes that are available for searching WorldCat and provides reference information on how the
index is to be used in Connexion, FirstSearch, WorldCat Discovery, and WorldShare.
Lists of index values — provides reference tables on fields and subfields searched by WorldCat with the indexes; values
and other criteria indexed for each Format/Document type index and Material type index; and RDA content, media, and
carrier type terms and codes.
Fields and subfields — lists all fields and subfields indexed and shows the indexes that include them.
Format/Document type — shows values and other criteria indexed for each Format/Document type index.
Material type names and codes — shows values and other criteria indexed for each category set of codes in the Material
Type index.
RDA terms and codes — provides tables that show RDA content, media, and carrier type terms and codes that may
occur in fields 336, 337, and 338 of records.
Index values and MARC fields for WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local — contains a chart that shows how
WorldCat.org builds index values form the MARC fields listed to get the format/facet.
Online help documentation — explains how to open the online help, view online help topics, search for topics, and print
topics.
Contacting Support — provides a link to OCLC Support page.
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Who should use this guide?
This guide is for library staff who use the OCLC interfaces listed to search WorldCat.
It is not meant for:
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End-user patrons of libraries who have public access to WorldCat.
Users of OCLC Z39.50 access to cataloging and to FirstSearch. Those who use Z39.50 configure their own search
indexes when they configure their individual local Z39.50 client. For more information, see:
o FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide
o
Z39.50 Configuration Guide for OCLC Z39.50 Cataloging
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Revision history
Date
December 2014
Description
Scope
Removed all references to 262
field.
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March 2014
Fields and Subfields: 2XX fields
Publisher search index
Publisher Location search index
Keyword search index
Music Publisher Number search index
Standard Number search index
Updated documentation to an
online help system
Searching WorldCat Indexes documentation updated so
that content is in an online help system so that it is easier
for users to find content.
Indexes now available for expert
searching in WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
These indexes are now available:
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Year search index enhanced for
searching in WorldShare
Cooperative programs (cp:)
Description conventions (dx:)
Holding library (li:) (only in WorldShare)
Local holdings by groups (l5:)
Local holdings by OCLC institution symbol (l4:)
Provenance (pv:)
For the Year search index, these types of searches are now
permissible:
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2001-05
2001-05
2001-005
2001-2005
October 2013
Added Provenance index (pv:)
Added index entry and ancillary information.
August 2013
Updated Holding Library index
(li:)
Holding library index (li:) now available to all WorldShare
applications.
April 2012
"Treatment of special characters
in Latin script searches" section
updated
New characters are valid in bibliographic and authority
records as of the May 2012 system installation. The table
that shows how to treat characters in searches is updated.
OCLC-MARC Update 2012
indexing changes
Revised throughout based on Indexing Changes in TB 261,
OCLC-MARC Format Update 2012.
November 2011
Change to the action note index
A search in the action note index (io:) now also searches
local holdings records.
August 2011
OCLC-MARC Update 2011
indexing changes
Revised throughout based on Indexing Changes in TB 260,
OCLC-MARC Format Update 2011.
March 2011
New index added
Added new index: Other format ( rp=)
Changed name of existing index
Name of index "ISSN link" changed to "ISSN-L" to match
the name as it appears in Connexion index drop-down lists
Added links
In lists of indexes, added a link to the index description
from each index name.
Field/subfields added to two
indexes
Field 530 subfields b, c, d, and 3 were added to the
keyword and notes indexes.
October 2010
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Date
May 2010
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Description
OCLC-MARC Update 2010
indexing changes
Scope
Revised throughout based on Indexing Changes in TB 258,
OCLC-MARC Format Update 2010.
Added an alphabetized list of index names linked to
descriptions at the top of section 2, "WorldCat index
descriptions."
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Additional documentation
Interface-specific instructions for WorldCat searching
This guide does not give instructions on how to use specific interfaces for searching. The following table provides
information on where to find interface-specific instructions for searching WorldCat.
OCLC Interface/Description
Documentation on searching WorldCat
Connexion
(browser and client)
Connexion: Searching WorldCat Quick Reference
Connexion client
(Windows-based software for cataloging)
Client Help, "Search WorldCat"
Connexion browser
(Web browser for cataloging)
Browser Help, "Find Bibliographic Records"
CatExpress
(copy cataloging via Express tab within the Connexion
browser)
CatExpress Help in Connexion browser, "Use
CatExpress"
Cataloging, Search WorldCat
Cataloging, Find Bibliographic Records
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CatExpress Quick Reference
CatExpress Quick Reference
FirstSearch
(Web browser interface for reference within WorldCat and
numerous other databases.)
FirstSearch Help "Search" and "Results"
WorldCat Discovery
WorldCat Discovery Services documentation
WorldShare
Acquisitions online help
Circulation online help
eResources online help
WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager
WorldShare InterLibrary Loan online help
Quick references
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Working with Local Bibliographic Data
Searching in WorldCat Discovery (differences from FirstSearch)
Differences between Searching for WorldCat Records in WorldShare versus Connexion
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Getting Started
Review these topics before searching WorldCat Indexes:
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Browsing (page 15)
Capitalization (page 16)
Combine, qualify, and expand searches (page 17)
Default index (page 24)
Derived searches (page 25)
Initial articles (such as "a", "an", and "the") (page 28)
Levels of searching (page 30)
Non-Latin/non-Roman scripts (page 31)
Spacing (page 33)
Special characters in Latin script searches (page 34)
Stopwords (page 48)
Types of searches (page 50)
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Browsing
Note:
Browsing is not available in WorldCat Discovery.
Browsing scans an index with the intent of finding a matched term or the closest matching term, rather than retrieving
records. Selecting a term in a browse results list then retrieves the relevant record(s).
Each index description notes whether the index supports searching only or both searching and browsing.
Browse WorldCat using either:
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A word that appears anywhere in indexed fields and subfields
An exact phrase (complete subfield) or whole phrase (complete field), starting with the first word and including all words
(but excluding initial articles in titles). The phrase you enter is matched character by character, from left to right, against
the characters of the phrase in the index you specify.
The system returns a list of terms showing a match or the closest match, along with terms that precede and follow the
matching term. When you open an entry on the list, you see the record or a list of records retrieved for that term.
Guidelines
Follow these general guidelines for browsing:
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Include up to 60 letters, numbers, spaces, or these characters: ( ) &
Omit initial articles and non-English equivalents from titles (as listed on the Library of Congress Web site).
Include hyphens or substitute a space (system treats as two words).
Example:
sca ti:asymmetrically distributed finds both titles, Asymmetrically-distributed variations... and
Asymmetrically distributed information....
Do not use qualifiers, wildcards, or combined terms for browsing.
Tips for browsing
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Truncation. Browsing provides automatic truncation without using the truncation symbol. Type only as many characters
or words as needed.
Example: To browse for the title Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, type tiw=let us now praise famous
Browse for titles.
o Use the title phrase index (ti=) to browse for title/subtitle combinations. The title browse index includes 245
‡b.
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In Connexion: Use the title whole phrase index (tiw=) to browse for a title proper (cataloger-constructed title
access point). The index excludes 245 ‡b.
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In FirstSearch: Use the Subject All index (sa=) in expert searches. Subject All is the only whole phrase
index available in FirstSearch.
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Capitalization
Index labels and search terms can be upper- or lowercase or a combination.
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Combine, qualify, and expand searches
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Boolean operators (page 18)
Proximity operators (page 19)
Qualified searches (page 20)
Wildcards and truncation (page 21)
Examples of combined and qualified searches (page 22)
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Boolean operators
Use the Boolean operators shown in the following table for combining search terms to narrow or broaden searches:
Boolean operator
Connexion/
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
and
AND
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OR
not
NOT
Finds all terms anywhere
in a record.
Can omit for simple
searches when just one
index label is used or
where no other boolean
operator is used.
Finds any single term or all
terms.
Example
su:wom?n and ti:history and
gc:new york and yr:1970
pn=woolf, virginia or
pn=woolf, leonard and yr:190050
Excludes the term that follows ti=civil war not su:battle
not gc=united states
not.
Boolean searches are processed in left to right order.
Guidelines
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Type operators between search terms to combine them.
Do not use for browsing (scanning indexes).
Do not truncate a music publisher number or Government document number in a combined search; type the complete
number.
Boolean searches can be nested using parentheses — ut: (civil w1 war) and (battlefield w1 command*)
For Word searches, if you do not want the system to use these words as operators, enclose the word in quotation marks.
For example, to search for the title Neighbors Near and Far which includes near and and, normally treated as operators,
type ti:neighbors "near" "and" far.
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Proximity operators
Note:
Proximity operators are not available in WorldCat Discovery or WorldShare.
Use the following proximity operators to indicate relationship and, optionally, position of search terms in relation to
each other:
Proximity
operators
Function
Examples
with
(or w)
Finds both terms, in the order typed, with no words between.
near
(or n)
Finds both terms, in any order, with no words between.
ti:moon n eclipse
Followed by a number (1 to 25), finds both terms, in any order,
with no more than the specified number of words between.
ti:chicken n3 egg
Followed by a number (1 to 25), finds both terms, in the order
typed, with no more than the specified number of words
between. ti:aluminum w2 wiring
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ti:aluminum w wiring
Enclose phrase in quotation
marks: ti:"aluminum
wiring"
Guidelines for proximity operators
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Type operators between search terms to combine them.
For Word searches, if you do not want the system to use these with and near as operators, enclose the word in quotation
marks. For example, to search for the title Neighbors Near and Far which includes near and and, normally treated as
operators, type ti:neighbors "near" "and" far.
Do not use for browsing (scanning indexes).
Do not use for derived searches.
Do not truncate a music publisher number or Government document number in a combined search; type the complete
number.
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Qualified searches
Qualifying a search is combining numeric, keyword, or derived search terms with qualifier indexes and supported
values using Boolean operators and (AND) or not (NOT).
Examples:
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su:scotland and mt:map and yr:2000cn:microsoft and yr:2003 not mt:url
Qualify searches to make them more precise and narrow your results. Although in the Connexion command line or in
the FirstSearch expert search, you can search using the following qualifier indexes alone, but alone they are likely to
retrieve too many records. Qualifier indexes are meant to be combined with other indexes to limit a search by a
specific attribute.
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Material type: Limits a search to one of over 100 specific material types (see the list in WorldCat index descriptions or see
one of the tables of indexed values.
Years of publication: Limits a search to a Year or range of years.
Microform or not microform: Limits a search to microforms or excludes microforms.
Cooperative programs: Limits a search to records produced by the Library of Congress (LC) or LC cooperative programs.
Internet or not internet: Limits a search to Internet resources or excludes Internet resources.
Language: Limits a search to items in a specific language.
Holding library: Limits a search to items held by a specific library. (Not available in WorldCat Discovery)
Guidelines for qualified searches
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Qualifiers can appear in any order in a search.
More than one qualifier can be used.
Browse terms cannot be qualified.
For non-Latin script search terms, use the same qualifiers as Latin scripts and enter search terms in Latin script.
In Connexion only, some values and codes for qualifying searches can be entered by simply preceding with a slash
instead of an index label and colon (:) or equal sign ( =).
If you use slash qualifiers:
o Type as the last elements of a search.
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Use only one of each type listed above, in any order — ovid,meta/bks/dlc/1600-99
o
Do not use slash qualifiers in WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery; these applications do not support
searches with slashes.
Slash qualifiers are available in FirstSearch WorldCat or WorldCat Resource Sharing for derived searches
only. To use slash qualifiers with derived searches in FirstSearch/Resource Sharing expert searches, the
derived search must be the first or only element of a search.
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Wildcards and truncation
Use wildcard and truncation symbols to expand or focus searches. The system retrieves up to 300 matches to search
terms when you use wildcards or truncation.
Note: For non-Latin script search terms, truncation can be used for Bengali, CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean),
Devanagari, Tamil, and Thai scripts only. For other supported non-Latin scripts, use browsing for automatic
truncation.
Name
Number
sign
Symbol
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Function
Wildcard
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Wildcard
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*
Truncation
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Usage
Example
A minimum of three characters must
precede the symbol.
Replace one character in a search.
A minimum of three characters must
precede the symbol
wom#n
retrieves woman and women
A minimum of three characters must
precede the symbol.
Replace 0 to 9 unknown characters in a
search term.
Followed by a number, replace the
specified number of unknown
characters. (?n — question mark
followed by a number from 1 to 9)
encyclop?dia
retrieves encyclopedia
and encyclopaedia
re?4tion
retrieves recreation
, refraction, relaxation, etc.
A minimum of three characters must
precede the symbol.
Add to the end of a word to retrieve
variant endings.
A minimum of three characters must
precede the symbol
Search returns records with 0 or more
characters in place of the truncation
symbol
connect* retrieves connect,
connection, connectivity, etc.
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Examples of combined and qualified searches
Each search in the following table is shown as both a keyword/numeric search and a derived search.
Keyword and numeric search examples
Connexion
FirstSearch
Derived search examples
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
Corporate/Conference Name Microsoft, excluding material type
Internet resources, and 2005
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cn:microsoft and yr:2005
not mt:url
cn:microsoft not
mt:url/2005
cn:microsoft cn:microsoft
and yr:2005 AND yr:2005
not mt:url
NOT mt:url
Connexion
FirstSearch
Corporate/Conference Name Adrian College , 1970
to 1990
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adri,col,/197090
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adri,col,/197090
adri,col,/197090
Dewey Decimal Number 616, 1980 to the present
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dd:616 and yr:1980dd:616/1980-
dd:616 and
yr:1980-
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dd:616 and
yr:1980-
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Format
cn:microsoft and dt=vis
cn:microsoft cn:microsoft microsoft/vis
and dt=vis
AND x0:vis
microsoft/vis
Personal Name Albert Camus combined with title Myth of Sisyphus
Personal name James A. Michener combined with
title Tales of the South Pacific
pn=camus, albert and ti+myth pn=camus,
albert and
of sisyphus
ti=myth of
sisyphus
mich,jam,a and
tal,of,th,s
pn=camus,
albert AND
ti=myth of
sisyphus
mich,jam,a and
tal,of,th,s
Subject Scotland , maps format, 2000 to the present
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su:scotland and dt=map
and yr:2000su:scotland/map/2000-
Title To the Lighthouse , visual materials format
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su:scotland su:scotland
and dt=map
AND x0:map
and yr:2000- AND yr:2000-
ti=to the
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Title Sound of Music, material type DVD video
ti=to the
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Connexion
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dt=vis
ti=to the lighthouse/vis
Derived search examples
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
lighthouse
and dt=vis
lighthouse
AND x0:vis
pn=camus,
albert and
ti=mythe de
sisyphe and
la:fre
pn=camus,
albert AND
ti=mythe de
sisyphe AND
la:fre
Connexion
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mt:dvv
td:sou,of,mu,
and mt:dvv
FirstSearch
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mt:dvv
td:sou,of,mu,
and mt:dvv
Qualifier — Language
pn=camus, albert and
ti=mythe de sisyphe and
la:fre
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Qualifier — Microform
cn:microsoft and mf:mic
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microsoft/mic
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Qualifier — Cooperative Programs
ti:paper airplanes and dl:y
ti:paper
airplanes
and dl:y
ti:paper
airplanes
AND dl:y
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airplanes/dlc
pap,ai,,/dlc
pap,ai,,/dlc
Truncation and wildcard example Subject woman or women with subject
history and subject new york, limited to items published from 1990 to the
present
su:wom?n and history and new su:wom?n and
history and
york/1990new
york/1990-
su:wom?n and
history AND
new
york/1990-
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Default index
If you do not include an index label, the system uses the Keyword index (kw:) as the default.
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Derived searches
Note:
Derived searches are not available in WorldCat Discovery or WorldShare.
Derived searching reduces the number of keystrokes you enter.
A derived search uses a specific number of initial characters from sequential words in a name or title.
The "derived" segments of the words are separated by commas.
A word is defined the same as for keyword searching (any character(s) between two blank spaces).
The number and pattern of letters and commas tells the system which derived index to search.
In a Connexion command line search or a FirstSearch expert search, using the derived search index label and punctuation
is optional if it is the first or only element of the search.
Always use index labels and punctuation when combining a derived search with a search in a different index.
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Types of derived searches
The following table describes the four types of derived searches:
Number
of initial
letters
and
commas
Minimum
key (see
general
notes)
Index
Index label
Index-specific notes
Derived:
Corporate/Conference
Name (page 92)
cd:
=4,3,1
4,1,blank
Leading equal sign (=)
distinguishes this index from
personal name index if you
enter without a label. Use in
conjunction with a comma (,)
and circumflex (^). Example:
=mcdo,air,^
Name/Title
nd:
4,4
4,4
For records without 1xx
fields, minimum key can be
blank,4.
Derived: Personal
Name (page 94)
pd:
4,3,1
4,1,blank
Derived: Title (page 95)
td:
3,2,2,1
None
Cannot use circumflex.
General notes:
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Minimum key. The minimum key pattern shows how few letters you can type and still retrieve all
possible characters up to the required number of letters. For example, both pd:moza,wol, and
pd:moza,wol,a retrieve records for Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Use of circumflex. Use a circumflex ( ^) in any derived search except a title search to exclude a
character from its position in the search. For example, to search for the name Harvey, Henry, which
consists of only two parts, type harv,hen,^
Guidelines for derived searches
Follow these general guidelines for constructing derived searches:
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l
l
l
l
l
l
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Even if a name or title has fewer words than the derived search sequence calls for, type all commas.Example:
To search for the title Roots, type td:roo,,,.
Omit Initial articles (such as "a", "an", and "the") (page 28) and their non-English equivalents from title searches or
segments, but include if they appear anywhere else in titles. (See initial articles listed on the Library of Congress Web
site.)
Include letters and numbers.
Exclude non-alphabetic and non-numeric characters.
Exclude punctuation and diacritics.
If a personal name begins with Mc or Mac followed by an uppercase letter, type m and omit c or ac; if followed by a
lowercase letter, include c or ac
Example: To search for MacDonald, Marion B., type pd:mdon,mar,b. To search for Macdonald, Andrew T., type
pd:macd,and,t.
For constructing segments of a personal name search:
o Use the first four characters of the surname, the first three characters of the forename, and optionally, the first
character of the middle name, separated by commas.
o
The surname includes all words that appear before the first comma.
o
Compound or hyphenated surnames: When constructing a derived name search or name segment, treat all
parts of a name up to the first comma as the first element of the derived search, whether they are separated
by a space or a hyphen.
Examples:
Type pd:vanh,car,j to find Van Huell, Carolus Johannes .
Type pd:lima,moy, to find Li-Marcus, Moying .
o
Forename only: If the comma is the last element of the subfield, or if there is no surname, treat each part of a
name as separate segments. Treat a hyphenated name as two separate parts.
Examples:
Type pd:whit,bul, to find White Bull.
Type pd:li,min,t to find Li- MinTau .
Type pd:henr,vii,k to find Henry VIII, King of England .
For constructing a derived title search or title segment for hyphenated words, treat the words as separate.
Example: Type td:asy,di,va,i to find Asymmetrically- distributed variations in traveler-perceived travel times....
Do not construct derived searches using non-Latin script data.
Stopwords for derived name searches
Omit the following words as the first segment only from a corporate/conference name and from the name portion of a
name/title search.
&
Congress
International
North Carolina
Texas
a
Connecticut
Iowa
North Dakota
the
Alabama
Council
Joint
of
U.N.
Alaska
Delaware
Kansas
Office
U. N.
American
Department
Kentucky
Ohio
United Nations
an
Dept.
Louisiana
Oklahoma
United States
and
Division
Maine
on
University
Arizona
East
Maryland
Oregon
U.S.
Arkansas
Federal
Massachusetts
Organization
U. S.
Association
Florida
Meeting
Parliament
Utah
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at
for
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Australia
France
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Virginia
Board
Georgia
Mississippi
School
Washington
Bureau
Great Britain
Missouri
Seminar
West
California
Hawaii
Montana
Senate
West Virginia
Canada
House
National
Society
Wisconsin
College
Idaho
Nebraska
South
Workshop
Colloquium
Illinois
Nevada
South Carolina
Wyoming
Colorado
in
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Commission
India
New Jersey
State
Committee
Indiana
New Mexico
Subcommittee
Commonwealth
Institute
New York
Symposium
Conference
International
North
Tennessee
Examples
Omit initial stopwords in search for...
Corporate author Great Britain Forestry Commission of map(s)
published in 1985
Enter search as...
cd:fore,com,/1985
Corporate author United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and cd:econ,soc,a
Cultural Rights
Corporate name Indiana Supreme Court and title Race and gender
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Initial articles (such as "a", "an", and "the")
When to omit initial articles
Omit initial articles in the following types of searches:
l
l
Beginning of these searches:
o Derived title
o
Derived corporate name
o
Title word and phrase browsing (index scanning)
o
Keyword searches: Stopwords (page 48) are not indexed.
Title phrase (ti=) searches: The system automatically ignores English articles a, an, and the.
When to include include initial articles
If a word listed as an initial article on the LC Web page is the first word of a search but has a different meaning (for
example, ein or un used to mean one, or thé used to mean tea), include the word in a search.
Second indicators and ignored initial character spaces
In cataloging, a second indicator of 1 or higher in a field indicates how many initial character spaces to ignore for
indexing, filing, and sorting.
For more information
See a comprehensive list of initial articles on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Internet URLs and the 856 field
When searching for Internet URLs in relation to the 856 field, use mt:url to see if the 856 field exists in an Internetonly resource. It is also possible to search mt:web to retrieve any record with any kind of 856 field. Also, see Access
method for information about searching URLs and the 856 field.
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Levels of searching
To give flexibility in search strategy and control over the results, OCLC provides various levels of searching, from
simplified to complex.
Search level name
Connexion
Basic
FirstSearch
Basic
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
Basic
Description
l
l
l
Guided
Advanced
Advanced
l
l
l
Command-line Expert
search
Expert
l
l
l
Least complex level of searching where you use one search
text box and/or various drop-down menus to enter or select
the parts of the search.
The interface automatically formulates the correct search
syntax when you send the search to the OCLC system.
Not all indexes are listed in drop-down lists in searching
interfaces.
Less complex levels of searching where you use one or more
text boxes and drop-down lists to enter or select the parts of
the search.
The interface automatically formulates the correct search
syntax when you send the search to the OCLC system.
Not all indexes are listed in drop-down lists in searching
interfaces.
Available from any search box.
The most complex search level.
Requires knowledge of full search syntax, including all parts
of a search, the correct order, and format (index labels,
Punctuation, search terms, Boolean operators, and
Qualifiers).
Examples of searches in this guide are given in full search syntax (most complex format). From full syntax
examples, you can extrapolate the parts of a search you would enter or select in boxes and lists to construct a basic
or guided form of the search.
Caution! Although constructed as "real" WorldCat searches that produce actual results,
the examples in this guide can only illustrate the principles of searching. Because
of the dynamic nature of WorldCat, search examples used here may no longer
retrieve records or may retrieve too many records.
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Non-Latin/non-Roman scripts
The Connexion client and FirstSearch interfaces support all UTF-8 Unicode defined characters for non-Latin script
search terms, which includes the following non-Latin, MARC-8 scripts: Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew,
Japanese, and Korean, as well as all of the UTF-8 Unicode character sets. For a complete list of supported scripts,
see the Unicode 9.0 character code charts.
Note:
Do not construct derived searches using non-Latin script data. Non-Latin
script is not indexed in derived searches.
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Search for local holdings record (LHR) data
The following table outlines the data elements and fields available to search for LHR data in Connexion, FirstSearch,
WorldShare, and WorldCat Discovery.
Data Element
Barcode
Index Label(s)
bq: kw:
LHR Field(s)
852 p
863 p
864 p
865 p
876 p
Call numbers
nu: kw:
852 k h i j l m
Item-level notes
nt: kw:
506 z
852 z
856 z
863 z
864 z
865 z
866 z
867 z
868 z
876 z
877 z
878 z
LHR control number dt:
Shelving location
b8: kw:
852 a b c
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Spacing
In all searches, do not enter spaces between the index label and punctuation or between punctuation and the search
term.
Example: kw:software
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Special characters in Latin script searches
The following table of punctuation, diacritics, and special characters describes how to treat each character when you
construct WorldCat search or browse terms. The characters listed are in the MARC-8 Latin script character set
approved for MARC 21 cataloging.
Note:
Name
For Non-Latin script characters, see Non-Latin/non-roman scripts. Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
æ or Æ
Substitute the letters ae.
Acute
Omit and close up the space.
Alif/modifier
letter right half
ring
Omit and close up the space.
Almost equal to
Omit and leave a space.
Ampersand
Type.
Apostrophe
l
l
l
Asterisk
Omit and close up the space.
Omit from word searches. Words preceded by single letter c, d, j, l, m, n, s, or
t and an apostrophe are not yet normalized in the system (that is, not indexed
together so that a search term with or without the character retrieves the same
records). For now, enter both forms combined with OR to retrieve all
appropriate records. For example, to search for l'etranger, enter etranger or
letranger.
