Keyword
Anywhere (GKEY)
Searches for words or phrases anywhere in the catalog
record.
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- Example:
- Search: cicada [ all of these ]
As: Keyword Anywhere (GKEY)
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Retrieves: catalog records with the word
cicada in the title, a note, a personal or group name,
a subject term, etc. |
NAMES
(Authors, Creators, Individuals or Organizations
as subjects, etc.)
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Name:
All (KNAM)
Searches for material by and about persons and corporate
bodies in the personal and corporate author/creator, subject,
series, and other editions/versions fields.
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- Example:
- Search: shakespeare [ all
of these ]
As: Name: All (KNAM)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
by and about persons and corporate bodies with the name shakespeare,
such as "William Shakespeare" and the "Shakespeare Theatre."
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Name:
Personal (KPNC)
Searches for library materials created by individuals.
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- Example:
- Search: shakespeare [ all
of these ]
As: Name: Personal (KPNC)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
created by persons with the name shakespeare, such as
"William Shakespeare" or "Mary Shakespeare." |
Name:
Corporate/Meeting (KCNC)
Searches for library materials created by corporate groups
or meetings.
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- Example:
- Search: shakespeare [ all
of these ]
As: Name: Corporate/Meeting (KCNC)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
created by corporate bodies or meetings containing the word
shakespeare, such as "Shakespeare Society" or "Shakespeare
Seminar." |
SUBJECTS
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Subject:
All (KSUB)
Searches for words or phrases in both "established" (i.e.,
authorized) and "uncontrolled" subject fields, as well as
summary, biographical, geographical notes, and place name
fields.
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- Example:
- Search: new york [ as a phrase
]
As: Subject: All (KSUB)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
- about the city and state of New York
- about groups that have the phrase new york in their
name (e.g., New York Chamber of Commerce)
- in which new york appears in a note (e.g., "director
of New York Philharmonic discusses aspects of contemporary
music")
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Subject:
Authorized (SKEY)
Searches for words or phrases contained only in established
or "authorized" subject fields assigned to the work at the
time of cataloging.
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- Example:
- Search: saint louis [ As
a phrase ]
As: Subject: Authorized (SKEY)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
- about cities or counties named "Saint Louis"
- about groups that have the phrase "saint louis" in their
name (e.g, Saint Louis Railroad)
Catalog records are not retrieved for abbreviated
or variant forms of either word. For example, most records
referring to the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball team would not
be retrieved because the authorized subject term is "St.
Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)," not "Saint
Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)."
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Subject:
Geographic Names Only (KSGE)
Searches for geographic names in subject and place name
fields or subfields.
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- Example:
- Search: saint louis [ as a phrase
]
As: Subject: Geographic Names Only (KSGE)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
with subject headings relating to cities and counties with the
exact phrase saint louis in their name, such as:
- Drinking water--Senegal--Saint-Louis
- American wit and humor--Missouri--Saint Louis
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TITLES
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Title:
All (KTIL)
Searches for words or phrases in all title fields, including
serial and series titles, subjects about titles, and titles
included as parts of other fields; represents the most comprehensive
way to search for titles.
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- Example:
- Search: canterbury tales [ as
a phrase ]
As: Title: All (KTIL)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
having the phrase canterbury tales in the title, including
texts of the Canterbury Tales, literary
criticism about the Canterbury Tales, and recordings
of selections from the Canterbury Tales. |
Title:
Uniform (KTUT)
Searches for words or phrases in uniform title fields
(i.e., fields containing a standardized form of a title which
may appear in many different ways on the actual works); certain
formats, such as music, commonly employ standardized uniform
titles.
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- Example #1:
To search for different versions of "Mother Goose":
- Search: mother goose [ as
a phrase ]
As: Title: Uniform (KTUT)
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Retrieves: catalog records for material with
titles such as "My first Mother Goose book", "Kate Greenaway's
Mother Goose" and "Humpty Dumpty and other favorites." |
- Example #2:
To search for recordings of the sonatas of Beethoven, use
Search Limits to restrict the Type
of Material to "Music sound recording".
- Search: sonatas [ all of
these ]
As: Title: Uniform (KTUT)
Select: [ AND with next set]
Search: beethoven [ all