Omit from Dewey class number searches; however, if Dewey class numbers
contain slashes, the system indexes them both with and without data
following the slashes. For example, 123.45/67/89 is indexed as 123.45 and
123.4567 and 123.456789.
Omit and leave a space.
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Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
At sign
Omit and leave a space.
Ayn
Omit and close up the space.
Backslash
l
l
Omit and leave a space.
Type in an access method phrase search. (See a description of the access
method index in chapter 3.)
Brackets and
bracketed
information
Omit and close up the space.
l
Omit opening and closing brackets and close up the space.
l
Omit brackets and data within the brackets in these two cases:
o [sic]
o [i.e. and any following data]
l
Otherwise, include data within brackets in searches.
Breve
Omit and close up the space.
British pound
Omit and leave a space.
Candrabindu
Omit and close up the space.
Cedilla
Omit and close up the space.
Circle above
letter (angstrom)
Omit and close up the space.
Circle below
letter
Omit and close up the space.
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Circumflex,
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nonspacing
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Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
l
l
Omit and close up the space, except include spacing circumflex in URLs.
Add to some types of derived searches for greater precision.
Colon
Omit and leave a space.
Combining
double grave
accent
Omit and close up the space.
Combining
retroflex hook
below
Omit and close up the space.
Combining
inverted breve
below
Omit and close up the space.
Combining
macron below
Omit and close up the space.
Comma
l
l
Omit and leave a space. Some exceptions are:
o Omit and close up the space if the comma is preceded and followed by a
number.
o Include the first comma in a name phrase or whole phrase search (indexes
that include 100 a and 700 a), if it is not the last comma in a subfield.
Use to separate the parts of a derived search.
Copyright sign
Omit and close up the space.
Crossed d
Substitute the letter d.
Curly brackets
Omit and close up the space.
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Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
Dagger
Omit and leave a space.
Degree sign
Omit and close up the space.
Delimiter
Omit, along with the single letter or number following it, and leave a space.
Division sign
Type.
Dollar sign
Omit and leave a space. If used as a delimiter, also omit the single letter or number
following it.
Dot below letter
Omit and close up the space.
Double acute
Omit and close up the space.
Double dot
below letter
Omit and close up the space.
Double tilde, first
and second half
Omit and close up the space.
Double
underscore
Omit and close up the space.
Downwards
arrow
Omit and leave a space.
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Equal sign
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Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
l
l
Omit and leave a space.
Use to precede a derived corporate name search, but only if index label is not
used. (See chapter 2 for more about derived searching.)
Eszett
Enter eszett, or enter a double s: ss.
Eth
Substitute the letter d.
Euro
Omit and leave a space.
Exclamation
point
Omit and leave a space.
Feminine ordinal
indicator
Substitute the letter a.
Grave, spacing
or nonspacing
Omit and close up the space, except include spacing grave in URLs.
Greater than or
equal to
Omit and leave a space.
Greater than sign
Omit and leave a space.
Hacek
Omit and close up the space.
High comma
center
Omit and close up the space.
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How to treat in search and browse terms
High comma off
center
Omit and close up the space.
Hooked o
Substitute the letter o.
Hooked u
Substitute the letter u.
Hyphen (minus
sign)
Omit and leave a space.
Icelandic thorn
Substitute the letters th.
Infinity
Omit and leave a space.
Integral
Omit and leave a space.
Inverted (right)
cedilla
Omit and close up the space.
Inverted
exclamation
point
Omit and close up the space.
Inverted
question mark
Omit and close up the space.
Latin capital
letter ENG
Substitute the letter n.
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How to treat in search and browse terms
Latin capital
letter ETH
Substitute the letter d.
Latin capital
letter EZH
Substitute the letter z.
Latin capital
letter G with
stroke
Substitute the letter g.
Latin capital
letter H with
stroke
Substitute the letter h.
Latin capital
letter L with
middle dot
Substitute the letter l.
Latin capital
letter T with
stroke
Substitute the letter t.
Latin script
letters
Type in upper- or lowercase.
Latin small letter
eng
Substitute the letter n.
Latin small letter
ezh
Substitute the letter z.
Latin small letter
g with stroke
Substitute the letter g.
Latin small letter
h with stroke
Substitute the letter h.
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How to treat in search and browse terms
Latin small letter
kra
Substitute the letter q.
Latin small letter
l with middle dot
Substitute the letter l.
Latin small letter
long s
Substitute the letter s.
Latin small letter
t with stroke
Substitute the letter t.
Left hook
Omit and close up the space.
Left right arrow
Omit and leave a space.
Leftwards arrow
Omit and leave a space.
Less than or
equal to
Omit and leave a space.
Less than sign
Omit and leave a space.
Ligature, left and
right
Omit and close up the space.
Macron
Omit and close up the space.
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Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
Masculine
ordinal indicator
Substitute the letter o.
Miagkii znak
Omit and close up the space.
Micro sign
Omit and leave a space.
Middle dot
Omit and close up the space.
Multiplication
sign
Type.
Not equal to
Omit and leave a space.
Not sign
Omit and leave a space.
Number sign
Omit and close up the space.
Numerals
Type.
œ or Œ
Substitute the letters oe.
Parentheses
Omit and close up the space. Use only when nesting Boolean searches.
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Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
Patent
mark/subscript
patent mark
Omit and leave a space.
Percent sign
Omit and leave a space.
Period (decimal
point)
l
l
l
Omit and close up the space for derived searches.
Omit and leave a space in word searches except when numbers precede and
follow the period.
Type the first period in a class number search.
Phonogram
copyright
Omit and close up the space.
Pilcrow sign
(paragraph sign)
Omit and leave a space.
Plus sign
l
l
Omit in word searches.
Include in phrase and whole phrase searches. (See chapter 2 for more about
word, phrase, and whole phrase searching)
Plus/minus sign
Omit and leave a space.
Polish L
Substitute the letter l (ell).
Pseudo question
mark
Omit and close up the space.
Question mark
Omit and leave a space.
Quotation marks
l
l
Omit and leave a space.
Use to enclose multiple words in a word search to retrieve the exact sequence
of the words.
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Character
How to treat in search and browse terms
Right hook
Omit and close up the space.
Rightwards
arrow
Omit and leave a space.
Scandinavian o
Substitute the letter o.
Script L
lowercase
Substitute the letter l (ell).
Section sign
Omit and leave a space.
Semicolon
Omit and leave a space.
Slash
l
l
l
l
Space
l
l
Substitute a space.
Omit and close up the space in number searches and in derived searches.
Include as a prefix to "slash" qualifiers.
Omit from Dewey class number searches; however, if Dewey class numbers
contain slashes, the system indexes them both with and without data
following slashes. For example, 123.45/67/89 is indexed as 123.45 and
123.4567 and 123.456789.
Close up multiple adjacent spaces to one space.
Omit leading and trailing spaces.
Square root
Omit and leave a space.
Subfield
delimiter
(See delimiter.)
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How to treat in search and browse terms
Subscript minus
sign
Omit and leave a space.
Subscript
numerals
Substitute the numbers 0 - 9.
Subscript
parentheses
Omit and close up the space.
Subscript plus
sign
Omit and leave a space.
Superior dot
Omit and close up the space.
Superscript
minus sign
Omit and leave a space.
Superscript
numerals
Substitute the numbers 0 - 9.
Superscript
parentheses
Omit and close up the space.
Superscript plus
sign
Omit and leave a space.
Tilde, spacing
and nonspacing
Omit and close up the space, except include spacing tilde in URLs.
Turkish i
Substitute the letter i.
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How to treat in search and browse terms
Tverdyi znak
Omit and close up the space.
Umlaut (dieresis)
Omit and close up the space.
Underscore,
spacing and
nonspacing
Omit and close up the space, except include spacing underscore in URLs.
Up down arrow
Omit and leave a space.
Upandhmaniya
Omit and close up the space.
Upwards arrow
Omit and leave a space.
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Stemming
Note:
This feature is not enabled in Connexion or FirstSearch.
Stemming is where each term in a query is treated as a logical OR of the various word forms of the term, so that all
records that contain any form of the term are included in the result set. For example, the query ball would be treated as
if were actually ball OR balls OR balled OR balling.
Stemming works with (unanchored) phrase searching "blue dog" would be equivalent to "blue dog" OR
"bluer dog" ... OR "blue dogs" OR "blue dogged" ... OR "bluer dogs" OR "bluer
dogged"… etc. dog AND 608295448 returns the record with title field “Dogged hearts”.
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Stopwords
Stopwords (also called Common word exclusions) are common words that the system ignores in some types of
searches. You can omit them from search terms. To use any of these words as search terms, enclose them in
quotation marks.
In this section the lists of stopwords are for these search indexes:
l
l
l
Keyword
Series
Title
These other search indexes have stopwords that are specific to only those indexes:
l
l
Access Method
Title (phrase)
English
Here are the common English words the system ignores for Word search types:
a
by
how
that
an
for
in
the
and
from
is
this
are
had
it
to
as
have
not
was
at
he
of
which
be
her
on
with
but
his
or
you
Example: To search for the title From Here to Eternity, which includes stopwords — ti:"from" here "to"
eternity
French
Here are the common French words the system ignores for Word search types:
de
des
la
un
le
une
les
German
Here are the common German words the system ignores for Word search types:
der
wer
auf
als
mein
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das
wie
ist
von
sein
dass
mit
sein
mit
kein
du
am
wird
dich
wird
er
im
ihr
dir
sie
in
ihre
mich
es
aus
ihres
mir
Norwegian
Here are the common Norwegian words the system ignores for Word search types:
av
før
ved
det
og
å
en
om
år
et
på
wird
fra
som
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Types of searches
These types of searches are available for searching WorldCat:
l
l
l
l
l
Word search (page 51)
Phrase search (page 52)
Whole phrase search (page 54)
Number search (page 55)
Number phrase search (page 56)
Before your search term, use index labels in the correct format to specify which indexes you want to search. If you do
not specify an index label, the default Keyword index will be searched.
Index label formats
Label
Type of search
xx:
Word or number search
xx =
Phrase or number phrase search —
complete subfield
xxw=
Whole phrase search — complete
field. Primarily for Connexion.
(where x represents an alphanumeric character)
Exceptions:
l
l
In a Connexion command line search and in an FirstSearch expert search, index labels are not required for the following
searches if they are the first or only element of a full syntax search:
o Derived searches
o
ISBN search
o
OCLC number search preceded by an asterisk (*) or number sign (#)
In WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery, the index label is not required for:
o ISBN searches
o
ISSN searches
o
Government document number
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Word search
Definition
Any word that is part of a record's bibliographic information
and is significant or descriptive enough to retrieve the
records you need. The system finds word in indexed field.
Index label format
xx: (where x represents an alphanumeric character)
Examples
l
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Publisher — pb:dakota
Finds any characters between two blank spaces.
Initials and abbreviations are words.
Enter multiple words in a string (do not separate with
Boolean and) to find any instance of any term in a
single index — ti:asian crisis
Enclose more than one word in quotation marks to find
the exact sequence of the words — ti:"asian
crisis"
Combine words with proximity operators with (w) or
near ( n) and an optional number (1 to 25) to find the
exact sequence of the words or the sequence with no
more than the specified number of words between.
(See Combine, qualify, and expand searches (page 17)
for more details.) — ti:asian w2 crisis
Words with characters attached by punctuation
marks, such as an apostrophe, are not yet normalized
in the system (that is, they are not indexed together so
that a search term with or without the character
retrieves the same records). For now, you can enter
both forms combined with OR to retrieve all
appropriate records.
Example: To search the title index for l'étranger
o ti:etranger
o letranger
For hyphenated words:
o Connexion — substitute a space for the hyphen
(system treats as two words). If searching a word
index rather than a phrase index, enclose the two
parts of the hyphenated word in quotation marks to
find the words together in sequence.
o FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery/WorldShare—
enter the hyphen or substitute a space. The
system searches for the two words next to each
other.
Keywords can be combined in searches. Type a string
of words to search a single index for any instance of
the words in indexed fields or combine with Boolean
operators (and, or, not) and index baels to search
multiple indexes.
Examples:
o ti:asian crisis
o ti:asian and su:crisis
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Phrase search
Definition
The system searches for complete data in indexed subfield
Index label format
xx= (where x represents an alphanumeric character)
Examples
l
l
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
Personal name phrase — pn=james, henry
Publisher phrase — pb=namgyal institute of
tibetology
You can perform either an anchored or unanchored search;
however the two types cannot be combined.
o Anchored search — Use the equal sign (=) after the index
label to search for a phrase. The system searches for only
these words. This phrase search looks for a match in a field
or subfield that contains only those words. For example, if
you searched for ti=the cat who walked by
himself, then the system would return records with the
following titles:
l
The Cat Who Walked By Himself (OCLC number
503640980; the phrase is the title)
l
The Elephant’s Child; The Beginning of the Armadillo;
How the Whale Got Its Throat; The Cat Who Walked By
Himself (OCLC number 7750498; the phrase is a variant
title.)
l
Just So Stories (OCLC number 9266084; the phrase is in
the table of contents as a title subfield.)
o Unanchored search — Enclose search terms in quotation
marks to retrieve records with that phrase in any field or
subfield. The field or subfields may contain only those words
or there can be words before and/or after the phrase. For
example, if you searched for ti:"the cat who walked
by himself", then the system would return records found
in the ti= search and records where the phrase is embedded
in a field with other words, such as:
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I am the cat who walks by himself (OCLC number
666007537)
Include all subfield data, or truncate using the asterisk ( *).
Example: pb=namgyal institut*
Alternative: Browse for the phrase: [sca] pb=namgyal
institute
Connexion — use the scan (sca) command in a command line
search
FirstSearch — use the browse button
to enter a browse
term. Browsing automatically truncates phrases. See Combine,
qualify, expand searches for more informaiton.
For punctuation:
o Retain periods in classification numbers.
o Omit initial articles in titles.
o Retain the first comma for personal name indexes if it is not
the last element in the subfield.
o Retain hyphens in dates.
o Enclose the search in quotations to force the search to
retrieve records with that phrase in any field or subfield.
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o
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Omit other punctuation.
For hyphenated words:
o Connexion — substitute a space for the hyphen (system
treats as two words). If searching a word index rather than a
phrase index, enclose the two parts of the hyphenated word
in quotation marks to find the words together in sequence.
o FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery/WorldShare— enter the
hyphen or substitute a space. The system searches for the
two words next to each other.
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Whole phrase search
Note:
Whole phrase searching is not available in WorldCat Discovery or WorldShare.
Definition
The system searches for complete data in indexed field,
across all indexed subfields
Index label format
xxw= (where x represents an alphanumeric character)
Examples
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Notes
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l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Connexion:
o Personal name whole phrase — pnw=james,
henry 1843-1916
o Subject whole phrase — suw=library science
computer network resources
FirstSearch:
o Subject whole phrase — sa=library science
computer network resources
FirstSearch WorldCat indexes do not include w.
Most whole phrase (or mapped phrase) indexes are
usually only available in Connexion and not available for
searching WorldCat in WorldShare, WorldCat
Discovery, and FirstSearch. In FirstSearch, the Subject
whole phrase index label sa= is available functions in the
same way as the suw= index label in Connexion.
Enter all field data, or truncate using an asterisk ( *).
o Example: suw=library science comput*
(Connexion)
o Example: sa=library science comput*
(FirstSearch)
o Alternative: Browse for the whole phrase: In
Connexion, enter sca suw=library science
computer. Use the Scan ( sca) command in
Connexion only. In FirstSearch WorldCat click the
Browse icon, and enter sa=library science
computer. Browsing automatically truncates a
phrase.
Omit initial articles in titles.
Retain the first comma for personal name indexes if it is
not the last element in the subfield.
Retain hyphens in dates.
Include parentheses when present in a whole phrase
search term, but enclose the entire search term in
quotation marks ( ") so that the system does not interpret
the parentheses as a nested search.
Combine word, phrase, or whole phrase searches in
more than one index with Boolean operator
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Number search
Definition
Any number that is part of a record's bibliographic information that
you can use to retrieve the records you need. The system finds the
number in indexed field.
Index label format
xx: (where x represents an alphanumeric character)
Examples
l
l
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
Dewey Class Number — dd:616
LC Class Number— lc:z5074.g8
Most efficient way to search for these types of numbers:
o OCLC control number
o LCCN
o ISBN
o ISSN
o Dewey Decimal class number
o LC class number
A number search can retrieve a single record (for example, by
its unique ISBN) or precisely related records (for example, by
class number). Numbers are usually unique to a single record or
group of related records.
Type all numbers and letters. Omit spaces.
Omit punctuation, except keep periods (.) in classification
numbers.
When entering ISBNs ending in x — If you use the number
keypad, truncate the number using the asterisk key ( *).
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Number phrase search
Definition
Any number that is part of a record's bibliographic information that you
can use to retrieve the records you need. The system finds the
number in indexed field.
Index label format
xx= (where x represents an alphanumeric character)
Examples
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
Most efficient way to search for these types of numbers:
o OCLC control number
o LCCN
o ISBN
o ISSN
o Dewey Decimal class number
o LC class number
A number search can retrieve a single record (for example, by its
unique ISBN) or precisely related records (for example, by class
number). Numbers are usually unique to a single record or group
of related records.
Type all numbers and letters. Omit spaces.
Omit punctuation, except keep periods (.) in classification
numbers.
When entering ISBNs ending in x — If you use the number
keypad, truncate the number using the asterisk key ( *).
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Indexes
This section contains:
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A table that lists all indexes that are available for searching WorldCat
A table that lists all indexes by data type
In depth information on each search index, including fields and subfields searched, notes on
usage, and examples
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In the following tables, the WorldCat indexes are alphabetized. Click an index name to go to a detailed description.
A-C
Connexion
Index Name (A-C)
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Word
am:
Yes
Yes
am:
Yes
Yes
am:
Yes
Phrase
am=
Yes
Yes
am=
Yes
Yes
am=
Yes
Word
rs:
Yes
Yes
rs:
Yes
Yes
rs:
Yes
Phrase
rs=
Yes
Yes
rs=
Yes
Yes
rs=
Yes
Action Note (page 72)
Word
io:
Yes
Yes
io:
Yes
Yes
io:
Yes
Authentication Code (page 73)
Word
ac:
Yes
No
ac:
Yes
No
ac:
Yes
Phrase
ac=
Yes
No
ac=
Yes
No
ac=
Yes
Barcode
Word
bq:
No
No
bq:
Yes
No
bq:
Yes
BC Year (page 75)
Number
bc:
Yes
No
bc:
Yes
No
---
---
Branch Definition/Shelf Location
Word
b8:
Yes
No
b8:
Yes
No
b8:
Yes
Call Number
Word
nu:
Yes
No
nu:
Yes
No
nu:
Yes
Canadian Class Number (page 78)
Number
ca:
Yes
Yes
ca:
Yes
Yes
ca:
Yes
Canadian Subject (page 79)
Word
he:
Yes
Yes
he:
Yes
Yes
he:
Yes
Phrase
he=
Yes
Yes
he=
Yes
Yes
he=
Yes
hew=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Access method
Access Restrictions (page 71)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Author
(see Name)
(page 76)
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Connexion
Index Name (A-C)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Cataloging Source (page 81)
Phrase
cs=
Yes
No
cs=
Yes
No
cs=
Yes
Character Sets Present (page 82)
Word
vp:
Yes
No
vp:
Yes
No
vp:
Yes
Collection Level (page 83)
Word
oc:
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
---
Cooperative Programs (page 84)
Word
dl:
Yes
No
dl:
Yes
No
pc:
Yes
Corporate/Conference Name (page
Word
cn:
Yes
Yes
cn:
Yes
Yes
co:
Yes
Phrase
cn=
Yes
Yes
cn=
Yes
Yes
co=
Yes
cnw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Word
nc:
Yes
Yes
nc:
Yes
Yes
nc:
Yes
Phrase
nc=
Yes
Yes
nc=
Yes
Yes
nc=
Yes
ncw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Word
cp:
Yes
No
cp:
Yes
Yes
cp:
Yes
Phrase
cp=
Yes
No
cp=
Yes
Yes
cp=
Yes
86)
Whole word
phrase
Corporate/Conference Subject (page
88)
Whole word
phrase
Country of Publication (page 90)
D-H
Connexion
Index Name (D-H)
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Word
dm:
Yes
No
dm:
Yes
No
dm:
Yes
Derived: Corporate/Conference Name (page Word
cd:
Yes
No
cd:
Yes
No
---
---
Date Created as MARC (page 91)
92)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
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Connexion
Index Name (D-H)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Derived: Name/Title (page 93)
Word
nd:
Yes
No
nd:
Yes
No
---
---
Derived: Personal Name (page 94)
Word
pd:
Yes
No
pd:
Yes
No
---
---
Derived: Title (page 95)
Word
td:
Yes
No
td:
Yes
No
---
---
Description Conventions (page 96)
Word
dx
Yes
No
---
---
---
dx:
Yes
Descriptors (page 97)
Word
de:
Yes
No
de:
Yes
Yes
de:
Yes
Phrase
de=
Yes
Yes
de=
Yes
Yes
de=
Yes
Dewey Decimal Class Number (page 98)
Number
dd:
Yes
Yes
dd:
Yes
Yes
dd:
Yes
Dewey Decimal Edition Number (page 99)
Number
d2:
Yes
No
d2:
Yes
Yes
d2:
Yes
Encoding Level (page 100)
Number
lv:
Yes
No
lv:
Yes
No
lv:
Yes
Entity Attributes (page 101)
Word
en:
Yes
Yes
en:
Yes
Yes
---
---
Format/Document Type (page 102)
Word
---
---
---
---
---
---
x0:
Yes
Phrase
dt=
Yes
No
dt=
Yes
No
---
---
Word
ge:
Yes
Yes
ge:
Yes
Yes
ge:
Yes
Phrase
ge=
Yes
Yes
ge=
Yes
Yes
ge=
Yes
Word
gc:
Yes
Yes
gc:
Yes
Yes
gc:
Yes
Phrase
gc=
Yes
Yes
gc=
Yes
Yes
gc=
Yes
Government Document Number (page 106)
Number
gn:
Yes
Yes
gn:
Yes
Yes
gn:
Yes
Holding Library (page 107)
Word
li:
Yes
No
li:
Yes
No
li:
Genre/Form (page 103)
Geographic Coverage (page 104)
Yes
(WorldShare)
Holding Library Group (page 109)
Word
zu:
Yes
No
---
---
---
zu:
Yes
(WorldShare)
I-L
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Connexion
Index Name (I-L)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Number
bn:
Yes
No
nb:
Yes
Yes
bn:
Yes
Number
phrase:
bn=
Yes
No
nb=
Yes
Yes
bn=
Yes
Number
in:
Yes
No
ns:
Yes
No
in:
Yes
Number
phrase
in=
Yes
No
ns=
Yes
No
in=
Yes
Number
ik:
Yes
No
ik:
Yes
No
ik:
Yes
Number
phrase
ik=
Yes
No
ik=
Yes
No
ik=
Yes
Keyword (page 115)
Word
kw:
Yes
Yes
kw:
Yes
Yes
kw:
Yes
Language (page 116)
Word
la:
Yes
Yes
ln:
Yes
Yes
ln:
Yes
Phrase
la=
Yes
No
la=
Yes
No
ln=
Yes
Internet
(see Material Type)
ISBN (page 111)
ISSN (page 113)
ISSN-L (page 114)
Language of Cataloging (page 117)
Word
ll:
Yes
Yes
ll:
Yes
Yes
ll:
Yes
LC Children's Subject (page 118)
Word
hc:
Yes
No
hc:
Yes
Yes
hc:
Yes
Phrase
hc=
Yes
No
hc=
Yes
Yes
hc=
Yes
Whole
phrase
hcw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Number
lc:
Yes
Yes
lc:
Yes
Yes
lc:
Yes
Number
phrase
lc=
Yes
Yes
lc=
Yes
Yes
lc=
Yes
Number
ln:
Yes
No
nl:
Yes
Yes
nl:
Yes
Number
phrase
ln=
Yes
No
---
---
---
nl=
Yes
LC Class Number (page 120)
LCCN (page 121)
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Index Name (I-L)
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Word
hl:
Yes
Yes
hl:
Yes
Yes
hl:
Yes
Phrase
hl=
Yes
Yes
hl=
Yes
Yes
hl=
Yes
Whole
phrase
hlw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Local holdings — City (page 125)
Phrase
---
---
---
l3=
Yes
Yes
---
---
Local Holdings — OCLC Groups (page 126)
Word
l5:
Yes
No
l5:
Yes
Yes
l5:
Yes
Local holdings — OCLC institution symbol Word
l4:
Yes
No
l4:
Yes
Yes
l4:
Yes
Phrase
---
---
---
l2=
Yes
Yes
---
---
Word
---
---
---
l7:
Yes
Yes
---
---
LCSH (page 123)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
(page 127)
Local Holdings — State/Province (page
128)
Local holdings — Your holdings (page 129)
M-N
Connexion
Index Name (M-N)
Material Type (page 130)
MeSH (page 133)
Type
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Word
mt:
Yes
No
mt:
Yes
Yes
mt:
Yes
Phrase
mt=
Yes
Yes
mt=
Yes
No
mt=
Yes
Word
hm:
Yes
Yes
hm:
Yes
Yes
hm:
Yes
Phrase
hm=
Yes
Yes
hm=
Yes
Yes
hm=
Yes
hmw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
mf:
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
---
Whole phrase
Microform (page 135)
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Word
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Connexion
Index Name (M-N)
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Word
mc:
Yes
No
mc:
Yes
No
mc:
Yes
Phrase
mc=
Yes
Yes
mc=
Yes
Yes
mc=
Yes
Musical Incipit (page 139)
Phrase
mi=
No
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Music/Publisher Number
Number
mn:
Yes
Yes
mu:
Yes
Yes
mn:
Yes
Phrase
mn=
Yes
Yes
mu=
Yes
Yes
mn=
Yes
NAL Class Number (page 140)
Word
ag:
Yes
No
ag:
Yes
Yes
---
---
NAL Subject (page 141)
Word
ha:
Yes
Yes
ha:
Yes
Yes
ha:
Yes
Phrase
ha=
Yes
Yes
ha=
Yes
Yes
ha=
Yes
haw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Musical Composition (page 138)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Whole phrase
Name (page 143)
Word
au:
Yes
Yes
au:
Yes
Yes
au:
Yes
(called Author in FirstSearch)
Phrase
au=
Yes
Yes
au=
Yes
Yes
au=
Yes
auw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Number
nn:
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
---
Number
lm:
Yes
Yes
lm:
Yes
Yes
lm:
Yes
Phrase
lm=
Yes
Yes
lm=
Yes
Yes
lm=
Yes
Word
nt:
Yes
Yes
nt:
Yes
Yes
nt:
Yes
Whole phrase
National Bibliography Number (page
146)
NLM Class Number (page 147)
Notes (page 148)
O-R
Connexion
Index Name (O-R)
OCLC Control Number (page 149)
Type
Number
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
no:
Yes
Yes
no:
Yes
Yes
no:
Yes
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Index Name (O-R)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Online Digital Limit (page 150)
Word
on:
Yes
Yes
on:
Yes
Yes
on:
Yes
Other Class Number (page 151)
Number
ot:
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
ot:
Yes
Phrase
ot=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
ot=
Yes
Other Format (page 152)
Phrase
rp=
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
---
Other Subject (page 153)
Word
ho:
Yes
Yes
ho:
Yes
Yes
ho:
Yes
Phrase
ho=
Yes
Yes
ho=
Yes
Yes
ho=
Yes
how=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Word
pn:
Yes
Yes
pn:
Yes
Yes
pn:
Yes
Phrase
pn=
Yes
Yes
pn=
Yes
Yes
pn=
Yes
pnw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Word
na:
Yes
Yes
na:
Yes
Yes
na:
Yes
Phrase
na=
Yes
Yes
na=
Yes
Yes
na=
Yes
naw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Whole phrase
Personal Name (page 155)
Whole phrase
Personal Name Subject (page 157)
Whole phrase
Physical Description (page 159)
Name
p3:
Yes
Yes
p3:
Yes
No
p3:
Yes
Provenance (page 160)
Name
pv:
Yes
Yes
pv:
Yes
Yes
pv:
Yes
Publisher (page 161)
Word
pb:
Yes
Yes
pb:
Yes
Yes
pb:
Yes
Phrase
pb=
Yes
Yes
pb=
Yes
Yes
pb=
Yes
Word
pl:
Yes
Yes
pl:
Yes
Yes
pl:
Yes
Relationship
Word
rx:
Yes
No
---
---
---
---
---
Report Number (page 163)
Number
rn:
Yes
Yes
rn:
Yes
Yes
rn:
Yes
RVM Subject (page 164)
Word
hr:
Yes
Yes
hr:
Yes
Yes
hr:
Yes
Phrase
hr=
Yes
Yes
hr=
Yes
Yes
hr=
Yes
hrw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Publisher Location (page 162)
Publisher Number (see
Music/Publisher Number (page 63) )
Whole phrase
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S-Z
Connexion
Index Name (S-Z)
Sears Subject (page 166)
Series (page 168)
Standard Number (page 170)
Subject (page 173)
Title (page 175)
Uniform Title (page 178)
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Word
hs:
Yes
Yes
hs:
Yes
Yes
hs:
Yes
Phrase
hs=
Yes
Yes
hs=
Yes
Yes
hs=
Yes
Whole
phrase
hsw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Word
se:
Yes
Yes
se:
Yes
Yes
se:
Yes
Phrase
se=
Yes
Yes
se=
Yes
Yes
se=
Yes
Whole
phrase
sew=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Number
sn:
Yes
No
sn:
Yes
Yes
sn:
Yes
Number
phrase
sn=
Yes
No
sn=
Yes
Yes
sn=
Yes
Word
su:
Yes
Yes
su:
Yes
Yes
su:
Yes
Phrase
su=
Yes
Yes
su=
Yes
Yes
su=
Yes
Whole
phrase
suw=
Yes
Yes
sa=
Yes
Yes
---
---
Word
ti:
Yes
Yes
ti:
Yes
Yes
ti:
Yes
Phrase
ti=
Yes
Yes
ti=
Yes
Yes
ti=
Yes
Whole
phrase
tiw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Word
ut:
Yes
Yes
ut:
Yes
Yes
ut:
Yes
Phrase
ut=
Yes
Yes
ut=
Yes
Yes
ut=
Yes
Whole
phrase
utw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
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Connexion
Index Name (S-Z)
FirstSearch
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Browse?
Label
Search?
Word
tk:
Yes
Yes
tk:
Yes
Yes
tk:
Yes
Phrase
tk=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Whole
phrase
tkw=
Yes
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
Number
ud:
Yes
No
ud:
Yes
Yes
ud:
Yes
Update Date (page 182)
Number
up:
Yes
No
up:
Yes
Yes
---
---
Vendor (page 183)
Word
vn:
Yes
No
vn:
Yes
Yes
vn:
Yes
Year (page 184)
Number
yr:
Yes
No
yr:
Yes
No
yr:
Yes
Year 2 (page 186)
Number
yy:
Yes
Yes
yy:
Yes
Yes
---
---
Unique Serial Title (page 180)
Universal Decimal Class Number
Type
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
(page 181)
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Indexes by types of data used for searching
The following quick check list groups WorldCat indexes by the kind of data you might use to search (index labels are
shown in the alphabetical list above):
Class number indexes
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l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Canadian Class Number
Dewey Decimal Edition
Number
Dewey Decimal Class
Number (page 98)
Government Document
Number
LC Class Number (page 120)
NAL Class Number (page 140)
NLM Class Number (page 147)
Other Class Number (page 151)
Universal Decimal Class
Number (page 181)
Name indexes
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Date indexes l
l
BC Year (page 75)
Date Created as MARC (page
91)
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Corporate/Conference Name (page
l
86)
l
Derived: Corporate/Conference
Name (page 92)
Derived: Name/Title (page 93)
Derived: Personal Name (page 94)
Name (page 143)
Personal Name (page 155)
Publisher (page 161)
Vendor (page 183)
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Number indexes l
l
l
Update Date (page 182)
Year 2 (page 186)
Qualifier indexes (used with search
terms to focus the search)
l
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ISBN (page 111)
ISSN (page 113)
ISSN-L (page 114)
LCCN (page 121)
Encoding Level (page 100)
Music/Publisher Number
National Bibliography Number
(page 146)
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Subject indexes l
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Other indexes l
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Access Method (page 69)
Access Restrictions
Action Note (page 72)
Barcode (page 74)
Call Number (page 77)
Character Sets Present (page
Origin of record or location of item
indexes l
l
Authentication Code (page 73)
Branch Definition/Shelf Location
(page 76)
l
l
l
82)
l
Collection Level (page 83)
Entity Attributes (page 101)
Keyword (page 115)
Musical Composition (page 138)
Musical Incipit (page 139)
Notes (page 148)
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Descriptors (page 97)
Genre/Form (page 103)
Geographic Coverage (page 104)
LC Children's Subject (page 118)
LCSH (page 123)
MeSH (page 133)
NAL Subject (page 141)
Other Subject (page 153)
Personal Name Subject (page 157)
RVM Subject (page 164)
Sears Subject (page 166)
Subject (page 173)
Title indexes l
l
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Cataloging Source (page 81)
Country of Publication (page 90)
Holding Library (page 107)
Holding Library Group (page 109)
Local Holdings - City
Local Holdings - OCLC Groups
Local Holdings - OCLC Symbol
Local Holdings - State/Province
Local Holdings - Your Holdings
Publisher Location
Vendor
Canadian Subject (page 79)
Corporate/Conference Subject
(page 88)
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OCLC Control Number (page 149)
Report Number (page 163)
Standard Number (page 170)
Cooperative Programs (page 84)
Description Conventions (page 96)
Format/Document Type (page 102)
Internet (see Material Type)
Language (page 116)
Language of Cataloging (page 117)
Material Type (page 130)
Microform (page 135)
Year (page 184)
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l
l
Derived: Name/Title (page 93)
Derived: Title (page 95)
Series (page 168)
Title (page 175)
Uniform Title (page 178)
Unique Serial Title (page 180)
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Other Format (page 152)
Online Digital Limit (page 150)
Physical Description (page 159)
Provenance (page 160)
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Access Method
This index search is used for searching internet resources, which searches the URLs found in some WorldCat
records. The characters between the punctuation in the URL are the "words" that are searched for. For example,
http://www.oclc.org is searched by the "words" www, oclc, and org. The most distinct term in the string is the most
useful on which to search.
This index can be used to pull up sets of internet resources that share a common URL. So, for example, if you add the
access method word hathitrust to a search, you will retrieve records that include a URL to the Hathi Trust Digital
library. Also, if you include the proximity search of books google to limit the results to records that have a link to
Google books.
Word (am:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
am:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
www oclc org
(or) oclc
am:human and
yr:1999
l
l
www oclc org
(or) oclc
am:human and
yr:1999
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l
www oclc org (OR) oclc
am:human AND yr:1999
Fields/Subfields 856 u
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Omit http and https; they are the only stopwords.
Use spaces instead of any punctuation or special characters.
Phrase (am=)
Connexion
Label
am=
Search?
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Examples
l
l
am=www.time.com/time
/magazine
am=ftp://ppftpuser:w
elcome@ftp01.
penguingroup.com/
Booksellers and
Media/Covers/2008_
FirstSearch
l
l
am=www.time.com/time
/magazine
am=ftp://ppftpuser:w
elcome@ftp01.
penguingroup.com/
Booksellers and
Media/Covers/2008_
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l
am=www.time.com/time
/magazine
am=ftp://ppftpuser:w
elcome@ftp01.
penguingroup.com/
Booksellers and
Media/Covers/2008_
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2009_New_
Covers/9780525952633
.jpg
am=ftp://ppftpuser:w
elcome@ftp01.
penguingroup.com/
Booksellers and
Media/*
Fields/Su
bfields
856 u
Qualifier
Index?
No
Notes
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Discovery
2009_New_
Covers/9780525952633
.jpg
Include these characters: . @ ? % = _ , \ ` ~ ^ |
Include spacing characters: ~ ^ _
Omit http and https; they are the only stopwords.
Keeps other leading text (for example, ftp// or gopher//). Omit the
colon. Enter with the slashes or substitute a space.
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Covers/9780525952633
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l
l
Include these characters: .
@?%=_,\`~^|
Include spacing characters:
~^_
Do not include http:// and
https://.
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Access Restrictions
Use this index to search for notes about the restrictions imposed on access to a material, including the legal, physical,
or procedural restrictions imposed on individuals wishing to see the described materials (classified, confidential, and
so on) or data taken from a standardized list indicating the level or type of restriction (such as no online access).
Word (rs:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
rs:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
rs:unrestricted
Fields/Subfields 506 a f
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Subfield a can contain a full description of access restrictions in free text.
Subfield f can contain phrases from a controlled vocabulary established in Standardized
Terminology for Access Restriction, whether or not access restrictions exist.
Phrase (rs=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
rs=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
rs=unrestricted online access
Fields/Subfields 506 a f
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Subfield a can contain a full description of access restrictions in free text.
Subfield f can contain phrases from a controlled vocabulary established in Standardized
Terminology for Access Restriction, whether or not access restrictions exist.
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Action Note
Use this index to search for a note about processing and reference actions, such as a brief statement about
solicitation.
Word (io:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
io:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
io: digital master
Fields/Subfields 583 a c h i l 2 3 5
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
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l
l
An action note search includes
any local holdings records (LHRs)
attached to bibliographic records.
(Browsing does not include
LHRs.) See more about finding
LHRs using the Connexion
browser.
If you combine an io: search
using Boolean operators with a
search in another index that also
covers LHRs, both bibliographic
records and LHRs are searched
for the other index also.
If an action note search retrieves
a bibliographic record that does
not itself match the search
criteria, it is likely that the record
was retrieved because it has an
attached LHR that does match.
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Only
bibliographic
records are
searched. No
LHR data is
included when
searching
from this
interface..
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l
If you combine an io: search
using Boolean operators with a
search in another index that also
covers LHRs, both bibliographic
records and LHRs are searched
for the other index also.
If an action note search retrieves
a bibliographic record that does
not itself match the search
criteria, it is likely that the record
was retrieved because it has an
attached LHR that does match.
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Authentication Code
Word (ac:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
---
ac:
Search?
---
Yes
Yes
Browse?
---
No
No
Examples
---
l
l
ac:dlr
not ac:dlr
Fields/Subfields
---
042 a
Qualifier Index?
---
No
Notes
---
l
l
l
l
ac:dlr
NOT ac:dlr
To limit a search by authentication code, enter ac:[code]
To exclude records by authentication code, enter not ac:[code] or NOT
ac:dlr
Phrase (ac=)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
ac=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
l
l
ac=dlr
not ac=dlr
l
l
ac=dlr
not ac=dlr
l
l
ac=dlr
NOT ac=dlr
Fields/Subfields 042 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
To limit a search by authentication code, enter ac=[code]
To exclude records by authentication code, enter not ac=[code] or NOT ac=dlr
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Barcode
Word (bq:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
bq:
Search?
No
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
bq:665544332211
Fields/Subfields 852 p
863 p
864 p
865 p
876 p
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
None
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BC Year
Number (bc:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
bc:
---
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
No
---
Examples
su:babylonia and bc:500
---
Fields/Subfields 046 b d
---
Qualifier Index? No
---
Notes
---
Enter the year only, even if less than 4 digits long (do not pad
with zeroes).
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Branch Definition/Shelf Location
Word (b8:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
b8:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
b8:open stack
Fields/Subfields 852 a b c
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
None
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Call Number
Word (nu:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
nu:
Search?
No
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
nu:ps3515.e37
Fields/Subfields 852 k h i j l m
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
None
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Canadian Class Number
Library and Archives Canada (symbol NLC).
Also called Library and Archives Canada Class Number in FirstSearch.
Number (ca:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
ca:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
ca:s592.6c35
Fields/Subfields 055 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
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l
l
l
Enter all
Called Library and Archives
numbers
Canada Class Number
and letters.
Include
periods.
Omit all
other
punctuation.
Omit
spaces.
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l
l
l
Enter all
numbers and
letters.
Include
periods.
Omit all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces.
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Canadian Subject
Library Archives of Canada (symbol NLC)
Also called Subject Headings, Canadian.
Word (he:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
he:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
he:explorers
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields with indicator 2 = 5:
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as Canadian National Library in English.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (he=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
he=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
he=landscape photography
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields with indicator 2 = 5:
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
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Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as Canadian National Library in English.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (hew=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
hew=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
hew=childrens writings canadian ---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields with indicator 2 = 5:
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as
Canadian National Library in English.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Cataloging Source
Searches for the Cataloging Source phrase.
Phrase (cs=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
cs=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
cs=osl
Fields/Subfields
l
040 a c
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
l
l
l
Use a single OCLC institution symbol per search.
Use to limit searches.
For Library of Congress records: To retrieve records contributed by the Library of Congress
or by specific LC cooperative programs, use Cooperative programs index (dl:) with value y
(dl:y).
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Character Sets Present
Word (vp:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
vp:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
To view Cyrillic records for items published in
1985 — vp:cyr and yr:1985
To view Cyrillic records for items published in
1985 — vp:cyr AND yr:1985
Fields/Subfields Records are retrieved based on the codes found in the 066 field. The list of codes and their related
scripts are listed here.
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
WorldCat records loaded through Digital Gateway are not included in this index.
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Collection Level
Word (oc:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
oc:
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
No
---
---
Examples
oc:ocolc3018134 (Finds all articles or analytics for a
parent record with OCLC number 3018134 and title Pioneers
of the Bluestem prairie)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
773 w
800 w
810 w
811 w
830 w
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Use to search for related records, such as a series
record related to chapter or article records or vice versa.
Not available in drop-down index lists.
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Cooperative Programs
Also called the DLC restrictor in FirstSearch or Source index. Enter code or value for Library of Congress/specific LC
cooperative programs as cataloging source.
Word (dl: or pc:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
dl:
pc:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
Fields/Subfields Records are retrieved if they contain the data below:
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
008 Srce c
040 c DLC
040 a DLC
040 a DLC/other data
040 a Other data/DLC
042 a lcderive
042 a lccopycat
042 a lccopycat-nm
042 a lcode
042 a pcc
042 a lcnccp
042 a premarc
042 a lcac
042 a lc
042 a lcd
042 a msc
042 a nsdp
042 a nst
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
l
l
l
l
Use to limit searches to
records produced by the
Library of Congress (LC) or
LC cooperative programs.
If selecting a value from a
list, select DLC.
To retrieve records
contributed by a specific
library, use Cataloging
source phrase index (cs=)
(see description above)
and an OCLC-assigned
institution symbol.
Enter either:
o As slash qualifier: /dlc
o With index label and
l
l
l
l
l
Called DLC restrictor
Use to limit searches to
records produced by the
Library of Congress (LC) or
LC cooperative programs.
If selecting a value from a
list, select DLC.
To retrieve records
contributed by a specific
library, use Cataloging
source phrase index (cs=)
(see description above)
and an OCLC-assigned
institution symbol.
Enter either:
o As slash qualifier: /dlc
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l
l
l
l
Use to limit searches to
records produced by the
Library of Congress (LC) or
LC cooperative programs.
If selecting a value from a
list, select DLC.
To retrieve records
contributed by a specific
library, use Cataloging
source phrase index (cs=)
(see description above)
and an OCLC-assigned
institution symbol.
Enter with index label and
value y: dl:y (y is the only
valid value.)
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Connexion
value y: dl:y (y is the
only valid value.)
FirstSearch
o
With index label and
value y: dl:y (y is the
only valid value.)
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Corporate/Conference Name
This index searches for corporations, organizations, meetings, or conferences that have participated in the creation of
the item.
Word (cn: or co:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
cn:
cn:
co:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
cn:caedmon
cn:canadian
l
l
cn:caedmon
cn:canadian
l
l
co:caedmon
co:canadian
110 a-e n u
111 a c d e n q u
710 a-e n
711 a c d e n q
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
Phrase (cn= or co=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
cn=
cn=
co=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
cn=caedmon records
cn=herdman hills &
mangsen (finds Herdman,
Hills & Mangsen)
cn=canadian
acoustics week
l
l
l
cn=caedmon records
cn=herdman hills &
mangsen (finds Herdman,
Hills & Mangsen)
cn=canadian
acoustics week
110 a-n
111 a c d e n q u
710 a n
711 a c d e n q
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Do not include commas
There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
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l
l
l
co=caedmon records
co=herdman hills &
mangsen (finds Herdman,
Hills & Mangsen)
co=canadian
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Whole phrase (cnw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
cnw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
Yes (WorldShare Record
Manager only)
Examples
cnw=general motors cancer research
foundation
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
110 a-d n
111 a c d e n q
710 a-d n (d n are included only if they occur
left of first subfield t or k)
711 a c d e n q (n is included only if it occurs
left of first subfield t or k)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Do not include commas
There are no stopwords recognized by this
search index.
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Corporate/Conference Subject
Also called Named Corporation and Conference.
Word (nc:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
nc:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
nc:world conference on women
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
610 a-c d n p
611 a c d e n p q
653 a (if indicator 2 = 2 or 3)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (nc=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
nc=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
nc=intel corporation
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
610 a-c d n p
611 a c d e n p q
653 a (if indicator 2 = 2 or 3)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (ncw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
ncw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
ncw=orthodox eastern
---
---
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Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
---
---
---
---
-
---
church/rec
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
610 a-c d n p
611 a c d e n p q
653 a (if indicator 2 = 2 or 3)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Country of Publication
Word (cp:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
cp:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
cp:Norway
Fields/Subfields
l
l
008 15-17
044 a c
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Enter either MARC code or name:
o 2- or 3-letter country code
o Name of country — See the Library of Congress Web site for codes and names.
Use mainly to limit searches.
Phrase (cp=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
cp=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
cp=Nova Scotia
Fields/Subfields
l
l
008 15-17
044 a c
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Enter either MARC code or name:
o 2- or 3-letter country code
o Name of country — See the Library of Congress Web site for codes and names.
Use mainly to limit searches
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Date Created as MARC
Word (dm:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
dm:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
dm:20100401
Fields/Subfields 008/00-05 "Entered"
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Entered is the date the record was input into WorldCat. For batchloaded records, OCLC uses
the date created or converted at the institution of origin, not the date OCLC added the record.
Enter date in the format yyyymmdd ( y=year, m=month, d=day).
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Derived: Corporate/Conference Name
Word (cd:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
cd:
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
No
---
Examples
To search for Harvard University —
l
cd:harv,uni,
l
=mcdo,air,^
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
---
110 a b
111 a n
710 a b
711 a n
---
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
---
--Derived parts of a corporate/conference name separated by commas in
the following pattern: 4,3,1
Leading equal sign (=) distinguishes this index from personal name
index if you enter without a label. Use in conjunction with a comma (,)
and circumflex (^).
For information about stopwords and derived indexes, see Derived
searches (page 25)
Index label is optional if derived search is first or only element of full
syntax search.
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Derived: Name/Title
Word (nd:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
nd:
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
No
---
Examples
To search for author Williams, Heathcote and title The local stagmatic (nonfiling indicator 2 = 4):
l
nd:will,loca,
l
will,loca,
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
---
100 a with 240 a
100 a with 243 a
100 a with 245 a k
100 a with 246 a
100 a with 740 a
110 a b with 240 a
110 a b with 243 a
110 a b with 245 a k
110 a b with 246 a
110 a b with 740 a
111 a n with 240 a
111 a n with 243 a
111 a n with 245 a k
111 a n with 246 a
111 a n with 740 a
130 a with 240 a
130 a with 243 a
130 a with 245 a k
130 a with 246 a
130 a with 740 a
700 a with 245 a k
710 a b with 245 a k
711 a n with 245 a k
730 a with 245 a k
---
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
---
--See guidelines for derived searches.
Derived part of a name and title separated by commas in the following
pattern: 4,4
For information about stopwords and derived indexes, see Derived
searches (page 25)
Exclude initial characters from title portion, based on non-filing indicator.
Use maximum number of characters for each segment. For example,
4,3 derived name/title search is assumed to have three-character word
as second segment.
Using index label is optional if derived search is first or only element of
full syntax search.
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Derived: Personal Name
Word (pd:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
pd:
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
No
---
Examples
l
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
---
To search for Everett, Lucretia Orne Peabody —
pd:ever,luc,o or ever,luc,o
To search for Van Buren, Martin — pd:vanb,mar, or vanb,mar,
To search for White Bull — pd:whit,bul,
To search for Philip II, King of Spain — pd:phil,ii,k
---
100 a b c j
700 a b c j
---
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
--No stopwords apply to this index.
Use first four characters of surname, first three characters of forename,
and optionally, first character of middle name. Surname includes all
words that appear before the first comma.
o Compound surnames: Treat all parts of a name up to first comma
as first element search.
o Forename only: If comma is last element of subfield, treat each
part of a name as separate segments.
Using index label is optional if derived search is first or only element of
full syntax search.
See guidelines for Derived searches.
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Derived: Title
Word (td:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
td:
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
No
---
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
---
To search for The adventures of huckleberry finn (non-filing indicator 2
= 4) — td:adv,of,hu,for adv,of,hu,f
To search for title Jazziz on disc with April 2005 in subfield n —
jaz,on,di,a
---
130 a n p
222 a b
240 a b n
243 a n p
245 a f k n p
246 a n p
247 a n p
440 a n p
490 a
730 a n p
740 a n p
780 t
785 t
830 a n p
---
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
--Derived parts of a title separated by commas in the following pattern:
3,2,2,1
Use maximum number of characters for each segment. For example,
3,1,2,1 derived title search is assumed to have single-character word
as second segment.
No stopwords for this index.
Using index label is optional if derived search is first or only element of
full syntax search.
See guidelines for Derived searches.
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Description Conventions
Word (dx:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
dx:
---
dx:
Search?
Yes
---
Yes
Browse?
No
---
No
Examples
dx:rda
---
dx:rda
Fields/Subfields 040 e
---
040 e
Qualifier Index? No
---
No
Notes
None
-
Only available for expert searching
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Descriptors
Word (de:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
de:
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
Yes
---
Examples
de:voice disorders
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
---
---
600 x
610 x
611 x
630 x
648 x
650 a b g x
651 g x
653 a (if indicator 2 = 0)
654 x
655 x
---
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
--Supports non-Latin script
searches.
---
Phrase (de=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
de=
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
Yes
Yes
---
Examples
de=voice disorders in children
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
---
600 x
610 x
611 x
630 x
648 x
650 a b x
651 x
653 a (if indicator 2 = 0)
654 x
655 x
---
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
---
--Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Dewey Decimal Class Number
Number (dd:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
dd:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
To retrieve all records with Dewey number 616.4692 and 616.46/92:
l
dd:616.46
l
dd:616.4692
Fields/Subfields
l
l
082 a
092 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
Include all letters and numbers.
Include the period.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces.
Searches retrieve records containing first set of numbers following the period (up to first
prime), if present, including records that contain groups of numbers following first set.
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Dewey Decimal Edition Number
Searches for the Dewey Decimal edition number.
Number (d2:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
d2:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
d2:22
Fields/Subfields
l
l
082 2
092 2
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Use mainly to limit searches.
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Encoding Level
Use this index to search for bibliographic records in WorldCat at all encoding levels.
Number (lv:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
lv:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
li:OCWMS AND lv:3 where 3 is the abbreviated level.
Fields/Subfields Leader/17 (ELvl: Encoding Level)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Only available for expert
search (not available as a
menu item in the list of
indexes).
Use lv:b to search for full
records (e.g., li: OCWMS
AND lv:b).
l
In Record Manager, you can use this search label using
expert search or, alternatively, by selecting the
Abbreviated-level records only check box in the
Advanced Search form.
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Entity Attributes
Word (en:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
en:
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
Yes
Yes
---
Examples
en:arranged
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
---
---
046 k l
340 a b c d e f h i j k m n o
344 a b c d e f g h
345 a b
346 a b
347 a b c e
370 c f g
377 a l
380 a
381 a
382 a b d p v
383 a b c d e
384 a
388 a
---
Qualifier Index?
No
---
Notes
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
---
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Format/Document Type
Word
See Format/Document Type values and codes for WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery (page 227) .
Phrase (dt=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
dt=
---
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
No
---
Examples
pn:twain,mark and dt=vis
---
Fields/Subfields Presence of both Leader/06 (Type) and Leader/07 (BLvl)
---
Qualifier Index? No
---
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Use with index label and punctuation.
Use this limit only in combination with another search
statement.
Enter the Format/Document type code.
This index determines groupings for search results,
where record groups correspond to primary document
type.
To limit results by a format/document type, enter and
dt= followed by a format code. Example:pn:twain,
mark and dt=vis
To exclude a format/document type, enter not dt=
followed by a format code. Example:
ti:buddenbrooks not dt=bks
Codes are bks (books), cnr (continuing resources), com
(computer files), map (maps), mix (mixed materials), rec
(sound recordings), sco (scores), vis (visual materials)
These codes are also available in the Material type
indexes (mt: and mt=), to use as [qualifiers.
If you use a guided or advanced/expert search, select
indexes and other parts of a search rather than typing a
full syntax search:
o In a Connexion guided search, select a format
(or select Any) from the Format list to limit a
search to that format.
o In FirstSearch advanced or expert searches,
select one or more check boxes under Limit
search to to limit a search to the selected
format(s).
Some OCLC Format/Document indexes include RDA
content, media, and carrier type terms and codes. See
also RDA terms and codes. (RDA = Resource
Description and Access, the proposed successor to
AACR2.)
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Genre/Form
Word (ge:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ge:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
ge:novel
ge: solo piano
380 a
600 v
610 v
611 v
630 v
648 v
650 g v
651 g v
653 a (if indicator 2 = 6)
654 v
655 a b v
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (ge=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ge=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
ge=spanish literature
ge=screenplays
380 a
600 v
610 v
611 v
630 v
648 v
650 v
651 v
653 a (if indicator 2 = 6)
654 v
655 a b v
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Geographic Coverage
Word (gc:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
gc:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
gc:madrid
gc:cape
043 a c
600 z
610 z
611 z
630 z
648 z
650 g z
651 a g z
653 a (if indicator 2 = 5)
654 z
655 z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
For 043 a, the English
expanded value of the
code is indexed at the
most local level.
For 043 c, ISO 3166 codes
for geographic areas are
indexed along with the
English expanded value.
Available only as a
command-line (full syntax
search); unavailable in
guided search index lists
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
For 043 a, the English
expanded value of the
code is indexed at the
most local level.
For 043 c, ISO 3166 codes
for geographic areas are
indexed along with the
English expanded value.
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
For 043 a, the English
expanded value of the
code is indexed at the
most local level.
For 043 c, ISO 3166 codes
for geographic areas are
indexed along with the
English expanded value.
Phrase (gc=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
gc=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
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Connexion
Examples
Fields/Subfields
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
gc=capetown
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
043 a c
600 z
610 z
611 z
630 z
648 z
650 z
651 a z
653 a (if indicator 2 = 5)
654 z
655 z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
For 043 a, the most local level
provided is indexed.
For 043 c, ISO 3166 codes for
geographic areas are indexed.
Available only as a command-line
(full syntax search); unavailable in
guided search index lists
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l
l
l
Supports non-Latin
script searches.
For 043 a, the most
local level provided is
indexed.
For 043 c, ISO 3166
codes for geographic
areas are indexed.
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin
script searches.
For 043 a, the most
local level provided is
indexed.
For 043 c, ISO 3166
codes for geographic
areas are indexed.
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Government Document Number
Number (gn:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
gn:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
To search for NAS 1.2:SP1/46 — gn:nas12sp146
Fields/Subfields
l
l
074 a
086 a z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
Enter all numbers and
letters.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces
l
l
l
Enter all numbers and
letters.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces
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l
l
l
Enter all numbers and letters.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces
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Holding Library
This index is used to search for items on which a library has set WorldCat holdings.
Word (li:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
li:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
No
No
---
Examples
ti=chicago
To find The Chicago Manual of Style held by the
OCLC Information Center — td:chi,ma,of,s and manual of
li:occ style AND
li:ocwms
---
Fields/Subfields
Holdings information
---
Qualifier Index?
Yes
---
Notes
---
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Retrieves bibliographic
records for titles held by a
specified institution.
Follow index label and colon
(:) with an OCLC institution
symbol.
Include all letters, numbers,
and special characters that
are part of the symbol.
Use mainly to limit searches.
Connexion browser — this
index is only in the drop-down
list for basic/guided
searching. Connexion client — this index
is not available in the dropdown list for guided searches.
You must enter as part of a
full syntax search in the
command line.
To find a library symbol, go to
the Directory of OCLC
Libraries.
l
l
l
l
l
l
Retrieves
bibliographic
records for
titles held by
a specified
institution.
Follow index
label and
colon (:)
with an
OCLC
institution
symbol.
Include all
letters,
numbers,
and special
characters
that are part
of the
symbol.
Use mainly
to limit
searches.
For
advanced
search —
enter a code
in the box. For expert
search —
enter code
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l
l
l
l
l
Retrieves
bibliographic
records for
titles held by
a specified
institution.
Follow index
label and
colon (:)
with an
OCLC
institution
symbol.
Include all
letters,
numbers,
and special
characters
that are part
of the
symbol.
Use mainly
to limit
searches.
To find a
library
symbol, go
to the
Directory of
OCLC
Libraries.
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FirstSearch
l
as part of
full syntax
search.
To find a
library
symbol, go
to the
Directory of
OCLC
Libraries.
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Holding Library Group
This index is used to search for items with the holding library group symbol.
Word (zu:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
zu:
---
zu:
---
Search?
Yes
---
Yes
---
Browse?
No
---
No
---
Examples
To find Strunk and White's Elements of
Style held by a group —
nd:stru,elem and zu:x@yz
---
ti=elements of
style AND
zu:UKDW
---
-
Holdings information
---
Yes
---
Fields/Subfields Holdings information
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
--Retrieves bibliographic records for
titles held by any institution that
belongs to a specified group.
Follow index label and colon (:) with
an OCLC group symbol.
Include all letters, numbers, and
special characters that are part of
the symbol.
Use mainly to limit searches.
Connexion browser — this index is
in the drop-down list for
basic/guided searching. Connexion client — this index is not
included in the client drop-down list
for guided searches. You must
enter as part of a full syntax search
in the command line.
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l
l
l
l
Retrieves
bibliographic
records for titles
held by any
institution that
belongs to a
specified group.
Follow index label
and colon (:) with
an OCLC group
symbol.
Include all letters,
numbers, and
special characters
that are part of the
symbol.
Use mainly to limit
searches.
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See Material Type.
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ISBN
ISBN = International Standard Book Number
Number (bn: or nb:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
bn:
nb:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
To search for 0-85109-130-x: To search for 0-85109-130-x:
l
l
085109130x
085109130x
l
l
bn:085109130x
nb:085109130x
l
3196311821
l
3196311821
l
31-9631-182-1
l
31-9631-182-1
l
9780763625894
l
9780763625894
l
978-0-763625-89-4
l
978-0-763625-89-4
bn:
To search for 0-85109-130-x:
l
085109130x
l
bn:085109130x
l
3196311821
l
9780763625894
Fields/Subfields 020 a z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
Using index label is
optional if ISBN is the
first or only element of
full syntax search in the
command line.
Omit hyphens if there is
no index label.
Omit or enter hyphens
with index label.
l
l
l
Using index label is optional
if ISBN is the first or only
element of full syntax search
in the expert text box.
Omit hyphens if there is no
index label.
Omit or enter hyphens with
index label.
l
l
Using index label is
optional.
Do not use hyphens.
Number phrase (bn= or nb=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
bn=
nb=
bn=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
Fields/Subfields
020 a z
Qualifier Index?
No
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Connexion
Notes
l
l
l
Using index label is
optional if ISBN is
the first or only
element of full
syntax search in
the command line.
Omit hyphens if
there is no index
label.
Omit or enter
hyphens with index
label.
FirstSearch
l
l
l
Using index label is
optional if ISBN is the
first or only element of full
syntax search in the
expert text box.
Omit hyphens if there is
no index label.
Omit or enter hyphens
with index label.
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l
Using index label is
optional.
Do not use hyphens.
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ISSN
ISSN = International Standard Serial Number
Number (in: or ns:)
Connexion
WorldShare and
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FirstSearch
Label
in:
ns:
in:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
in:0018-165x
ns:0018-165x
in:0018-165x
Fields/Subfields 022 a y z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
You can enter information with or
without a hyphen separating the
year from the serial portion
l
Requires the hyphen
when separating the
date from the serial
portion.
Requires the hyphen
when separating the
date from the serial
portion.
An index label is
optional
l
l
Number phrase (in= or ns=)
Connexion
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
in=
ns=
in=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
Fields/Subfields 022 a y z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
You can enter information with or
without a hyphen separating the
year from the serial portion
l
Requires the hyphen
when separating the
date from the serial
portion.
l
l
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Requires the hyphen
when separating the
date from the serial
portion.
An index label is not
required
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ISSN-L
ISSN = International Standard Serial Number
L = link
Number (ik:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ik:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
ik:0264-2875
Fields/Subfields
022 l m
Qualifier Index?
No
Notes
Always include the hyphen.
Number phrase (ik=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ik=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
Fields/Subfields 022 l m
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Always include the hyphen.
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Keyword
A keyword search can be used to find keyword searches, publication year, ISBN, geographic codes, map data, and all
the information found in the Author, Title, Notes and Subject indexes.
Word (kw:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
kw:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
kw:space and
yr:2000-4
kw:space and
kw:aeronautics coffee or tea and
house+
l
l
l
kw:space and
yr:2000-4
kw:space and
kw:aeronautics coffee or tea and
house+
l
l
kw:space AND
yr:2000-4
kw:space AND
kw:aeronautics Fields/Subfields Same fields and subfields as the following indexes:
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Name
Title
Subject
Notes
ISBN
Publisher
Publisher location
In addition, indexes:
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
008 Date 1 Date 2
034 b c d e f g z 3
052 a b
255 a b c d e
382 a b d p v
546 a b
650 g
651 g
754 a d
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
System uses as default index if you omit an index label from a search.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
For 052 a and b:
o Subfield a is indexed separately.
o Each subfield b combined with subfield a is indexed separately.
Indexes single word only, but you can combine more than one keyword search.
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Language
Word (la: or ln:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
la:
ln:
ln:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
la:eng
la:english
l
l
ln:eng
ln:english
l
l
ln:eng
ln:english
008/35-37
041 a (if indicator 1 = 0)
041 2 (if indicator 2 = 7)
041 b d e f g j
377 a
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
2- or 3-character code or language name
See the MARC Code List for Languages (http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/) for lists of
language names 3-character codes.
2-character codes are in ISO 639.
Use to limit a search to records with one or more languages (see more in Combine, qualify,
and expand searches).
Code zxx is a valid language code in records for items that have no associated language (for
example, scores or sound recordings with no sung or spoken text)
Phrase (la= or ln=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
la=
la=
ln=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
l
l
la=fre
kw:coffeehouse* and
ln=japanese
l
l
la=fre
kw:coffeehouse* and
la=japanese
l
l
ln=fre
kw:coffeehouse* AND
ln=japanese
Fields/Subfields 008/35-37
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
l
l
l
Searchable by 008 language code only; see MARC Code List for Languages for the list of
codes.
Use to limit a search to records with one primary language. (See more about limiting searches
in Combine, qualify, and expand searches).
Code zxx is a valid language code in records for items that have no associated language (for
example, scores or sound recordings with no sung or spoken text)
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Language of Cataloging
Word (ll:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
ll:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
ll:dut
ll:eng
Fields/Subfiel
ds
040 b
Qualifier
Index?
No
Notes
l
l
l
Checks for a language in
040 $b. If no 040 b is
present, the system
assumes that the language
of cataloging is English.
You can also enter a
language in the
keyword/numeric search
area and then select
Language of Cataloging
index. Combine with
another search term.
Searchable only by code;
see a list at
www.loc.gov/marc/langua
ges under Name
Sequence.
l
l
l
Checks for a language in
040 $b. If no 040 b is
present, the system
assumes that the language
of cataloging is English.
You can also enter a
language in the
keyword/numeric search
area and then select
Language of Cataloging
index. Combine with
another search term.
Searchable only by code;
see a list at
www.loc.gov/marc/langua
ges under Name
Sequence.
l
l
l
l
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Checks for a language in
040 $b. If no 040 b is
present, the system
assumes that the language
of cataloging is English.
You can also enter a
language in the
keyword/numeric search
area and then select
Language of Cataloging
index. Combine with
another search term.
Searchable only by code;
see a list at
www.loc.gov/marc/langua
ges under Name
Sequence.
Only available for expert
searching.
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LC Children's Subject
Also called Subject Headings, LC Children's Lit.
Word (hc:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
hc:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
parties
hc:poetry and
yr:1999
l
l
parties
hc:poetry and
yr:1999
l
l
parties
hc:poetry AND yr:1999
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 1):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings notes as US Library of Congress Children's Literature.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (hc=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
hc=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
childrens writing
hc:juvenile poetry
and yr:1990-
l
l
childrens writing
hc:juvenile poetry
and yr:1990-
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 1):
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
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l
l
childrens writing
hc:juvenile poetry
AND yr:1990-
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Connexion
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings notes as US Library of Congress Children's Literature.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (hcw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
hcw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
No
---
---
Examples
hcw=santa claus poetry
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 1):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings notes as US
Library of Congress Children's Literature.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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LC Class Number
Also called Library of Congress Call Number in FirstSearch.
Word (lc:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
lc:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
lc:ps3515.e37 and yr:1999
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
lc:ps3515.e37 AND yr:1999
050 a
055 a (if indicator 2 = 0-5)
090 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Enter all numbers
and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces.
l
l
l
l
l
Called Library of Congress
Call Number.
Enter all numbers and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces.
Enter all numbers and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces.
l
l
l
l
Phrase (lc=)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
lc=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
050 a
055 a (if indicator 2 = 0-5)
090 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Enter all numbers
and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces
l
l
l
l
l
Called Library of Congress
Call Number.
Enter all numbers and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces
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l
l
l
l
Enter all numbers and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces
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LCCN
Also called LC Control Number in FirstSearch.
Number (ln: or nl:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
ln:
nl:
nl:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
l
l
l
ln:32000014
ln:32-14
ln:2002-580246
ln:2002580246
ln:^92-5625
ln:^925625
l
l
l
l
l
l
nl:32000014
nl:32-14
nl:2002-580246
nl:2002580246
nl:^92-5625
nl:^925625
l
l
2005921149
2005-921149
Fields/Subfields 010 a b z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
Enter with or without
hyphen.
Include year portion (2 or 4
digits).
Prefixes can be
immediately connected to
the number or removed.
Use circumflex (^) to
exclude LCCNs that have
prefixes.
The number is searchable
as it is stored, with the
year and then six digits
with leading zeros for
unused digits, or as it is
often displayed, without
zeros.
l
l
l
l
l
l
Also called LC Control
Number.
Enter with or without
hyphen.
Include year portion (2 or 4
digits).
Prefixes can be
immediately connected to
the number or removed.
Use circumflex (^) to
exclude LCCNs that have
prefixes.
The number is searchable
as it is stored, with the
year and then six digits
with leading zeros for
unused digits, or as it is
often displayed, without
zeros.
Number phrase (ln= or nl=)
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l
l
l
l
l
Enter with or without
hyphen.
Include year portion (2 or 4
digits).
Prefixes can be
immediately connected to
the number or removed.
Use circumflex (^) to
exclude LCCNs that have
prefixes.
The number is searchable
as it is stored, with the
year and then six digits
with leading zeros for
unused digits, or as it is
often displayed, without
zeros.
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Connexion
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
ln=
---
nl=
Search?
Yes
---
Yes
Browse?
No
---
No
Examples
---
Fields/Subfields 010 a b z
---
010 a b z
Qualifier Index? No
---
No
---
l
Notes
l
l
l
Enter with or without
hyphen.
Include year portion (2 or
4 digits).
Use circumflex (^) to
exclude LCCNs with
prefixes.
l
l
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Enter with or
without hyphen.
Include year
portion (2 or 4
digits).
Use circumflex (^)
to exclude LCCNs
with prefixes.
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LCSH
LCSH = Library of Congress subject headings
Also called Subject Headings, LC.
Word (hl:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
hl:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
biography
hl:fractions
AND yr:198
The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 0):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Qualifier Index?
biography
hl:fractions and yr:1988
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
No
Notes
l
l
Only looks for subject headings noted as US Library of Congress.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (hl=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
hl=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
Yes (WorldShare Record Manager only)
Examples
hl=authors american
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 0):
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
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l
l
l
l
l
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FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Only looks for subject headings noted as US Library of Congress.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (hlw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
hlw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
Yes
(WorldShare
Record
Manager only)
Examples
hlw=fractions study and
teaching*and yr:2000-
---
---
-
-
---
---
-
-
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 0):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Only looks for subject headings noted as US
Library of Congress.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Local holdings — City
Limits the search results to records with local holdings held by an institution in a specific city and state, province, or
area.
Phrase (l3=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
---
l3=
---
Search?
---
Yes
---
Browse?
---
Yes
---
Examples
---
ti:libraries and l3="columbus oh"
---
Fields/Subfields
---
System checks for presence of local holdings of libraries
in specified city
---
Qualifier Index?
---
No
---
Notes
---
l
l
l
l
l
Search by city (phrase)
l = lowercase "ell"
Use city name and postal abbreviation of state or
province (with no punctuation) enclosed in quotation
marks.
Limits searches to bibliographic records for which
libraries in specified city have created LHRs (local
holdings record).
See Find an OCLC Library to search for OCLC library
symbols.
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Local Holdings — OCLC Groups
Limits the search results to records with local holdings held by members of profiled GAC and/or UL groups.
Word (l5:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
l5:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
ti:libraries and l5:oglu
ti:libraries AND l5:oglu
Fields/Subfields System checks for presence of local holdings of libraries within a specified, profiled group
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Searches for the OCLC group symbol
l = lowercase "ell"
Limits searches to bibliographic records for which members of profiled group have created
LHRs (local holdings record).
See Find an OCLC Library to search for OCLC library symbols.
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Local holdings — OCLC institution symbol
Limits the search results to records with local holdings held by an institution's symbol.
Word (l4:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
l4:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
ti:libraries and l4:ocl
ti:libraries AND
l4:ocl
Fields/Subfields System checks for presence of local holdings by your library
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
Search by OCLC
institution symbol (word)
l = lowercase "ell"
Limits searches to
bibliographic records for
which your library has
created LHRs (local
holdings record).
See Find an OCLC Library
to search for OCLC library
symbols.
Called My Local Holdings
in the Connexion browser
index list for guided
searching.
l
l
l
l
Search by OCLC
institution symbol (word)
l = lowercase "ell"
Limits searches to
bibliographic records for
which your library has
created LHRs (local
holdings record).
See Find an OCLC Library
to search for OCLC library
symbols.
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l
l
l
l
Search by OCLC
institution symbol (word)
l = lowercase "ell"
Limits searches to
bibliographic records for
which your library has
created LHRs (local
holdings record).
See Find an OCLC Library
to search for OCLC library
symbols.
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Local Holdings — State/Province
Limits the results to records with local holdings held by an institution in a specific city and state, province, or area.
Phrase (l2=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
---
l2=
---
Search?
---
Yes
---
Browse?
---
Yes
---
Examples
---
l
l
ti:libraries and l2="or"
ti:libraries and l2=oregon
---
Fields/Subfields
---
System checks for presence of local holdings of
libraries in specified state or province
---
Qualifier Index?
---
No
---
Notes
---
l
l
l
l
l
Search by state or province abbreviation or
name (phrase)
l = lowercase "ell"
Use either the:
o Postal abbreviation of state or province
enclosed in quotation marks.
o State or province name.
Use to limit searches to bibliographic records for
which libraries in specified state or province
have created LHRs (local holdings record).
See Find an OCLC Library to search for OCLC
library symbols.
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Local holdings — Your holdings
Limits search results to records with local holdings information.
Word (l7:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
---
l7:
---
Search?
---
Yes
---
Browse?
---
Yes
---
Examples
---
ti:libraries and l7:yes
---
Fields/Subfields
---
System checks for presence of your library's local
holdings
---
Qualifier Index?
---
No
---
Notes
---
l
l
l
l
l
Search by your holdings (word)
l = lowercase "ell"
yes is the only valid value
Use to limit searches to bibliographic records for
which your library has created LHRs (local holdings
record).
See Find an OCLC Library to search for OCLC
library symbols.
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Material Type
This index is used to search for items by what kind of item they are. For example, you can look for books, maps,
articles, internet URLs, and so on. For names and codes for the various material types, see Material Type Names and
Codes (page 232) . Type the code exactly as listed (not case sensitive).
Word (mt:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Label
Examples
mt:
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
Qualifier Index?
Notes
Limit a search to
records for
Internet
resources —
enter mt:url
Exclude records
for Internet
resources —
enter not
mt:url
l
l
Limit a search to
records for Internet
resources — enter
mt:url
Exclude records
for Internet
resources — enter
not mt:url
l
l
Limit a search to
records for
Internet
resources —
enter mt:url
Exclude records
for Internet
resources —
enter NOT
mt:url
Values in Type (Leader/06)
BLvl (Leader/07)
Field 007
Field 008
other fields
856 (Presence or absence of 856 field as the source of cataloged
item)
Yes
l
l
l
Search using a
3-character code
Use to limit
searches to a
specific type of
material.
Some OCLC
Material type
indexes include
RDA content,
media, and
carrier type
terms and
codes. See
RDA terms and
codes. (RDA =
l
l
l
Search using a 3character code
Use to limit
searches to a
specific type of
material.
Some OCLC
Material type
indexes include
RDA content,
media, and carrier
type terms and
codes. See RDA
terms and codes.
(RDA = Resource
Description and
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l
l
l
Search using a
3-character code
Use to limit
searches to a
specific type of
material.
Some OCLC
Material type
indexes include
RDA content,
media, and
carrier type
terms and
codes. See RDA
terms and
codes. (RDA =
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Connexion
l
l
l
Resource
Description and
Access, the
proposed
successor to
AACR2.)
See Format or
Document type
codes and
values for a
comprehensive
list of values
(limit search by
broader types)
and information
on RDA content,
media, and
carrier type
terms and
codes.
(Internet
searches) For
records with
field 856 and
second indicator
<blank>, 0, or 1
(Internet
searches) For
guided searches
— select Any,
Internet, or
Non-Internet
from the dropdown list.
FirstSearch
l
l
l
Access, the
proposed
successor to
AACR2.)
See Format or
Document type
codes and values
for a
comprehensive list
of values (limit
search by broader
types) and
information on
RDA content,
media, and carrier
type terms and
codes.
(Internet searches)
For records with
field 856 and
second indicator
<blank>, 0, or 1
If you select
indexes and limits,
select the Internet
Resources check
box under Limit
type to.for items
cataloged as a
Web site. If you
want to include
items that are
available on the
Web, add and
mt:url to the
search string.
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
l
l
Resource
Description and
Access, the
proposed
successor to
AACR2.)
See Format or
Document type
codes and
values for a
comprehensive
list of values
(limit search by
broader types)
and information
on RDA content,
media, and
carrier type
terms and
codes.
(Internet
searches) For
records with field
856 and second
indicator
<blank>, 0, or 1
Phrase (mt=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Label
Examples
Fields/Subfields
mt=
mt=vhs tape
l
l
Values in Type (Leader/06)
BLvl (Leader/07)
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Connexion
l
l
l
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Field 007
Field 008
other fields
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
Allows you to search for material type names composed of more than one word
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MeSH
MeSH = Medical subject headings
Also called Subject Headings, MeSH.
Word (hm:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
hm:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
optometry
hm:diabetes and yr:2005 and
mt:vis
l
l
optometry
hm:diabetes AND yr:2005 AND
mt:vis
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 2):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t x y
610 a-e g k m-p r-t x y
611 a c-e g k n p q t x y
630 a d k m-p r-t x y
648 a x y
650 a b g x y
651 a g x y
654 a b x y
655 a b x y
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as MESH/US National Library of Medicine
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (hm=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
hm=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
vision low
hm=womens health and yr:2005
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 2):
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t x y
610 a-e g k m-p r-t x y
611 a c-e g k n p q t x y
630 a d k m-p r-t x y
648 a x y
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l
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Connexion
l
l
l
l
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
650 a b g x y
651 a g x y
654 a b x y
655 a b x y
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as MESH/US National Library of Medicine
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (hmw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
hmw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Examples
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 2):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t x y
610 a-e g k m-p r-t x y
611 a c-e g k n p q t x y
630 a d k m-p r-t x y
648 a x y
650 a b g x y
651 a g x y
654 a b x y
655 a b x y
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as
MESH/US National Library of Medicine
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Microform
Word (mf: or nm:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
mf:
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
To achieve
similar results in
FirstSearch, use
an expert search
and qualify using
material type of
Microform —
ti=tale of
two cities
and mt:mic
---
Examples
l
l
ti=tale of two cities/mf
ti=tale of two
cities/nm/1990
Fields/Subfields Microform:
Fixed field element Form = a b c
Or
007 a = h
Not microform:
Form code = anything except a b c
Or
007 a = anything except h
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
l
l
Use two-letter code used as slash
qualifier or use three-letter code
used with index label and
punctuation
To exclude records in microform
format — /nm or mf:nmc
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Music/Publisher number
Called Music number in FirstSearch and Publisher number in Connexion.
Number (mn:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
mn:
mu:
mn:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
To find CO 1979-AB51:mn:co1979ab51
To find a number within range
LPX 12334–12338, type any
number in the range:
mn:lpx12334 or
mn:lpx12335, and so on.
To find D3S 744 (MS 6872-MS 6874), type any of the
numbers: mn:ms6873
For a publisher number such as
DKP (CD) 9040, the
parenthetical text is treated as
separate. The system indexes
this number as three separate
words. To find DKP (CD)
9040, type a word
search:mn:dkp cd 9040
l
l
l
l
To find CO 1979-AB51:mu:co1979ab51
To find a number within range
LPX 12334–12338, type any
number in the range:
mu:lpx12334 or
mu:lpx12335, and so on.
To find D3S 744 (MS 6872-MS 6874), type any of the
numbers: mu:ms6873
For a publisher number such as
DKP (CD) 9040, the
parenthetical text is treated as
separate. The system indexes
this number as three separate
words. To find DKP (CD)
9040, type a word
search:mu:dkp cd 9040
l
l
CDP 7 464462
mn:CDP7464462
028 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
Enter letters and numbers.
Concatenates all punctuation and spaces up to a dash or double hyphen.
Indexes separately:
o Numbers in multiple 028 ‡a's in the same record.
o Multiple numbers in a single 028 ‡a that are separated by a comma and a space.
o Each number in a range. Entering one number in a range retrieves records that contain the
number by itself in a separate 028 ‡a or that contain the number as part of a range in a
single 028 ‡a.
o Data enclosed in parentheses.
Number phrase (mn=)
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Connexion
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
mn=
mu=
mn=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
To find CO 1979-AB5-1:mn=co
1979ab51
To find D3S 744 (MS 6872--MS
6874), type any of the numbers:
mn=d3s 744
For a publisher number such as
DKP (CD) 9040, the
parenthetical text is treated as
separate. The system indexes
this number as three separate
words. To find DKP (CD)
9040,combine each word as a
phrase search:
mn=dkpandmn=cdandmn=9040
(or combine with Boolean or
instead of and).
l
l
l
To find CO 1979ab51:mu=co
1979ab51
To find D3S 744 (MS
6872--MS 6874),
type any of the
numbers: mu=d3s
744
For a publisher number
such as DKP (CD)
9040, the
parenthetical text is
treated as separate.
The system indexes
this number as three
separate words. To
find DKP (CD)
9040,combine each
word as a phrase
search: mu=dkpand
mu=cdand mu=9040
(or combine with
Boolean or instead of
and).
l
l
l
To find CO 1979-AB51:mn=co 1979ab51
To find D3S 744 (MS
6872--MS 6874), type
any of the numbers:
mn=d3s 744
For a publisher number
such as DKP (CD)
9040, the parenthetical
text is treated as
separate. The system
indexes this number as
three separate words.
To find DKP (CD)
9040,combine each
word as a phrase
search: mn=dkp AND
mn=cd AND mn=9040
(or combine with
Boolean OR instead of
AND).
028 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Enter letters and numbers.
Concatenates all punctuation and spaces up to a dash or double hyphen.
Include spaces only (except for parenthetical data, which is indexed as a separate word).
Indexes separately:
o Numbers in multiple 028 ‡a's in the same record.
o Multiple numbers in a single 028 ‡a that are separated by a comma and a space.
o Each number in a range. Entering one number in a range retrieves records that contain the
number by itself in a separate 028 ‡a or that contain the number as part of a range in a
single 028 ‡a.
o Data enclosed in parentheses.
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Musical Composition
Word (mc:)
Connexion
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
mc:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
l
l
mc:jazz
To find Ballads from 1990
on type: mc:bd and
yr:1990-
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
mc:jazz
To find Ballads from 1990
on type: mc:bd and
yr:1990You can also use the full
term: mc:ballads and
yr:1990-
l
l
mc:jazz
To find Ballads from 1990
on type: mc:bd AND
yr:1990-
006/01-02 if 006/00 is c d i j
Comp (008/18-19) if Type (Leader/06) is c d i j
047 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Use coded values available for fixed field element Comp/Form of composition. See OCLC
Bibliographic Formats and Standards for a list of codes.
The musical composition codes listed by IAML are valid in subfield a. Phrase (mc=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Label
Examples
mc=
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
mc=folk music
mc=chants other and
yr:1940-4
l
l
mc=folk music
mc=chants other
andyr:1940-4
l
l
mc=folk music
mc=chants other
andyr:1940-4
006/01-02 if 006/00 is c d i j
Comp (008/18-19) if Type (Leader/06) is c d i j
047 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Use terms available for fixed field element Comp/Form of composition. See OCLC Bibliographic
Formats and Standards for a list of terms.
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Musical Incipit
Phrase (mi=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
mi=
---
---
Search?
No
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
sca mi='2B4B8BB/4G8GxF4FF/4xA8AA4.At8B/4B
This incipit is encoded using the Plaine & Easie Code ( ‡2 pe
)
---
---
Fields/Subfields 031 p
---
---
Qualifier Index? No
---
---
-
---
Notes
l
l
Use the initial sequence of notes (10 to 12) of a musical
composition, represented by established notation
schemes that employ ordinary ASCII symbols.
In the notation, retain all characters, including
punctuation, special characters, etc. 031 ‡2 in the record
contains the code for the notation scheme used.
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NAL Class Number
NAL = National Agricultural Library
Also called Call Number in FirstSearch.
Number (ag:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
ag:
---
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
Yes
---
Examples
To find aQK981.45 — ag:aqk981.45
---
Fields/Subfields 070 a
---
Qualifier Index? No
---
Notes
l
l
l
l
Enter all numbers and letters
Include periods
Omit all other punctuation
Omit spaces
l
l
l
l
l
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Called Call Number
Enter all numbers and
letters
Include periods
Omit all other
punctuation
Omit spaces
---
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NAL Subject
NAL = National Agricultural Library
Also called Subject Headings, NAL.
Word (ha:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ha:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
ha:corn
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 3):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as US National Library of Agriculture.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (ha=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ha=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
ha=corn industry
ha=fruit trees
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 3):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
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Connexion
l
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as US National Library of Agriculture.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (haw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
haw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
haw:corn middle west
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 3):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as US
National Library of Agriculture.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Name
Also called Author in FirstSearch; formerly called Author in Connexion.
This index searches for any people and corporations that have participated in the creation of the item, including
sponsors, editors, directors, actors, illustrators and many other roles.
Word (au:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
au:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
au:sagan
au:saint-arrowman
100 a-d j q u
110 a-e n u
111 a c d e n q u
245 c
505 r
508 a
511 a
550 a
700 a-d j q u
710 a-e n
711 a c d e n q
720 a
770 a
773 a
780 a
785 a
787 a
800 a-d q u
810 a-e n
811 a c d e n q
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Formally called Author
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
There are no common
word exclusions
recognized by this
search index.
There are no stopwords
recognized by this
search index.
l
l
l
l
Called Author.
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
There are no stopwords
recognized by this search
index.
Use single quotes around
'le' and other words that
are operators. operators
supported in FirstSearch:
Boolean search operators,
parentheses, proximity
operators, wildcards;
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l
l
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
There are no stopwords
recognized by this search
index.
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WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
operators included are le,
ge, it, gt, n, near, w, with,
and, or, not
Phrase (au=)
Connexion
WorldShare and
WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
au=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
au=sagan,carl
au=sagan carl
au=saint-arroman
100 a-d j q
110 a-d n
111 a c d e n q
700 a-d j q
710 a-d n
711 a c d e n q
720 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Formally called
Author.
Retaining first
comma is
optional.
Supports nonLatin script
searches.
There are no
stopwords
recognized by
this search
index.
l
l
l
l
l
Called Author.
Retaining first comma is optional.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Use double quotes around exact phrases; omit
single quote from 'le' operator when the double
quote is used to search for an exact phrase.
There are no common word exclusions
recognized by this search index.
l
l
l
Retaining first
comma is
optional.
Supports nonLatin script
searches.
There are no
stopwords
recognized by
this search
index.
Whole phrase (auw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
auw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
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Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
auw=sagan,carl 1934-
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
100 a-d j q
110 a-d g n
111 a c d e g n q
700 a-d j q
710 a-d g n (d g n only if left of first
subfield k or t)
711 a c d e g n q (g n only if left of first
subfield k or t)
800 a-d j q
810 a-d g n (d g n only if left of first
subfield k or t)
811 a c d e g n q (g n only if left of first
subfield k or t)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Formally called Author.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Retain first comma and hyphens in dates
There are no stopwords recognized by
this search index.
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National Bibliography Number
Word (nn:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
nn:
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
No
---
---
Examples
---
---
Fields/Subfields 015 a z 2
---
---
Qualifier Index? No
---
---
Notes
---
---
Also indexed in the Standard number (sn: and
sn=) index.
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NLM Class Number
NLM = National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Also called Call Number in FirstSearch.
Number (lm:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
lm:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
lm:hq1381
Fields/Subfields
l
l
060 a
096 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
Indexes subfield a
only.
Enter all numbers and
letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces.
l
l
l
l
l
l
Called Call Number.
Indexes subfield a
only.
Enter all numbers and
letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces.
l
l
l
l
l
Indexes subfield a only.
Enter all numbers and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces.
Number phrase (lm=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
lm=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
lm=hq 1381 c524w 1976
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
060 a b
096 a b
695 b (if indicator 2 = 2)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
Indexes subfields a and b together.
Enter all numbers and letters.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces.
Include spaces.
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Notes
Word (nt:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
nt:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
nt:letterpress
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
500 a
501 a
502 a b c d g o
504 a
505 a r t
506 a f
508 a
511 a
518 a d o p
520 a b
521 a
530 b c d 3
533 a b c d e f n
534 a t
536 a-h
538 a
545 a
546 a b
550 a
586 a
753 a b c
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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OCLC Control Number
Also called Access Number (FirstSearch) or Accession Number.
Number (no:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
no:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
no:10998406
*10998406
#10998406
37993343
(OCLC)
l
no:10998406
l
l
l
l
no:10998406
*10998406
#10998406
37993343 (OCLC)
001
019 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
For full syntax
search:
o Enter with
index label and
punctuation.
o Precede with
an asterisk (*)
or the number
sign (#).
o Use * or # only
if the OCLC
number is the
first element of
a full syntax
search.
l
l
l
Called Access
Number.
Requires the index
label.
For full syntax
search:
o Enter with
index label and
punctuation.
o Precede with
an asterisk (*)
or the number
sign (#).
o Use * or # only
if the OCLC
number is the
first element of
a full syntax
search.
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l
l
For full syntax search:
o Use * or # only if the OCLC number is
the first element of a full syntax
search.
WorldCat Discovery:
o When search starts with no: oclc
number, the next search terms must be
preceded by an index label, unless it is
another OCLC number. WLDIS-32705
o Can’t precede with an asterisk (*) or
the number sign (#).
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Online Digital Limit
Word (on:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
on:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
To search for your library's records from the Digital Collection Gateway — on:DGCNT AND
cs=OSU
To search for your library's records from CONTENTdm — on:CNTNT AND cs=OSU
Fields/Subfields 029 a b c t
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
You must specify your library's OCLC symbol in the search (cs=[your library's OCLC
symbol])
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Other Class Number
Number (ot:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
ot:
---
Search?
Yes
---
Yes
Browse?
Yes
---
No
Examples
ot:kb112554
---
ot:014
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
055 a (if indicator 2 = 6, 7, 8, or 9)
084 a
098 a
099 a
-
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
ot:
--Enter all numbers and letters.
Omit periods and all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces.
-
055 a (if indicator 2 = 6, 7, 8, or 9)
084 a
098 a
099 a
---
l
l
l
Enter all numbers and letters.
Omit periods and all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces.
Number phrase (ot=)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
ot=
---
Search?
Yes
---
Yes
Browse?
Yes
---
No
Examples
ot=847SShA
---
ot=84.73
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
055 a (if indicator 2 = 6, 7, 8, or 9)
084 a
098 a
099 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
-
ot=
l
l
l
l
--Enter all numbers and letters.
Omit periods and all other
punctuation.
Omit spaces.
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-
055 a (if indicator 2 = 6, 7, 8, or 9)
084 a
098 a
099 a
---
l
l
Enter all numbers and letters.
Omit spaces.
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Other Format
Phrase (rp=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and
WorldCat
Discovery
Label
rp=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
No
---
---
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Examples
l
l
rp="(ocolc)36532720"
rp=ocolc36532720
Fields/Subfields 776 w (OCoLC)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
The index includes (OCoLC) followed by the OCLC
number, whether or not the number is preceded by blanks
or spaces.
Enter the entire search string:
o Enclosed in quotation marks if you retain the
parentheses around OCoLC (prevents Connexion
from interpreting the parentheses as a nested search).
o Omit the parentheses.
OCoLC is not case-sensitive.
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Other Subject
Also called Subject Headings, Other.
Word (ho:)
Connexion
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FirstSearch
Label
ho:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
ho:stars
ho:fiction
ho:gsafd
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 7):
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Also indexes subfield 2 of fields listed above, if present.
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Includes the MARC codes for the classification type indexed.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
l
l
Phrase (ho=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ho=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
ho:supergiant stars
ho:historical fiction
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 7):
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
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Connexion
l
l
l
l
l
Last updated — 6/2/2017
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Includes the MARC codes for the classification type indexed.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (how=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
ho=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Examples
l
l
how=united states national
aeronautics and space
administration
how=launch vehicles and ho:nasat Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 7):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Includes the MARC codes for the classification
type indexed.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Personal Name
This index searches for all people who have participated in the creation of the item, including sponsors, editors,
directors, actors, illustrators and many other roles.
Word (pn:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
pn:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
pn:shamu
pn:lemaire
pn:brooks and yr:1949
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
pn:shamu
pn:lemaire
pn:brooks AND
yr:1949
100 a-d j q u
700 a-d j q u
l
l
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
There are no stopwords
recognized by this search
index.
l
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
There are no stopwords
recognized by this search
index.
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
There are no stopwords
recognized by this search
index.
Only available for expert
searching.
Phrase (pn=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
pn=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
pn=sitting bull
pn=lemaire,gerard-georges
pn=brooks,gwendolyn
100 a-d j q
700 a-d j q
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
Put the last name first with or without the first comma retained
Supports non-Latin script searches.
There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
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Whole phrase (pnw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
pnw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
Yes (WorldShare Record
Manager only)
Examples
pnw=brooks,gwendolyn 1917-
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
Fields/Subfields
l
l
100 a-d j q u
700 a-d j q u
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
There are no stopwords recognized by
this search index.
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Personal Name Subject
Also called Named Person.
Word (na:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
na:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
na:mandela
na:conrad and
yr:1990
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
na:mandela
na:conrad AND yr:1990
600 a-d j q
653 a (if indicator 2 = 1)
l
l
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
l
Phrase (na=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
na=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
na=conrad,joseph and yr:1990 na=conrad,joseph AND yr:1990
Fields/Subfields
l
l
600 a-d j q
653 a (if indicator 2 = 1)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (naw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
naw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
naw=conrad,joseph 1857-1924 and
---
---
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Connexion
FirstSearch
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Discovery
yr:1990
Fields/Subfields
l
l
600 a-d j q
653 a (if indicator 2 = 1)
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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-
---
---
---
-
---
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Physical Description
Word (p3:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
p3:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
p3:miniature
Fields/Subfields 300 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
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Supports non-Latin script
searches.
Only available for expert
searching.
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Provenance
Word (pv:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
pv:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
pv:family correspondence
Fields/Subfields
l
l
561 a 3 5
563 a 3 5
These fields are indexed on this condition: Subfield ‡4 or ‡e of the field includes the code (‡4) or
text (‡e) from the list of Relator Codes below, in which case all the subfields listed are included in
the keyword index for the field.
l
l
l
l
l
l
100 a b c d e j q u 4
110 a-e n u 4
111 a c d e n q u 4
700 a-e j q u 4
710 a-e n u 4
711 a c d e n u q 4
Relator Codes
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
ann: Annotator
asn: Associated name
bnd: Binder
bsl: Bookseller
col: Collector
dte: Dedicatee
dnr: Donor
fmo: Former owner
ins: Inscriber
own: Owner
rps: Repository
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Publisher
Word (pb:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
pb:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
pb:media
pb:vintage and
yr:1950-5
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
pb:media
pb:vintage AND yr:1950-5
260 b f
264 b
533 c
l
l
l
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (pb=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
pb=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
Yes (WorldShare Record Manager only)
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
pb=new star media inc
pb=vintage books and
yr:1950-5
260 b f
264 b
533 c
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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pb=new star media inc
pb=vintage books AND
yr:1950-5
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Publisher Location
Word (pl:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
pl:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
pl:china
pl:stockholm
257 a
260 a e
264 a
533 b
752 a-d
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Report Number
Number (rn:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
rn:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
rn:nasasp2005-4710
rn:epa 000275057
rn:nasasp2005-4710
Fields/Subfields
l
l
027 a z
088 a z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
Enter all letters and
numbers.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces.
l
l
l
Enter all letters and
numbers.
Omit punctuation.
Retain spaces.
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l
l
Enter all letters and numbers.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces.
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RVM Subject
RVM = Repertoire des vedettes-matiére (Library Archives of Canada French subject headings)
Also called Subject Headings, RVM.
Word (hr:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
hr:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
hr:liaisons
hr:indiens
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 6):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as Repertoire des vedettes-matiere [Canadian National
Library in French].
Supportsnon-Latin script searches.
Retain first comma in name, if the comma is not the last element of a subfield.
Retain hyphens in dates.
Phrase (hr=)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
hr=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
hr=liaisons dangereuses
hr=politique sanitaire
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 6):
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
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Connexion
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Searches only subject headings noted as Repertoire des vedettes-matiere [Canadian National
Library in French].
Supportsnon-Latin script searches.
Retain first comma in name, if the comma is not the last element of a subfield.
Retain hyphens in dates.
Whole phrase (hrw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and
WorldCat Discovery
Label
hr=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
hrw=laclos, choderlos de
1741-1803 liaisons
dangereuses
---
---
Fields/Subfields
The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 =
6):
---
---
---
---
---
---
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Qualifier Index?
Notes
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
No
l
l
l
l
Searches only subject headings
noted as Repertoire des vedettesmatiere [Canadian National Library
in French].
Supportsnon-Latin script
searches.
Retain first comma in name, if the
comma is not the last element of a
subfield.
Retain hyphens in dates.
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Sears Subject
Also called Subject Headings, Sears.
Word (hs:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
hs:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
hs:aids
hs:legends
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 8):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings notes as Sears.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (hs=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
hs=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
hs=aids and devices
hs=jewish legends
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 8):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
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FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings notes as Sears.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (hsw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
hsw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
hsw=teaching aids and devices
---
---
-
---
---
---
---
---
Fields/Subfields The following 6xx fields (if indicator 2 = 8):
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
654 a b v x-z
655 a b v x-z
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Searches only subject headings
notes as Sears.
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Series
Word (se:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
se:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
se:emb report
se:fairies
440 a n p v x
490 a v x
533 f
534 f
760 a s t x y
762 a s t x y
800 a-e g k m-t v x
810 a-e g k m-p r-t v x
811 a c-e g k n p s t v x
830 a d f g k m-p r-t v x
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (se=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
se=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
se=emb evaluation report
se=rainbow magic
440 a n p v x
490 a v x
533 f
534 f
760 a s t x y
762 a s t x y
800 a-e g k m-t v x
810 a-e g k m-p r-t v x
811 a c-e g k n p s t v x
830 a d f g k m-p r-t v x
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Whole phrase (sew=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
sew=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
sew=rainbow magic the jewel
fairies
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
440 a n p v x 533 f
534 f
760 a s t x y
762 a s t x y
800 a-e g k m-t v x
810 a-e g k m-p r-t v x
811 a c-e g k n p s t v x
830 a d f g k m-p r-t v x
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Standard Number
This index is used to search for items by a specific ISBN, ISSN, LCCN, Universal Product Code, National
Bibliographic Agency Control Number, International Standard Recording Code, International Standard Music Number,
International Article Number, Serial Item and Contribution Identifier, Standard Technical Report Number, Publisher
Number, CODEN, Source of Acquisition, Report Number or Other Standard Identifiers. You cannot search for the
OCLC number with this index.
Number (sn:)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
sn:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
To search for ISBN
0720500478 —
sn:0720500478
l
l
l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
1097461x
1097-461x
1550463160
155-0463-160
9780763625894
978-0-763625-89-4
64002560
010 a b z
015 a z
016 a z
020 a z
022 a l m y z
024 a z
027 a z
028 a
030 a z
037 a
088 a
440 x
490 x
534 o x z
700 x
710 x
711 x
730 x
760 x-z
762 x-z
770 r u x-z
773 u x-z
776 x-z
780 x-z
785 x-z
800 x
810 x
811 x
830 x
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sn:0720500478
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FirstSearch
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
l
l
Enter all letters and
numbers.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces.
ISBN and ISSN
numbers are indexed
up to the first
parenthesis only.
Many other standard
numbers are included
in this index.
Only the number
used for storage,
with the year and
then six digits with
leading zeros for
unused digits, is
indexed.
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Enter all letters and
numbers.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces.
ISBN and ISSN numbers
are indexed up to the first
parenthesis only.
Many other standard
numbers are included in this
index.
Hyphens can be omitted
Only the number used for
storage, with the year and
then six digits with leading
zeros for unused digits, is
indexed
l
l
l
l
l
l
Enter all letters and numbers.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces.
ISBN and ISSN numbers are
indexed up to the first
parenthesis only.
Many other standard numbers
are included in this index.
Only the number used for
storage, with the year and then
six digits with leading zeros for
unused digits, is indexed.
Number phrase (sn=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
sn=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
Fields/Subfields
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010 a b z
015 a z
016 a z
020 a z
022 a l m y z
024 a z
027 a z
028 a
030 a z
037 a
088 a
440 x
490 x
534 o x z
700 x
710 x
711 x
730 x
760 x-z
762 x-z
770 r u x-z
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l
l
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l
l
FirstSearch
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773 u x-z
776 x-z
780 x-z
785 x-z
800 x
810 x
811 x
830 x
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Enter all letters and numbers.
Omit punctuation.
Omit spaces.
ISBN and ISSN numbers are indexed up to the first parenthesis only.
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Subject
Word (su:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
su:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
su:horror and yr:1990
and mt:rec
su:horror and yr:1990
and mt:rec
su:horror AND yr:1990
AND mt:rec
Fields/Subfields
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l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
653 a
654 a b v x y z
655 a b v x-z
754 a d
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches. Retain first comma in name, if the comma is not the last element of a subfield.
Phrase (su=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
su=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
su=french language
su=coffeehouses in art
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
653 a
654 a b v x y z
655 a b v x-z
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Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches. Retain first comma in name, if the comma is not the last element of a subfield.
Whole phrase (suw= or sa=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare
and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
suw=
sa=
---
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
Yes
Yes
---
sa=french language
self instruction and
yr:1990
---
Examples
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l
Fields/Subfields
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l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
suw=french language self
instruction and yr:1990
suw=english language
textbooks for foreign
speakers chinese and yr:1990
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
648 a v x-z
650 a b g v x-z
651 a g v x-z
653 a
654 a b v x y z
655 a b v x-z
---
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
--Supports non-Latin script searches. Retain first comma in name, if the comma is not the last element of a
subfield.
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Title
Word (ti:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
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Label
ti:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
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Fields/Subfields
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ti:existentialism
and mt:bks and
yr:1900-55
ti:"mr and mrs" and
yr:2000
ti:music w3 british
w3 enlightenment
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ti:existentialism AND mt:bks
AND yr:1900-55
ti:"mr and mrs" AND yr:2000
031 d t
100 t
110 t
111 t
130 a d f g k m-p r-t
210 a
214 a
222 a b
240 a d f g k m-p r s
242 a b n p
243 a d f g k m-p r s
245 a b f g k n p
246 a b n p
247 a b n p
440 a n p
490 a
505 t
700 g k m-p r-t
710 d g k m-p r-t
711 g k n p s t
730 a d f g k m-p r-t
740 a n p
770 a s t
773 p s t
780 s t
785 s t
787 s t
800 g k m-p r-t
810 d g k m-p r-t
811 g k n p s t
830 a d f g k m-p r-t v
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
If you type more than one word, the system searches for any incidence of
any of the words anywhere in an indexed title field (spaces act as and).
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Phrase (ti=)
Connexion
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
ti=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
ti=canterbury tales composed for the entertainment*
ti=composed for the entertainment*
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l
Fields/Subfields
031 d t
130 a d f g k m-p r-t
222 a b
240 a d f g k m-p r s
245 a b f g k n p
246 a b n p
505 t
730 a d f g k m-p r-t
740 a n p
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l
l
l
l
l
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Omit initial articles a, an, and the. These are considered stopwords for this search
index.
Indexes title alone, title and subtitle together, and subtitle alone.
Title phrase not only indexes the 245 a and the 245 b as a single phrase search, it also
combines the 245 a and 245 b subfields into a single phrase search.
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Whole Phrase (tiw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat
Discovery
Label
tiw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
Yes (WorldShare Record
Manager only)
Examples
tiw=clet us now praise
famous men
---
---
---
---
Fields/Subfields
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l
l
l
l
l
031 d t
130 a d f g k m-p r-t
222 a b
240 a d f g k m-p r s
245 a b f g k n p
246 a b n p
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l
Qualifier Index?
Notes
FirstSearch
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Discovery
---
---
---
---
505 t
730 a d f g k m-p r-t
740 a n p
No
l
l
l
Supports non-Latin script
searches.
Omit initial articles.
Indexes title alone, title and
subtitle together, and subtitle
alone.
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Uniform Title
Word (ut:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
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Label
ut:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
ut:beowulf
Fields/Subfields
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l
l
l
l
l
l
130 a d f g k m-p r-t
240 a d f g k m-p r s
243 a d f g k m-p r s
700 g k m-p r-t
710 d g k m-p r-t
711 d g k n p s t
730 a d f g k m-p r-t
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Phrase (ut=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
ut=
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
ut=selected poems 1930-1972
Fields/Subfields
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l
l
l
l
l
l
130 a d f g k m-p r-t
240 a d f g k m-p r s
243 a d f g k m-p r s
700 g k m-p r-t
710 d g k m-p r-t
711 d g k n p s t
730 a d f g k m-p r-t
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (utw=)
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FirstSearch
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Discovery
Label
utw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
Examples
utw=chinas buried kingdoms
francais
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Fields/Subfields
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l
l
l
l
l
l
130 a d f g k-p r-t
240 a d f g k-p r s
243 a d f g k-p r s
700 f g k-p r-t
710 d f g k-p r-t
711 d f g k l n p s t
730 a d f g k-p r-t
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Unique Serial Title
Word (tk:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
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Label
tk:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
Yes
Yes
No
Examples
tk:renew annual report
Fields/Subfields 222 ab
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
Whole phrase (tkw=)
Connexion
FirstSearch
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label
tkw=
---
---
Search?
Yes
---
---
Browse?
Yes
---
---
---
---
-
---
---
---
-
---
Examples
l
l
tkw=quarter horses usa
tkw=[Paris-Match
(1949)]
Fields/Subfields 222 ab
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
Supports non-Latin script searches.
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Universal Decimal Class Number
Number (ud:)
Connexion
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FirstSearch
Label
ud:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
To find a record with Universal
Decimal number 368.4(83:899) —
ud:368.4
ud:101-051
To find a record with Universal
Decimal number 368.4(83:899) —
ud:368.4
Fields/Subfields
l
080 a
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
l
l
l
l
Enter all numbers and letters
up to the first parenthesis.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces.
l
l
l
Enter all numbers
and letters up to the
first parenthesis.
Include periods and
hyphens.
Omit spaces.
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l
l
l
Enter all numbers and letters
up to the first parenthesis.
Include periods.
Omit all other punctuation.
Omit spaces.
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Update Date
Word (up:)
Connexion
FirstSearch
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Label
up:
---
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
No
Yes
---
Examples
up:20021223
---
Fields/Subfields 005/00-07
---
Qualifier Index? No
---
Notes
---
Enter date in the format yyyymmdd ( y=year, m=month,
d=day).
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Vendor
Word (vn:)
Connexion
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Discovery
FirstSearch
Label
vn:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
Yes
No
Examples
l
l
vn:casalini and
la:fre/1995
vn:libros
l
vn:libros
Fields/Subfields 938 a b
Qualifier Index? No
Notes
See a list of vendors on the OCLC Web site.
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Year
Number (yr:)
Connexion
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FirstSearch
Label
yr:
Search?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browse?
No
No
No
Examples
l
l
l
Enter years of publication
To exclude a year or years, use not yr —
su=september 11 terrorist attacks
not yr:1994
Enter single year or range of years or specify as
shown in the following examples:
o Single year: ti=huckleberry finn and
yr:1994
o Decade: ti=huckleberry finn and
yr:199?
o Century: ti=huckleberry finn and
yr:19??
o Single year and all later years:
ti=huckleberry finn and yr:1999o Single year and all earlier years:
ti=huckleberry finn and yr:-1960
o Range of years:
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ti=huckleberry finn and
yr:1980-3
ti=to the lighthouse and
yr:1899-940
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l
l
l
Enter years of publication
To exclude a year or years, use
NOT yr — su=september 11
terrorist attacks NOT
yr:1994
Enter single year or range of years or
specify as shown in the following
examples:
o Single year: ti=huckleberry
finn AND yr:1994
o Decade: ti=huckleberry
finn AND yr:199?
o Century: ti=huckleberry
finn AND yr:19??
o Single year and all later years:
ti=huckleberry finn AND
yr:1999o Single year and all earlier years:
ti=huckleberry finn AND
yr:-1960
o Range of years:
ti=huckleberry
finn AND yr:19803
If the year has fewer than four numbers, add
leading zeroes to make the date four digits long —
yr:0099
For unknown dates (code u), substitute zero.
In Date1, 19uu — yr:1900
For no date, enter zeroes — mt:dvd and
yr:0000
(Collection Manager)
ti=huckleberry
finn AND
yr:1980..3
ti=to the
lighthouse AND
yr:1899-940
(Collection Manager)
ti=to the
lighthouse AND
yr:1899..940
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numbers, add leading zeroes to
make the date four digits long —
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l
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
yr:0099
For unknown dates (code u),
substitute zero.
In Date1, 19uu — yr:1900
For no date, enter zeroes — mt:dvd
AND yr:0000
008/07-10
046 c
Qualifier Index? Yes
Notes
l
l
l
Use to limit searches.
See Combine, qualify,
and expand searches
for more information.
Enter either as a slash
qualifier or enter with
index label and colon:
o ti=huckleberry
finn/1994
o ti=huckleberry
finn and
yr:1994
l
l
l
Use to limit
searches.
See Combine,
qualify, and expand
searches for more
information.
Enter date:
o In the Year box
o In the expert
Search for box,
add to search
string with index
and colon (:).
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l
l
l
l
Collection Manager and Discovery
users must use two periods, (..)
instead of a dash for date ranges.
Use to limit searches.
See Combine, qualify, and expand
searches for more information.
To search date ranges, enter the
search on the Advanced search
page and limit by year. End year
must be 4 digits.
These types of searches are
permissible:
o Only decade known: yr:
201?
o Only century known: yr: 20??
o Single year and all later years:
yr: 2012o Single year and all earlier years:
yr: -2012
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Number (yy:)
Connexion
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Label
yy:
Search?
Yes
Yes
---
Browse?
Yes
Yes
---
Examples
l
l
Fields/Subfields
l
l
---
yy:1952 and cp:flu
yy:0290
---
008/11-14
046 e
---
Qualifier Index?
No
Notes
If the year has
fewer than four
numbers, add
leading zeroes to
make the date
four digits long.
--All unknown digits
are searched as
9s; however, if all
four digits are
unknown, they are
searched as 0000
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Fields and subfields
The table in this section lists all fields and subfields indexed and shows the indexes that
include them. Word, phrase (entire subfield) and whole phrase (entire field) versions of
indexes are distinguished by whether the two-letter index label is followed by a colon (:),
or by an equal sign (=), or by a letter "w" and an equal sign, respectively. See Types of
searches for a detailed explanation of word, phrase, and whole phrase indexes. Whole
phrase indexes are available only in Connexion. FirstSearch has only one whole phrase
index—the Subject heading index ( sa=).
The fields and subfield groupings are listed in numerical tag order and within a tag group,
in alphabetical order by index name. In the tables you can click the name of the search
index to see the detailed description.
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Leader (page 188)
0xx fields (page 189)
1xx fields (page 197)
2xx fields (page 201)
3xx fields (page 204)
4xx fields (page 205)
5xx fields (page 206)
6xx fields (page 209)
7xx fields (page 217)
8xx fields (page 223)
9xx fields (page 225)
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Leader
Index labels
Field/subfield
(s) indexed
Index name
Leader/06 (Type: Format/Document
Type of Record) Type
Material Type
Leader/07 (BLvl:
Bibliographic
Level)
Format/Document
Type
Material Type
Leader/08 (Ctrl:
Type of Control)
Format/Document
Type
Leader/17 (ELvl:
Encoding Level)
Encoding Level
(page 100)
Whole
phrase
Word/Number
Phrase
x0:
(WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
dt=
(Connexion/FirstSearch)
---
---
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier
index
x0:
(WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
dt=
(Connexion/FirstSearch)
---
---
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier
index
x0:
(WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
dt=
(Connexion/FirstSearch)
---
---
lv:
---
---
---
(Conne
xion/Fir
stSearc
h/
WorldS
hare/W
orldCat
Discove
ry)
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0xx fields
Fields 001 - 007
Index labels
Field/subfiel
d(s) indexed
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phras
e
Notes
001 (OCLC:
OCLC Control
Number)
OCLC Control
Number
no:
---
---
005/00-07
(Replaced: Date
of Last Replace)
Update Date
up:
---
---
006/00 (Type:
Type of Record)
Format/Documen
t Type
x0:
(WorldShare/WorldCa
t Discovery)
dt=
(Connexion/FirstSearc
h)
---
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
006/01-02
(Comp: Form of
Composition)
(REC, SCO)
Musical
Composition
mc:
mc=
---
006/04 (SrTp:
Type of
Continuing
Resource)
(CNR)
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/05 (Audn:
Material Type
Target
Audience) (BKS,
COM, REC,
SCO, VIS)
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/06 (Form:
Form of Item)
(BKS, CNR,
COM, MIX,
REC, SCO)
mf:
---
---
006/08 (CrTp:
Type of
Cartographic
Material) (MAP)
Microform or Not
Microform
Qualifier index
l
l
Qualifier
index
Retrieves
microform
s only or
eliminates
microform
s
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
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Index labels
Field/subfiel
d(s) indexed
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phras
e
Notes
006/09 (File:
Type of
Computer File)
(COM)
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/11 (GPub:
Government
Publication)
(BKS, CNR,
COM, MAP,
VIS)
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/12 (Conf:
Conference
Publication)
(BKS, CNR)
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/12 (Form:
Form of Item)
(MAP, VIS)
Microform or Not
Microform
mf:
---
---
l
l
Qualifier
index
Retrieves
microform
s only or
eliminates
microform
s
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/13-14 (LTxt:
Literary Text for
Sound
Recordings)
(REC, SCO)
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/16 (LitF:
Literary Form)
(BKS)
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/16 (TMat:
Material Type
Type of Material)
(VIS)
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/16 (Biog:
Biography)
(BKS)
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
006/17 (Tech:
Material Type
Technique) (VIS)
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
007 (Physical
Description
Fixed Field)
mf:
---
---
Microform/Not
Microform
l
l
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Index labels
Field/subfiel
d(s) indexed
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phras
e
Notes
microform
s only or
eliminates
microform
s
Material Type
mt:
mt=
---
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Field 008
Index labels
Field/subfields
indexed
Index
name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Notes
008/0-05 (Entered:
Date Entered)
Date
created as
MARC
dm:
---
---
008/07-10 (Dates:
Date 1)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Year
yr:
---
---
008/11-14 (Dates:
Date 2)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Year2
yy:
---
---
008/15-17 (Ctry:
Country of
Publication, etc.)
Country of
publication
cp:
cp=
---
008/18-19 (Comp:
Musical
Form of Composition) composition
(REC, SCO)
mc:
mc=
---
008/21 (SrTp: Type of Material
Continuing Resource) type
(CNR)
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/22 (Audn: Target
Audience) (BKS,
COM, REC, SCO,
VIS)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/23 (Form: Form
of Item) (BKS, CNR,
COM, MIX, REC,
SCO)
Microform or
not
microform
mf:
---
---
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name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/25 (CrTp: Type
of Cartographic
Material) (MAP)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/26 (File: Type of
Computer File)
(COM)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/28 (GPub: Government
Publication) (BKS,
CNR, COM, MAP,
VIS)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/29 (Conf: Conference
Publication) (BKS,
CNR)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/29 (Form: Form
of Item) (MAP, VIS)
Microform or
not
microform
mf:
---
---
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/30-31 (LTxt: Literary Text for
Sound Recordings)
(REC, SCO)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/33 (LitF: Literary
Form) (BKS)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/33 (TMat: Type
of Material) (VIS)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/34 (Biog: Biography) (BKS)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/34 (Tech: Technique) (VIS)
Material
type
mt:
mt=
---
Qualifier index
008/35-37 (Lang: Language Code)
Language
la: (Connexion)
ln: (FirstSearch,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
la= (Connexion)
ln= (FirstSearch,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
---
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008/39 (Srce: Cataloging Source)
Index
name
Cooperative
programs
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
dl:
---
---
Notes
Qualifier index
Fields 010 - 037
Index labels
Field/subfields
indexed
Index
name
Whole
phrase
Word
Phrase
ln: (Connexion)
nl: (FirstSearch,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
ln= (Connexion)
nl=
(WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
---
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
015 a z 2
National
bibliography
number
nn:
---
---
015 a z
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
016 a z
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
019 a
OCLC
control
number
no:
---
---
020 a z
ISBN
bn: (Connexion,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
nb: (FirstSearch)
bn= (Connexion,
WorldShare, WorldCat
Discovery)
nb= (FirstSearch)
---
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
in: (Connexion,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
ns: (FirstSearch)
in= (Connexion,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
ns= (FirstSearch)
---
sn:
sn=
---
010 a b z
022 a y z
LCCN
ISSN
Standard
number
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Phrase
Whole
phrase
ISSN-L
ik:
ik=
---
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
024 a z
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
027 a z
Report
number
rn:
---
---
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
Publisher
number
mn: (Connexion,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
mu: (FirstSearch)
mn= (Connexion,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
mu= (FirstSearch)
---
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
029 a b c t
Online
digital limit
on:
---
---
030 a z
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
031 d t
Title
ti:
ti=
tiw=
(Connexion)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
031 p
Musical
incipit
mi:
---
---
034 b c d e f g z 3
Keyword
kw:
---
---
037 a
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
022 l m
028 a
Index
name
Fields 040 - 074
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040 a c
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Cataloging Source
---
cs=
---
Cooperative
Programs
dl:
---
---
Notes
Qualifier index
l
l
040 b
Language of
Cataloging
Description
ll:
---
---
040 e
Description
Conventions
dx:
---
---
041 2 (if indicator 2
= 7)
Language
la: (Connexion)
ln: (FirstSearch,
WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
---
---
Authentication
Code
---
ac=
---
Cooperative
Programs
dl:
041 a (if indicator 1
= 0)
Qualifier
index
dl:y = /dlc
Qualifier index
041 b d e f g j
042 a
---
l
l
043 a c
Geographic
Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
044 a c
Country of
Publication
cp:
cp=
---
046 b d
BC Year
bc:
---
---
046 c
Year
yr:
---
---
046e
Year 2
yy:
---
---
046 k l
Entity Attributes
en:
---
---
047 a
Musical
Composition
mc:
mc=
---
050 a
LC Class Number
lc:
---
---
052 a b
Keyword
kw:
---
---
055 a
Canadian Class
Number
ca:
---
---
055 a (if indicator 2
= 0-5)
LC Class Number
lc:
lc=
---
055 a (if indicator 2
= 6-9)
Other Class
Number
ot:
ot=
---
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Phrase
Whole
phrase
060 a b
NLM Class
Number
lm:
lm=
---
066 c Character Sets
Present
vp:
---
---
070 a
NAL Class
Number
ag:
---
---
074 a
Government
Document Number
gn:
---
---
Notes
066 script codes
Fields 080 - 100
Field/subfields
indexed
Index labels
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole phrase
080 a
Universal
Decimal Class
Number
ud:
---
---
082 2
Dewey Decimal
Class Number
d2:
---
---
082 a
NLM Class
Number
dd:
---
---
084 a
Other Class
Number
ot:
ot=
---
086 a z
Government
Document
Number
gn:
---
---
088 a
Standard Number
sn:
sn=
---
088 a z
Report Number
rn:
---
---
090 a
LC Class Number
lc:
lc=
---
092 2
Dewey Decimal
Edition Number
d2:
---
---
092 a
Dewey Decimal
Class Number
dd:
---
---
096 a b
NLM Class
Number
lm:
lm=
---
098 a
Other Class
Number
ot:
ot=
---
099 a
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Whole
phrase
100 a b c j
Derived Personal
Name
pd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
100 a with 240 a
Derived Name/Title
nd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
Name
---
au=
auw=
(Connexion)
Personal Name
---
pn=
pnw=
(Connexion)
Name
au:
---
---
Personal Name
pn:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
100 a-e j q u 4
Provenance
pv:
---
---
100 t
Title
ti:
---
---
110 a b
Derived
Corporate/Conference
Name
cd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
100 a with 243 a
Notes
100 a with 245 a k
100 a with 246 a
100 a with 740 a
100 a-d j q
100 a-d j q u
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Author in
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Called
Author in
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in
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Phrase
Whole
phrase
nd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
---
---
110 a b with 245 a
k
---
---
110 a b with 246 a
---
---
110 a b with 740 a
---
---
---
auw=
(Connexion)
110 a b with 240 a
Index name
Derived Name/Title
110 a b with 243 a
110 a-d g n
Name
---
110 a-d n
Corporate/Conference
Name
---
cn=
cnw=
(Connexion)
Name
---
au=
---
Corporate/Conference
Name
cn:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
110 a-e n u 4
Provenance
pv:
---
---
110 t
Title
ti:
---
---
kw:
---
---
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
cd:
---
---
110 a-e n u
Keyword
Notes
Called
Author in
FirstSearch
Called
Author in
FirstSearch
Called
Author in
FirstSearch
See
information
in
Provenance
description
for
conditions of
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this index.
Fields 111 - 130
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indexed
111 a n
Index name
Derived
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Word
Corporate/Conference
Name
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
Corporate/Conference
Name
---
---
cnw=
(Connexion)
Name
---
---
auw=
Called
(Connexion) Author in
FirstSearch
Corporate/Conference
Name
---
cn=
---
Name
---
au=
---
Corporate/Conference
Name
cn:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
111 a c d e n q u 4
Provenance
pv:
---
---
111 a n with 240 a
Derived Name/Title
nd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
---
---
111 a n with 245 a
k
---
---
111 a n with 246 a
---
---
111 a n with 740 a
---
---
ti:
---
---
kw:
---
---
111 a c d e g n q
111 a c d e n q
111 a c d e n q u
111 a n with 243 a
111 t
Title
Keyword
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Whole
phrase
Index name
Notes
Called
Author in
FirstSearch
Called
Author in
FirstSearch
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information
in
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description
for
conditions of
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this index.
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Phrase
Whole
phrase
ti:
ti=
---
Uniform title
ut:
ut=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Index name
130 a d f g k m-p r-t Title
130 a d f-h k-p r-t
Title
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
130 a d f g k-p r-t
Uniform title
---
---
utw=
(Connexion)
130 a n p
Derived Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
130 a with 240 a
Derived Name/Title
nd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
---
---
130 a with 245 a k
---
---
130 a with 246 a
---
---
130 a with 740 a
---
---
130 a with 243 a
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Fields 210 - 243
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Index
name
Index labels
Index
Phrase
Whole phrase
ti:
---
---
kw:
---
---
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Derived
Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
Title
ti:
ti=
tiw= (Connexion)
Unique
Serial
Title
tk:
---
tkw= (Connexion)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
240 a b n
Derived
Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
240 a d f g k m-p r
s
Title
ti:
ti=
---
Uniform
title
ut:
ut=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
210 a
Title
Keyword
214 a
222 a b
Title
240 a d f-h k-p r s
Title
---
---
tiw= (Connexion)
240 a d f g k-p r s
Uniform
title
---
---
utw= (Connexion)
242 a b n p
Title
ti:
---
---
kw:
---
---
Title
ti:
---
---
Uniform
title
ut:
ut=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
243 a d f g k-p r s
Uniform
title
---
---
utw= (Connexion)
243 a n p
Derived
td:
---
---
Keyword
243 a d f g k m-p r
s
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Phrase
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Notes
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Fields 245 - 264
Field/subfields
indexed
Index
name
Index labels
Word
Phrase
Whole phrase
ti:
ti=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
245 a f g k n p
Title
tiw=
---
---
245 a f k n p
Derived
Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
245 c
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
ti:
ti=
tiw= (Connexion)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
246 a n p
Derived
Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
247 a b n p
Title
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
247 a n p
Derived
Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
255 a b c d e
Keyword
kw:
---
---
257 a
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Publisher
pb:
pb=
---
Publisher
Location
pl:
---
---
Publisher
Location
pl:
---
---
245 a b f g k n p
246 a b n p
260 a e
Title
Title
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260 b f
264 a
264 b
Index
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Word
Phrase
Whole phrase
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Publisher
pb:
pb=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Publisher
Location
pl:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Publisher
pb:
pb=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
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Index
name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
300 a
Physical
description
p3:
---
---
336 a b
Material type
mt:
mt=
---
Entity
attributes
en:
---
---
370 c f g
Entity
attributes
en:
---
---
377 a
Entity
attributes
en:
---
---
Language
la: (Connexion)
ln= (FirstSearch)
---
---
Entity
attributes
en:
---
---
---
---
Entity
attributes
en:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Entity
attributes
en:
---
---
---
---
---
---
337 a b
338 a b
340 a b c d e f h l j k
mno
Notes
Various OCLC material
type indexes include RDA
content type terms and
codes, if present (term in
‡a; code in ‡b). See more
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344 a b c d e f g h
345 a b
346 a b
347 a b c e
380 a
381 a
382 a b d p v
383 a b c d e
384 a
388 a
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Index labels
Field/subfields
indexed
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
ti:
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
440 a n p v x
Series
se:
se=
sew=
(Connexion)
440 x
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
490 a
Title
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Derived
Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
440 a n p
Index
name
Derived
Title
Title
490 a v x
Series
se:
se=
---
490 x
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
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Fields 500-511
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500 a
501 a
502 a b c d g o
504 a
505 a r t
505 r
505 t
506 a f
508 a
511 a
Index
name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
ti:
ti=
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Access
Restrictions
rs:
rs=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Title
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Author in
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Called
Author in
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Author in
FirstSearch
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Fields 518 - 586
Field/subfields
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Index
name
Index labels
Word
Phrase
Whole phrase
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Publisher
Location
pl:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Publisher
pb:
pb=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
533 f
Series
se:
se=
sew= (Connexion)
534 a t
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
534 o
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
534 x z
Standard
number
sn:
sn=
---
536 a-h
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
518 a d o p
520 a b
521 a
530 b c d 3
533 a b c d e f n
533 b
533 c
538 a
545 a
546 a b
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name
Index labels
Word
Phrase
Whole phrase
Notes
nt:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
561 a 3 5
Provenance
pv:
---
---
563 a 3 5
Provenance
pv:
---
---
583 a c h i l 2 3 5
Action Note
io:
---
---
586 a
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
550 a
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Fields 600 - 610
Index labels
Field/subfields indexed
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Notes
600 a-d j q
Personal Name
Subject
na:
na=
naw=
(Connexion)
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 0
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 1)
LC Children's Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 2)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 3)
NAL Subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 5)
Canadian Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 6)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 7)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
For the word index only ( ho:), also
(Connexion) indexes subfield 2 if present
600 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 8)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
600 v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
600 x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
600 z
Geographic coverage
gc:
gc=
---
610 a-d n p
Corporate/Conference
Subject
nc:
nc=
ncw=
(Connexion)
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
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Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Notes
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 0)
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 1)
LC Children's Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 2)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 3)
NAL Subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
610 a-e g k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 5)
Canadian Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 6)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 7)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
For the word index only (ho:), also
(Connexion) indexes subfield 2 if present
610 a-e g k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 8)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
610 v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
610 x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
610 z
Geographic Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
Fields 611
Index labels
Field/subfields indexed
Whole
phrase
Index name
Word
Phrase
611 a c d e n p q
Corporate/Conference
Subject
nc:
nc=
ncw=
(Connexion)
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 0)
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 1)
LC Children's Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
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Phrase
Whole
phrase
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 2)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 3)
NAL Subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
611 a-e g j k m-t v x-z if
(indicator 2 = 5)
Canadian Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 6)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 7)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
(Connexion)
611 a c-e g k n p q t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 8)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
611 v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
611 x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
611 z
Geographic Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
Notes
For word index only, also indexes
subfield 2 if present
Field 630
Index labels
Field/subfields indexed
Whole
phrase
Word
Phrase
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 0)
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 1)
LC Children's
Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 2)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 3)
NAL Subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
630 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 5)
Canadian
Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z
Index name
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Phrase
Whole
phrase
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 6)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 7)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
(Connexion)
630 a d k m-p r-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 8)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
630 v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
630 x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
630 z
Geographic
Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
Notes
For the word index only (ho:), also indexes
subfield 2 if present
Fields 648 - 650
Index labels
Field/subfields indexed
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
648 a v x-z
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
648 a
Keyword
kw:
---
---
648 a v x-z (if indicator 2 = 0) LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
648 a v x-z (if indicator 2 = 1) LC Children's
Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
648 a v x-z (if indicator 2 = 2) MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
648 a v x-z (if indicator 2 = 3) NAL Subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
648 a v x-z (if indicator 2 = 6) RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
648 a v x-z (if indicator 2 = 7) Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
(Connexion)
648 v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
648 Descriptors
de:
de=
---
648 z
Geographic
gc:
gc=
---
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Index name
Whole
phrase
Word
Phrase
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
650 a b g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 0)
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
650 a b g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 1)
LC Children's
Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
650 a b g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 2)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
650 a b g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 3)
NAL Subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
650 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 5)
Canadian
Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
650 a b g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 6)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
650 a b g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 7)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
(Connexion)
650 a b g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 8)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
650 a b g x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
650 g v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
650 g z
Geographic
Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
Notes
Coverage
650 a b g v x-z
For the word index only ( ho:), also indexes
subfield 2 if present
Fields 651 - 654
Index labels
Field/subfields
indexed
651 a g v x-z
Index name
Subject
Word
Phrase
su:
su=
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Phrase
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
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Phrase
Keyword
kw:
---
---
651 a g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 0)
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
651 a g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 1)
LC Children's Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
651 a g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 2)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
651 a g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 3)
NAL subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
651 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 5)
Canadian Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
651 a b g v x-z (if indicator
2 = 6)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
651 a b g v x-z (if indicator
2 = 7)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
For the word index only ( ho:), also
(Connexion) indexes subfield 2 if present
651 a g v x-z (if indicator 2
= 8)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
651 a g z
Geographic Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
651 g v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
651 g x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
653 a (if indicator 2 = 2 or
3)
Corporate/Conference
Subject
nc:
nc=
---
653 a (if indicator 2 = 0)
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
653 a (if indicator 2 = 6)
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
653 a (if indicator 2 = 5)
Geographic Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
653 a (if indicator 2 = 1 )
Personal Name
Subject
na:
na=
---
653 a
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
654 a b v x y z
Canadian Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
LC Children's Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
Index name
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Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
Phrase
Notes
(Connexion)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
NAL subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
(Connexion)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
654 v
Genre/Form
ge:
ge=
---
654 x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
654 z
Geographic Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
Fields 655 - 695
Index labels
Field/subfields indexed
Whole
phrase
Word
Phrase
Subject
su:
su=
suw=
(Connexion)
sa=
(FirstSearch)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
655 a b v x-z (if indicator 2 =
0)
LCSH
hl:
hl=
hlw=
(Connexion)
655 a b v x-z (if indicator 2 =
1)
LC Children's
Subject
hc:
hc=
hcw=
(Connexion)
655 a b v x-z (if indicator 2 =
2)
MeSH
hm:
hm=
hmw=
(Connexion)
655 a b v x-z
Index name
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phrase
655 a b v x-z (if indicator 2 =
3)
NAL Subject
ha:
ha=
haw=
(Connexion)
655 a-e g j k m-t v x-z (if
indicator 2 = 5)
Canadian
Subject
he:
he=
hew=
(Connexion)
655 a b v x-z (if indicator 2 =
6)
RVM Subject
hr:
hr=
hrw=
(Connexion)
655 a b v x-z (if indicator 2 =
7)
Other Subject
ho:
ho=
how=
(Connexion)
655 a b v x-z (if indicator 2 =
8)
Sears Subject
hs:
hs=
hsw=
(Connexion)
655 x
Descriptors
de:
de=
---
655 z
Geographic
Coverage
gc:
gc=
---
695 b (if indicator 2 = 2)
NLM Class
Number
---
lm=
---
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Fields 700 - 711
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Field/subfields
indexed
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Notes
700 a-c j
Derived Personal
Name
pd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
700 a with 245 a k
Derived Name/Title
nd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
700 a-d j q
Name
au:
au=
auw=
Called
(Connexion) Author in
FirstSearch
Personal Name
pn:
pn=
pnw=
(Connexion)
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Personal Name
pn:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
700 a-e j q u 4
Provenance
pv:
---
---
700 f-h k-p r-t
Title
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
700 f g k-p r-t
Uniform title
---
---
utw=
(Connexion)
700 g k m-p r-t
Title
ti:
---
---
Uniform title
ut:
ut=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
700 x
Standard Number
sn:
sn=
---
700 a b with 245 a
Derived Name/Title
nd:
---
---
700 a-d j q u
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k
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
710 a-d g n (d g n
only if left of first
subfield k or t)
Name
---
---
710 a-d n
Corporate/Conference
Name
---
cn=
---
Name
---
au=
---
710 a-d n (d n only
if left of first
subfield t or k)
Corporate/Conference
Name
---
---
cnw=
(Connexion)
710 a-e n u 4
Provenance
pv:
---
---
710 a-e n
Corporate/Conference
Name
cn:
---
---
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
---
---
utw=
(Connexion)
710 d f-h k-p r-t (d Title
g n only if right of
first subfield k or t)
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
710 d g k m-p r-t
Title
ti:
---
---
Uniform title
ut:
ut=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
710 x
Standard Number
sn:
sn=
---
711 a n
Derived
Corporate/Conference
Name
cd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
710 d f g k-p r-t
Notes
Uniform title
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Called
(Connexion) Author in
FirstSearch
Called
Author in
FirstSearch
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FirstSearch
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phrase
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Word
Phrase
711 a c d e n q (n
only if left of first
subfield t or k)
Corporate/Conference
Name
---
---
cnw=
(Connexion)
Name
---
---
auw=
Called
(Connexion) Author in
FirstSearch
711 a c d e n q u 4
Provenance
pv:
---
---
711 a c d e n q
Corporate/Conference
Name
cn:
cn=
---
Name
au:
au=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
nd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
utw=
(Connexion)
See
information in
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description
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Called
Author in
FirstSearch
711 a n with 245 a
k
Derived Name/Title
711 d f g k l n p s t
Uniform title
---
---
711 d g k n p s t
Uniform title
ut:
ut=
711 f-h k l n p s t (g Title
n only if right of
first subfield k or t)
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
711 g k n p s t
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Standard Number
sn:
sn=
---
711 x
Title
Notes
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Index labels
Field/subfields
indexed
720 a Index
name
Name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
au:
au=
---
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Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
kw:
---
---
Title
ti:
ti=
---
Uniform title
ut:
ut=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Keyword
730 a d f g k m-p r-t 730 a d f g k-p r-t
Uniform title
---
---
utw=
(Connexion)
730 a d f-h k-p r-t
Title
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
730 a n p
Derived Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
730 a with 245 a k
Derived
Name/Title
nd:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
730 x
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
740 a h n p
Title
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
740 a n p
Derived Title
td:
(Connexion/
FirstSearch)
---
---
ti:
ti=
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Publisher
Location
pl:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Notes
nt:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Subject
su:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
760 a s t x y
Series
se:
se=
sew=
(Connexion)
760 x y z
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
762 a s t x y
Series
se:
se=
sew=
Title
752 a b c d
753 a b c
754 a d
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Phrase
Whole
phrase
Notes
(Connexion)
762 x-z
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
770 a
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
770 r u x-z
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
773 a
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
773 u x-z
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
773 w
Collection
Level
oc:
(Connexion)
---
---
770 a s t
773 p s t
Title
Title
Called Author in
FirstSearch
Called Author in
FirstSearch
Fields 776 - 787
Index labels
Field/subfields
indexed
Index name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
776 w
Other Format
---
rp=
---
776 x-z
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
780 a Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
Derived Title
td:
---
---
780 s t
780 t
Title
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Whole
phrase
Notes
(Conne
xion/Fir
stSear
ch)
780 x-z
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
785 a Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
ti:
---
---
kw:
---
---
td:
(Conne
xion/Fir
stSear
ch)
---
---
785 s t
Title
Keyword
785 t
Derived Title
785 x-z
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
787 a
Name
au:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
ti:
---
---
kw:
---
---
787 s t
Title
Keyword
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Field/subfields
indexed
Index
name
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
Notes
Called Author in
FirstSearch
800 a-d q u
Name
au:
---
auw=
(Connexion)
800 a-e g k m-t v x
Series
se:
se=
sew=
800 g k m-p r-t
Title
ti:
---
---
800 w
Collection
Level
oc:
---
---
800 x
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
811 a c d e g n q (g n
only if left of first
subfield k or t) Name
---
---
auw=
(Connexion)
Called Author in
FirstSearch
811 a c d e n q
Name
au:
---
---
Called Author in
FirstSearch
Keyword
kw:
---
---
811 a c-e g k n p s t v
Series
se:
se=
sew=
(Connexion)
811 f-h k l n p s t v (g
n only if right of first
subfield k or t)
Title
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
811 g k n p s t
Title
ti:
---
---
Keyword
kw:
---
---
811 w
Collection
Level
oc:
(Connexion)
---
---
811 x
Series
se:
se=
---
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
Series
se:
se=
sew=
(Connexion)
ti:
---
---
kw:
---
---
---
---
tiw=
(Connexion)
td:
(Connexion/
---
---
830 a d f g k m-p r-t v
Title
Keyword
830 a d f-h k-p r-t
Title
830 a n p
Derived
Title
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Field/subfields
indexed
Index
name
Phrase
Whole
phrase
oc:
(Connexion)
---
---
Word
Notes
FirstSearch)
830 w
Collection
Level
830 x
Series
se:
se=
---
Standard
Number
sn:
sn=
---
mt:url
mt:not url
(Connexion/FirstSearch)
mt:NOT url
(WorldShare/WorldCat
Discovery)
---
---
am:
am=
856 presence or
absence
Internet
856 u
Access
Method
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l
l
---
Qualifier index
Retrieves only
Internet
resources or
eliminates
Internet
resources
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9xx fields
Index labels
Field/subfields
indexed
938 a b
Index
name
Vendor
Word
Phrase
Whole
phrase
vn:
---
---
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Format/Document Type values and codes
The following tables show values, codes, and other criteria indexed for each Format/Document type index
Format/Document Type values and codes for Connexion and FirstSearch
These values are used when performing a command-line search in Connexion or an expert search in FirstSearch.
Limit a search by Format type by either:
Entering the index label and a colon (mt:) followed by either the Code (first column) or Name (second column) — for
example, ti:gift deer and au:hoover and mt:bks
Entering a slash qualifier (/) before the Format/Document type — for example, ti:gift deer and au:hoover/bks.
This method is only available for Connexion searches or in derived searches only in FirstSearch expert searches (if the
derived search is the first or only element of the search).
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Here is how the table is organized:
Columns in the tables show values or criteria indexed based on either:
o the Leader, 007, 008, and other criteria
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o
the 006 fields
Each row shows separate sets of values indexed for each format type, having up to six possible sets of values.
Values shown are in byte position 0 (first position), or if values are in another byte position, the position is shown following
a slash:
Example: 008/23=s (the value s is in byte 23 of the 008). For element labels see Bibliographic Formats and Standards or
OCLC-MARC Records.
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Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Code
Standard
bks
com
cnr
url
Slash
qualifier
/bks
/com
/cnr
Name
Leader/06
Book
Also
search by
text
a, t
Computer
file
Also
search by
elr
m
Continuing
resource
[any]
Internet
resource
Currently,
the books
format also
a, c, d, i, j, m,
p, t
Leader/07
006
a, c, d, m
a, t
m
007
008
Other
criteria
Index also
covers RDA
terms and
codes.
Index also
covers RDA
terms and
codes.
s, b, i
s
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008/23=s If 856 is
or o
present, it
must have
indicator 2 =
blank, 0, or 1.
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Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Code
Standard
map
Slash
qualifier
/map
Name
Leader/06
retrieves
Internet
resources.
e, f, g, k, o, r
Map
e, f
Leader/07
006
007
008/29=s
or o
Index also
covers RDA
terms and
codes.
e, f
/mix
sco
rec
/mix
/sco
/rec
Mixed
materials
Also
search as
archival
material
p, t, d, f
Musical
score
Also
search by
mus
c, d
Sound
recordings
i, j
Leader/08=a
p, t, d,
f
c, d
i, j
vis
/vis
Visual
material
Other
criteria
008
g, k, o, r
Index also
covers RDA
terms and
codes.
Index also
covers RDA
terms and
codes.
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g, k, o,
r
Presence
of field
345.
Index
also
covers
RDA
terms
and
codes.
Format/Document Type values and codes for WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
The following chart shows how WorldCat.org builds index values from the MARC fields listed to get the format/facet.
Index values can be used to construct a search to return a certain format/facet.
For example, a search on x0:audiobook results in the following sub-facets: cassette, CD, LP, eAudiobook. To see
only cassettes, the search is x0:audiobook x4:cassette.
* Used when searching non-OCLC licensed databases
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Index values
Format/Facet
in WorldCat.org
x0:
MARC record criteria
x4:
Leader/06
Leader/07
Field
008
Material
types
Archival Material
Archv
Downloadable
Archival Material
Archv
Article
ArtChap
Chapter
ArtChap
Chptr
Downloadable
article
ArtChap
Digital
Audiobook
Audiobook
i, j
mt:nsr
CD Audiobook CD
i, j
mt:nsr,
mt:cda
i, j
008/23=s mt:nsr
LP Audiobook LP
i, j
mt:nsr,
mt:lps
Cassette Audiobook Cassette
i, j
mt:nsr,
mt:cas
p
Digital
Book
Braille Book
Continually Book
Updated
Resource
eBook Book
Large Print Book
Microform Book
Thesis/Disserta Book
tion
Computer File
CompFile
p
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
a, t
eAudiobook Audiobook Digital
Book
Other
criteria
or note
Braille
a
Not in
WorldCat*
a, t
a
a, t
m, c, d
a, t
m, c, d
mt:url
Continuing a, t
i
Digital
a, t
m, c, d
LargePrint
a, t
m, c, d
mt:lpt
Mic
a, t
m, c, d
mt:mic
thsis
a, t
m, c, d
mt:deg
m
008/23=s
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
Not
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Format/Facet
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x0:
x4:
MARC record criteria
Leader/06
Leader/07
Field
008
Material
types
Other
criteria
or note
mt:cgm,
mt:imm,
mt:ser
Encylopedia
Encyc
N
o
t
i
n
W
o
r
l
d
C
a
t
*
Game
Game
g, k, o, r
mt:phg
Game
m
mt:cgm
Digital
m
mt:cgm
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
2d
g, k, o, r
mt:ngr
No 856/u is
present
m
mt:imm
Video Game Game
Image
Image
Interactive
Multimedia
IntMM
Internet Resource
Web
Not in
WorldCat*
Website Web
Ditigal
Downloadable Web
Image
dwn2d
Journal/Magazine
a, t
i
008/23=s
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
Not in
WorldCat*
Jrnl
a, t
Jrnl
m
s, b
Not
mt:new
mt:ser, not
mt:new
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Format/Facet
in WorldCat.org
x0:
x4:
MARC record criteria
Leader/06
Leader/07
Field
008
Material
types
Other
criteria
or note
eJournal/eMaga Jrnl
zine
Digital
a, t
Not
mt:new
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
Jrnl
Digital
m
mt:ser, not
mt:new
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
mt:kit
Kit
Kit
g, k, o, r
Map
Map
e, f
eMap Map
Music Music
CD Music
eMusic Music
LP Music
Cassette Music
Musical Score
Newspaper
e, f
mt:msr
CD
i, j
mt:msr:
mt:cda
Digital
i, j
008/23=s mt:msr
LP
i, j
Cassette
i, j
Digital
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
mt:msr
mt:cas
c, d
a, t
News
m
Object
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
c, d
News
eNewspaper News
008/29=s not mt:cdc
i, j
MsScr
Downloadable MsScr
Musical Score
Object
Digital
Digital
008/23=s
s, b
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
mt:new
mt:ser,
mt:new
a, t
s, b
g, k, o, r
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mt:art, not
mt:phg,
mt:toy
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
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Format/Facet
in WorldCat.org
x0:
x4:
MARC record criteria
Leader/06
Leader/07
Field
008
Material
types
Sound Recording
(Other)
Snd
Toy
Toy
g, k, o, r
mt:toy
Video
Video
g, k, o, r
mt:vid
Not in
WorldCat*
Bluray Video
Bluray
g, k, o, r
mt:blu
eVideo Video
Digital
g, k, o, r
008/29=s mt:vid
DVD Video
DVD
g, k, o, r
mt:dvv
Film Video
Film
g, k, o, r
mt:mot
VHS Video
VHS
g, k, o, r
mt:vhs
g, k, o, r
Not mt:vid,
mt:ngr,
mt:phg,
mt:toy
Visual material
Vis
Downloadable
Visual Material
Vis
Other
criteria
or note
Digital
g, k, o, r
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indicator 2 =
blank or 0
856/u is
present and
indicator 2 =
blank or 0
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Material Type Names and Codes
The following tables show values and other criteria indexed for each category set of codes
in the Material type index:
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Computer Files
Continuing Resources
Maps and Cartographic Materials
Musical Scores
Sound Recordings
Universal
Visual Materials
These values are used when performing a command-line search in Connexion or an
expert search in FirstSearch, WorldShare, or WorldCat Discovery. Limit a search by the
material type search index by entering the index label and a colon (mt:) followed by either
the Name (first column) or Code (second column) — for example, ti: gift deer and
au:hoover and mt:bks. Note: The Boolean operator should be capitalized in
WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery — for example, ti: gift deer And
au:hoover And mt:bks.
Here is how the tables are organized:
l
Columns in the tables show values or criteria indexed based on either:
o the Leader, 007, 008, and other criteria
o
l
l
the 006 fields
Each row shows separate sets of values indexed for each material type, having up to six
possible sets of values.
Values shown are in byte position 0 (first position), or if values are in another byte position, the
position is shown following a slash:
Example: 008/23=s (the value s is in byte 23 of the 008).
For element labels see Bibliographic Formats and Standards or OCLC-MARC Records.
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Computer Files (com)
Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
3.5 in. disc
Code
312
Notes
Also
search by
3.25 in.
disk
Leader/06 Leader/07
006
007
008
Other criteria
c and
007/04=a
m
3 1/2 in or 3.5 in
in either of these
fields/subfields:
l
l
5.25 in. disc
514
Also
search by
5.25 in.
disk
c and
007/04=o
m
5 1/4 in in either
of these
subfields:
l
l
Bibliographic
data
bdt
CD for
computer
cdc
m
300 b
300 c
008/26=e
m and
006/09=e
Also
search by
CD or CDs
to get
audio,
video and
computer
CDs
c and
007/04=g
m
4 3/4 in is in 300
c
m
compact disc(s)
or compact disk
(s) or CD-ROM
(s) is in either of
these
fields/subfields:
l
l
Clipart
images
graphics
300 b
300 c
cig
Also
search by
clipart
m
008/26=c
m and
006/09=c
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538 a
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Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Code
Computer
game
cgm
Document
dct
Notes
Also
search by
game
Leader/06 Leader/07
006
m
007
008
Other criteria
008/26=g
m and
006/09=g
m
008/26=d
m and
006/09=d
Font
fnt
m
008/26=f
m and
006/09=f
Interactive
multimedia
imm
Numeric data
ndt
m
008/26=i
m and
006/09=i
m
008/26=a
m and
006/09=a
Online
system or
service
oss
Program
pgm
Sound
m
008/26=j
m and
006/09=j
snd
Also
search by
computer
program
m
Also
search by
sound
effects
m
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006/09=b
008/26=b Index also
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terms and codes
(page 260) .
m and
006/09=h
008/26=h Index also
covers RDA
terms and codes
(page 260) .
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Continuing Resources (cnr)
Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Integrating
resource
Newspaper
Code
l
l
Notes
int
/int
Leader/06 Leader/07
[any]
006
007
008
Other
criteria
i
s and
006/04=d,
l, or w
new
a, t
s, b
a, t
s, b
008/21=d,
l, or w
008/21=n
s and
006/04=n
Periodical
per
a, t
s, b
008/21=p
s and
006/04=p
Serial
l
l
ser
/ser
[any]
s, b
Can use
as slash
qualifier
s and
006/04 is
NOT d, l,
or w
Series
mse
a, t
s, b
008/21=m
s and
006/04=m
Updating
database
Updating
loose-leaf
Updating
website
upd
upl
upw
Also search by
continuing
update or
integrating
resource
a, t
Also search by
continuing
update or
interating
resource
a, t
Also search by
continuing
update or
interating
resource
a, t
s, b
008/21=d
s and
006/04=d
s, b
008/21=l
s and
006/04=l
t and
007/01=d
s, b
008/21=w
s and
006/04=w
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Maps, Cartographic Materials (map)
Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Atlas
Code
Leader/06 Leader/07
006
atl
007
008
Other
criteria
a and
007/01=d
e, f
008/25=e
e, f and
006/08=e
Celestial globe
cgl
Also search by
glb to get all
types of
globes
d and
007/01=a
Earth globe
egl
Also search by
terrestrial
globe
d and
007/01=c
Geological
section
gsc
Globe
glb
Manuscript
cartographic
materials
mcm
Model map
mmp
a and
007/01=s
Includes all
globe types:
cgl, pgl, and
pgl
d
e, f
008/25=d
e, f and
006/08=d
f
f
a and
007/01=q
Index
also
covers
RDA
terms
and
codes
(page 260) .
Planetary globe
pgl
l
l
Published
cartographic
materials
pcm
d and
Also search
by:
007/01=b,
e
lunar
globe
glb for all
globe
types
e
e
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Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Remotesensing image
Code
Leader/06 Leader/07
rsi
006
007
a and
007/01=r
r
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008
Other
criteria
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Musical Scores (sco)
Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Manuscript music
Code
mmu
Notes
Leader/06 Leader/07
006
d
d
Published music
pmu
c
c
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007
Other
008 criteria
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Sound recordings (rec)
Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
45 rpm
Code
Notes
Leader/06 Leader/07 006
45s
007
008
Other criteria
s and
007/01=d
and
007/03=c
i, j
45 r in any of these
fields/subfields:
l
l
l
l
78 rpm
78s
s and
007/01=d
and
007/03=d
i, j
78 r in any of these
fields/subfields:
l
l
l
l
Cassette
cas
s and
007/01=s
i, j
cda
l
Also search
by CD and
CDs
s and
007/01=d
l
l
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300 b
305 b
305 c
344 c
Not case-sensitive.
Index also covers RDA
terms and codes;
seeRDA tablesbelow.
l
CD audio
300 b
305 b
305 c
344 c
cassette(s) is in
either of these
fields/subfields:
o 300 a
o 305 a
Not case-sensitive.
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes; seeRDA
tablesbelow.
compact disc(s) or
compact disk(s) or
CD-ROM(s) is in
either of these
fields/subfields:
o Start of 500 a
o 538 a
Not case sensitive;
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Record type
and Bib level
Name
Code
Notes
Leader/06 Leader/07 006
007
008
Other criteria
parentheses and
brackets are ignored.
i, j
l
l
compact disc(s) or
compact disk(s) or
CD-ROM(s) is in
either of these
fields/subfields:
o Start of 500 a
o 538 a
Not case-sensitive;
parentheses and
brackets are ignored.
s and
007/01=d
and
007/03=f
but
notDVD
s and
007/01=d
and
007/06=g
but not
DVD
i, j
DVD audio
dva
4 3/4 in but not DVD is in
300 c
Also search
by DVD and
DVDs to
get all video
and audio
DVDs
s and
007/01=d
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l
i, j
l
l
LP
lps
Also search
by 33 1/3
rpm
s and
007/01=d
and
007/03=b
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DVD(s) is in either of
these fields:
o Start of 500 a
o 538 a
Not case-sensitive;
parentheses and
brackets are ignored.
DVD(s) is in either of
these fields:
o Start of 500 a
o 538 a
Not case-sensitive;
parentheses and
brackets are ignored.
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Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Code
Notes
Leader/06 Leader/07 006
007
s
008
Other criteria
l
l
l
l
l
MP3
mp3
i, j
MP3(s) or mp3(s) is in
any of these
fields/subfields:
l
l
l
Musical
recording
Nonmusical
recording
msr
nsr
33 1/3 r is in any of
these
fields/subfields:
300 b
305 b
305 c
344 c
j
256 a
Start of 500 a
538 a
j
Index also covers RDA
terms and codes (page
260) .
l
Index also covers RDA
terms and codes (page
260) .
l
Reel-to-reel rtr
tape
s and
007/01=t
Index also covers RDA
terms and codes (page
260) .
Roll
rll
s and
007/01=q
Index also covers RDA
terms and codes (page
260) .
Wax
cylinder
wxc
s and
007/01=e
Index also covers RDA
terms and codes (page
260) .
Wire
recording
wrr
s and
007/01=w
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Universal
Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Adolescent
Cod
e
shs
Notes
Also search by
juvenile/juv
for all juvenile
types
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
a, t
006
007
a, c, d, m
Other
criteria
008
008/22=
d
c, d, g, i,
j, k, m, o,
r
008/22=
d
a, c, d,
g, i, j, k,
m, o, r, t
and
006/05=
d
Archival material
arc
Article
acp
a, t
a
Biography
bio
a, t
a, c, d, m
Leader/08=a
008/34=
a, b, c, d
a, t and
006/17=
a, b, c, d
i, j
008/30
or
008/31=
a, b
i, j and
006/13
or
006/14=
a, b
Braille
brl
a, c, d, p,
t
008/23=f
a, c, d,
p, t and
l
006/06=f
f and
007/01=
b
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braille is
in 245 h
Index
also
covers
RDA
terms
and
codes.
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Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
006
007
e, f, k
Other
criteria
008
008/29=f
e, f, k
and
006/12=f
t and
007/01=
c
Conference
publication
cnp
a, t
008/29=
1
a, t and
006/12=
1
Electronic
elc
a, c, d, i,
j, p, t
008/23=
s or o or
q
a, c, d, i,
j, p, t and
l
006/06=
s or o or
q
e, f, g, k,
o, r
008/29=
s or o or
q
e, f, g, k,
o, r and
006/12=
s or o or
q
m
m
Fiction
fic
a, t
a, c, d, m
008/33=
1, f, j
a, t and
006/16=
1, f, j
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Presenc
e of field
347
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and
codes.
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and Bib level
Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
006
i, j
007
008
008/30
or
008/31=f
i, j and
006/13
or
006/14=f
Government
publication
gpb
Includes all
government
publication
types: igp,
lgp, ngp, and
sgp
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o, r,
t
008/28=
o or z
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o,
r, t and
006/11=
o or z
International
government
publication
igp
Also search by
government
publication/g
pb for all
government
publication
types
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o, r,
t
008/28=i
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o,
r, t and
006/11=i
Juvenile
juv
Includes all
juvenile types:
shs, jau, ejh,
pre, and pri
Juvenile (no
specific age)
jau
Also search by
juvenile/juv
for all juvenile
types
a, t
a, c, d, m
008/22=j
c, d, g, i,
j, k, m, o,
r
008/22=j
a, c, d,
g, i, j, k,
m, o, r, t
and
006/05=j
Large print
lpt
a, c, d, p,
t
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008/23=
d
Other
criteria
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Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
006
007
008
Other
criteria
a, c, d,
p, t and
006/06=
d
t and
007/01=
b
e, f, k
008/29=
d
e, f, k
and
006/12=
d
Local
government
publication
lgp
Also search by
government
publication/g
pb for all
government
publication
types
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o, r,
t
008/28=
c, l
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o,
r, t and
006/11=
c, l
Manuscript
Manuscript
cartographic
materials
mss
Includes text,
music, and
map
manuscripts
mcm
d, f, t
d, f, t
f
f
Manuscript music mmu
d
d
Master microform mmc
Microfiche
mfc
h and
Also search
by:
microform/mic
for all
microform
types
007/11=
a, b
h and
Also search
by:
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Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
006
007
007/01=
a, e, f
microform/mic
for all
microform
a, c, d, p,
types
t
Other
criteria
008
terms and
codes.
008/23=
b
a, c, d,
p, t and
006/06=
b
e, f, k
008/29=
b
e, f, k
and
006/12=
b
Microfilm
mfl
Also search
by:
microform/mic
for all
microform
types
h and
Index also
covers RDA
terms and
codes.
007/01=
b, c, d,
h, j
a, c, d, p,
t
008/23=
a
a, c, d,
p, t and
006/06=
a
e, f, k
008/29=
a
e, f, k
and
006/12=
a
Microform
mic
Gets all
microform
types
h
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codes.
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245 h
contains
microfor
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and Bib level
Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
006
007
Other
criteria
008
l
Micro-opaque
mcd
h and
Also search
by:
microform/mic
for all
microform
a, c, d, p,
types
t
Index also
covers RDA
terms and
codes.
007/01=
g
008/23=
c
a, c, d,
p, t and
006/06=
c
e, f, k
008/29=
c
e, f, k
and
006/12=
c
National
government
publication
Pre-adolescent
ngp
ejh
Also search by
government
publication/g
pb for all
government
publication
types
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o, r,
t
Also search by
juvenile/juv
for all juvenile
types
a, t
008/28=f
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o,
r, t and
006/11=f
a, c, d, m
c, d, g, i,
j, k, m, o,
r
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m
Record
does
not
have
these
coded
values:
o mfl
o mfc
o mcd
o mmc
008/22=
c
008/22=
c
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Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
006
007
008
Other
criteria
a, c, d,
g, i, j, k,
m, o, r, t
and
006/05=
c
Preschool
pre
Also search by
juvenile/juv
for all juvenile
types
a, t
a, c, d, m
008/22=
a
c, d, g, i,
j, k, m, o,
r
008/22=
a
a, c, d,
g, i, j, k,
m, o, r, t
and
006/05=
a
Primary school
pri
Also search by
juvenile/juv
for all juvenile
types
a, t
a, c, d, m
008/22=
b
c, d, g, i,
j, k, m, o,
r
008/22=
b
a, c, d,
g, i, j, k,
m, o, r, t
and
006/05=
b
State or province sgp
publication
Thesis/dissertati
on
Also search by
government
publication/g
pb for all
government
publication
types
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o, r,
t
008/28=
a, m, s
a, e, f, g,
k, m, o,
r, t and
006/11=
a, m, s
deg
502 is
present
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Name
Web access
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/0 Leader/0
6
7
web
006
007
008
Other
criteria
An 856
subfield u is
present,
indexed the
same as for
access
method
index.
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Visual Materials (vis)
Indexed values
Record type
and Bib level
Name
2-D image
Cod
e
Notes
ngr
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
k
Other criteria
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
k
k
3-D object
art
Also search by
artifact
r
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
r
Animation
anm
g
008/34=
a
g and
006/17=
a
Artwork
reproduction
rep
k and
007/01=
f,s
k
008/33=
c
k and
006/16=
c
ATSC
ats
g
l
l
Beta
bta
Also search by
vca or video or
videocassette
g
l
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ATSC is in
any of these
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 300 (any
subfield)
o 346 b
o 500 a
o 538 a
Not casesensitive.
beta is in the
following
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 300 (any
subfield)
o 346 a
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e
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
Other criteria
o
o
o
347 b
start of
500 a
538 a
v and
007/04=
a
Blu-ray
blu
Also search by
g
vdc or videodisc
l
l
l
g
Chart
cht
007/04=
s
k and
007/01=
n
k
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
008/33=
n
k and
006/16=
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Bluray, Blu
ray, Blueray,
or Blue ray in
any of these
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 250 a
o 300 (any
subfield)
o 500 a (at
the
beginnin
g)
o 538 a
Not case
sensitive;
parentheses
and brackets
are ignored.
blu-ray is in
either of the
following
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 346 a
o 347 b
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Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
Other criteria
n
Clipart
images
graphics
cig
Computer
game
cgm
Also search by
clipart
m
008/26=
c
m and
006/09=
c
Also search by
game
m
008/26=
g
m and
006/09=
g
Diorama
dio
r
008/33=
d
r and
006/16=
d
DVD video
dvv
Also search by
g
DVD or DVDs or
vdc or videodisc
to get all video
and audio DVDs
l
l
DVD(s) is in
either of
these fields:
o 250 a
o 300 (any
subfield)
o Start of
500 a
o 538 a
Not casesensitive;
parentheses
and brackets
are ignored.
v and
007/4=v
Film
mot
Also search by
motion picture
m
g
Index also covers
RDA terms and
008/33=
codes.
m
g and
006/16=
m
Filmstrip
flm
g
008/33= Index also covers
f
RDA terms and
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and Bib level
Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
Other criteria
codes.
g and
007/01=
c, f, o
g and
006/16=
f
Flash card
crd
k and
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
007/01=
o, a
k
008/33=
o
k and
006/16=
o
Game
gam
Also can be
searched by the
code phg
r
008/33=
g
r and
006/16=
g
e, f
008/34=
n
e, f and
006/16=
n
e, f
00833=n
e, f and
006/17=
n
Graphic
grp
k
008/33=
k
k and
006/16=
k
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and Bib level
Name
Kit
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
kit
007
008
Other criteria
o
o
o
Microscope
slide
msl
r
008/33= Index also covers
p
RDA terms and
codes.
r and
006/16=
p
Model
mdl
r
008/33=
q
r and
006/16=
q
NTSC
nts
g
l
l
Original
artwork
oar
NTSC is in
any of these
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 300 (any
subfield)
o 346 b
o 500 a
o 538 a
Not casesensitive.
k and
007/01=
c, d, e, j
k
008/33=
a
k and
006/16=
a
PAL
pal
g
l
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PAL is in any
of these
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 300 (any
subfield)
o 346 b
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Record type
and Bib level
Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
Other criteria
500
(when
looking
for the
phrases
color
broadcas
t system
pal and
PAL in all
capitals.
o Start of
500 a
o 538 a
Not casesensitive;
punctuation
is ignored.
o
l
Partial
animation
pan
g
008/34=
c
g and
006/17=
c
Photograph
pht
k and
007/01=
g, h, r, v
Picture
pic
k and
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
007/01=
i, k, p, q
k
008/33=i
k and
006/16=i
Projected
image
pgr
g
g
Real object
(realia)
rbj
Also search by
realia
r
r and
006/16=
r
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codes.
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r
RDA terms and
codes.
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and Bib level
Name
SECAM
Cod
e
scm
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
g
Other criteria
l
l
Slide
sld
g and
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
007/01=
s
g
SECAM is in
any of these
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 300 (any
subfield)
o 346 b
o Start of
500 a
o 538 a
Not casesensitive.
008/33=
s
g and
006/16=
s
Technical
drawing
tch
k and
007/01=l
k
008/33=l
k and
006/16=l
Toy
toy
r
008/33=
w
r and
006/16=
w
Transparenc
y
trn
g and
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
007/01=
t
g
008/33=
t
g and
006/16=
t
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and Bib level
Name
U-matic
Cod
e
umc
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
l
l
007
008
Other criteria
v and
007/04=
c
Also search by:
l
006
vca
video
videocasse
tte for all
videocasset
te
v and
007/07=
r
3/4 in is at the
start of 300 c
g
g
l
l
l
VHS
vhs
v and
Also search by:
l
l
l
vca
video
videocasse
tte for all
videocasset
tes
U matic,
Umatic,
Ustandard,
or U
standard is
in any of the
following
field/subfield
s:
o 300 (any
subfield)
o Start of
500 a
o 538 a
Not casesensitive;
parentheses
and brackets
are ignored.
u-matic is in
either of the
following
fields/subfiel
ds:
o 346 a
o 347 b
007/01=
f and
007/04=
b
g
l
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VHS is in
any of these
fields/subfiel
ds:
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and Bib level
Name
Cod
e
Notes
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
Other criteria
300 a
300 b
o 346 a
o 347 b
o Start of
500 a
o 538 a
Not casesensitive;
parentheses
and brackets
are ignored.
o
o
l
Videocassett
e
vca
Also includes
other codes
mentioned
Videocassette or
video cassette in
300 (any subfield)
ignoring case or
parentheses or
brackets
g
v and
007/01=
f
VHS is not found
in:
l
l
l
007/04
is not b
Videodisc
vdc
Also includes
other codes
mentioned
g
Index also covers
RDA terms and
codes.
l
l
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300 a, b
start of 500 a
538 a
Videodisc or
video disc or
videodisk or
video disk in
300 (any
subfield)
ignoring case
or
parentheses
or brackets
Index also
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codes.
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Name
Videorecordi
ng
Cod
e
vid
Notes
Also search by
video
Leader/
06
Leader/
07
006
007
008
v
g
l
008/33=
v
g and
006/16=
v
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l
Presence of
field 346.
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codes.
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RDA terms and codes
RDA, or Resource Description and Access, is the proposed successor to AACR2. These
tables show RDA content, media, and carrier type terms and codes that may occur in
fields 336, 337, and 338 of records (term in ‡a; corresponding code in ‡b).
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Carrier terms and codes (field 338 ‡a ‡b) (page 261)
Content terms and codes (field 336 ‡a ‡b) (page 265)
Media terms and codes (field 337 ‡a ‡b) (page 266)
Most of these terms and codes are indexed in OCLC Format and Material type indexes. A
record can have either a term or a code to be indexed. The RDA tables list the material
type indexes that cover each RDA term/code.
In addition, a note is added in the "Other criteria" column of the main tables for each
OCLC Format or Material index that covers an RDA term/code. The notes link to the RDA
tables..
To retrieve records with an RDA term or code, limit a search by a Format/Document Type
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Carrier terms and codes (field 338 ‡a ‡b)
For more information, see the MARC Code List for Carrier Types.
Audio carriers
RDA carrier term:
338 ‡a
MARC code for RDA
term: 338 ‡b
MARC audio carrier codes 007/01 must also be present
OCLC material
type codes
audio cartridge
sg
g - 007/01 (Sound recording)
rec
audio cylinder
se
e - 007/01 (Sound recording)
rec, wxc
audio disc
sd
d - 007/01 (Sound recording)
rec
sound track reel
si
i - 007/01 (Sound recording)
rec
audio roll
sq
q - 007/01 (Sound recording)
rec, rll
audiocassette
ss
s - 007/01 (Sound recording)
cas, rec
audiotape reel
st
t - 007/01 (Sound recording)
rec, rtr
other audio carrier
sz
z - 007/01 (Sound recording)
rec
Computer carriers
RDA carrier term: 338
‡a
MARC code for
RDA term: 338 ‡b
MARC computer carrier codes 007/01 must also be present
OCLC material
type codes
computer card
ck
k - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
computer chip cartridge
cb
b - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
computer disc
cd
d - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
computer disc cartridge
ce
e - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
computer tape cartridge
ca
a - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
computer tape cassette
cf
f - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
computer tape reel
ch
h - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
online resource
cr
r - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com, elc
other computer carrier
cz
z - 007/01 (Electronic resource)
com
Microform carriers
RDA carrier term: 338
‡a
aperture card
MARC code for
RDA term: 338 ‡b
ha
MARC microform carrier codes 007/01 must also be present
a - 007/01 (Microform)
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OCLC material
type codes
mfc
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‡a
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MARC code for
RDA term: 338 ‡b
MARC microform carrier codes 007/01 must also be present
OCLC material
type codes
microfiche
he
e - 007/01 (Microform)
mfc
microfiche cassette
hf
f - 007/01 (Microform)
mfc
microfilm cartridge
hb
b - 007/01 (Microform)
mfl
microfilm cassette
hc
c - 007/01 (Microform)
mfl
microfilm reel
hd
d - 007/01 (Microform)
mfl
mircrofilm roll
hj
j - 007/01 (Microform)
mfl
microfilm slip
hh
h - 007/01 (Microform)
mfl
microopaque
hg
g - 007/01 (Microform)
mcd
other microform carrier
hz
z - 007/01 (Microform)
mic
Microscopic carriers
RDA carrier term: 338
‡a
MARC code for
RDA term: 338 ‡b
MARC microscopic carrier codes 008/33 must also be present
microscope slide
pp
p - 008/33 (Visual materials)
other microscopic
carrier
pz
---
MARC code for
RDA term: 338 ‡b
MARC projected image carrier
codes - 007/01 must also be present
OCLC material
type codes
msl
msl
Projected image carriers
RDA carrier term: 338
‡a
OCLC material
type codes
film cartridge
mc
c - 007/01 (Motion picture)
mot
film cassette
mf
f - 007/01 (Motion picture)
mot
film reel
mr
r - 007/01 (Motion picture)
mot
film roll
mo
o - 007/01 (Motion picture)
mot
filmslip
gd
d - 007/01 (Projected graphic)
flm
filmstrip
gf
f - 007/01 (Projected graphic)
flm
filmstrip cartridge
gc
c - 007/01 (Projected graphic)
flm
overhead transparency
gt
t - 007/01 (Projected graphic)
trn
slide
gs
s - 007/01 (Projected graphic)
sld
other projected carrier
mz
z - 007/01 (Motion picture)
---
z - 007/01 (Projected graphic)
---
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Stereographic carriers
RDA carrier term: 338
‡a
MARC code for
RDA term: 338 ‡b
MARC stereographic carrier codes 007/01 must also be present
OCLC material
type codes
stereograph card
eh
h - 007/01 (Non-projected graphic)
vis
stereograph disc
es
s - 007/01 (Projected graphic)
pgr
other stereographic
carrier
ez
---
vis
Unmediated carriers
MARC code for RDA
term:
338 ‡b
MARC unmediated
carrier codes
OCLC material
type codes
card
no
---
crd
flipchart
nn
---
cht
roll
na
---
---
sheet
nb
---
---
volume
nc
---
---
object
nr
other unmediated
carrier
nz
---
---
MARC code for RDA
term:
338 ‡b
MARC video carrier codes 007/01 must also be present
OCLC material
type codes
RDA carrier term:
338 ‡a
r - Bibliographic Leader/06
art, rbj
Video carriers
RDA carrier term:
338 ‡a
video cartridge
vc
c - 007/01 (Videorecording)
vis
videocassette
vf
f - 007/01 (Videorecording)
vca
videodisc
vd
d - 007/01 (Videorecording)
vdc
videotape reel
vr
r - 007/01 (Videorecording)
vis
other video carrier
vz
z - 007/01 (Videorecording)
vis
Unspecified carriers
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RDA carrier term:
338 ‡a
unspecified
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MARC code for RDA
term: 338 ‡b
zu
MARC unspecified carrier
codes - 007/01
u - 007/01 (Unspecified)
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type codes
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Content terms and codes (field 336 ‡a ‡b)
For more information, see the MARC Code List for Content Types.
RDA content term: 336
‡a
MARC code for
RDA term: 336 ‡b
MARC Bibliographic Leader/06
code(s) must also be present
OCLC
material type
index
cartographic dataset
crd
e or f
map
cartographic image
cri
e or f
map
cartographic moving
image
crm
e or f
map
cartographic tactile image crt
e or f
map, brl
cartographic tactile three- crn
dimensional form
e or f
map, brl, mmp
cartographic threedimensional form
crf
e or f
map, mmp
computer dataset
cod
m
com
computer program
cop
m
pgm
notated movement
ntv
a or t
bks
notated music
ntm
c or d
sco
performed music
prm
j
msr
sounds
snd
i
nsr, snd
spoken word
spw
i
nsr
still image
sti
k
ngr, pic
tactile image
tci
k
ngr, brl, pic
tactile notated music
tcn
c or d
sco, brl
tactile notated movement
tcm
a or t
bks, brl
tactile text
tct
a or t
bks, brl
tactile three-dimensional
form
tcf
r
art, brl
text
txt
a or t
none
three-dimensional form
tdf
r
art
three-dimensional moving tdm
image
g
vis
two-dimensional moving
image
tdi
g
vis
other
xxx
o or p
none
unspecified
zzz
none
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Media terms and codes (field 337 ‡a ‡b)
For more information, see the MARC Code List for Media Types.
RDA media term:
337 ‡a
MARC code for
RDA term: 337 ‡b
MARC media codes - 007/00
must also be present
OCLC material
type index
audio
s
s - sound recording
rec
computer
c
c - electronic resource
com
microform
h
h - microform
mic
microscopic
p
projected
g
stereographic
e
unmediated
n
---
msl
g - projected graphic
---
m - motion picture
---
---
---
t - text
bks
k - non-projected graphic
ngr
video
v
v - videorecording
vid
other
x
z - unspecified
---
unspecified
z
z - unspecified
---
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Online Help Documentation
These topics are contained in this section:
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l
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Using the Online Help (page 271)
Open the online help (page 268)
View an online help topic in Contents tab (page 273)
Search for an online help topic (page 270)
Print an individual help topic (page 269)
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Open the online help
Using this procedure you can open the online help by entering the Web address for online help in your browser
window.
To open the online help:
1
2
Open a web browser.
In your address bar, enter this URL:
http://www.oclc.org/support/help/SearchingWorldCatIndexes/default.htm
The help opens in your browser.
See also:
→ Search for an online help topic (page 270)
→ View an online help topic in Contents tab (page 273)
→ Using the Online Help (page 271)
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Print an individual help topic
The documentation in the online help is divided into individual topics that are listed on the Contents tab. This
procedure describes how to print one topic in the online help.
To print an individual help topic:
1
2
Follow the procedure to .
3
4
Configure your print settings.
Click the Print icon. The Print window opens.
Click OK. The topic is printed on the printer you selected.
See also:
→ Open the online help (page 268)
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Search for an online help topic
This procedure describes how to enter keywords in the search field to generate a list of matching help topics.
To search for an online help topic:
1
2
Follow the instructions to Open the online help (page 268) .
3
Click the Search icon. The online help system generates a list of topics that match the keywords for which
you searched.
In the search field in the top right of the screen, enter one or more keywords for the help topic you want to find.
See also:
→ Open the online help (page 268)
→ View an online help topic in Contents tab (page 273)
→ Using the Online Help (page 271)
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Using the Online Help
When you Open the online help (page 268) , the Online Help opens in the browser window.
Left navigation panel tabs
In the left navigation panel is the Contents tab, which contains links to the individual documentation topics that
describe concepts or procedures. The topics are organized into a hierarchy of categories. In the tab, click the book
icons to expand the category and view the topics or subcategories.
When you click on a topic in the Contents tab, the Online Help system displays the corresponding information in the
main help window on the right.
Icons
The following table lists the icons that appear in the Online Help system:
Icon
Name
Next topic
Description
Click to view the next topic in the online help.
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Name
Description
View PDF
Click to open the PDF of OCLC Searching WorldCat Indexes, which is a PDF
version of this online help system that is formatted for printing and reading on
paper.
Previous topic
Click to view the previous topic in the online help.
Print topic
Click to print an individual online help topic.
Search
After entering keywords in the search field, click this icon to search the
documentation for topics that match your search.
See also:
→ Open the online help (page 268)
→ Print an individual help topic (page 269)
→ Search for an online help topic (page 270)
→ View an online help topic in Contents tab (page 273)
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View an online help topic in Contents tab
You can view the list of topics in the Contents tab.
To view an online help topic in the Contents tab:
1
Follow the instructions to Open the online help (page 268) . The online help opens with the
Contents tab open in the left panel.
2
Expand and collapse the books in the panel to view topics and subtopics. As you click the item
in the list, the content is displayed in the main window.
See also:
→ Search for an online help topic (page 270)
→ Print an individual help topic (page 269)
→ Using the Online Help (page 271)
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Contacting Support
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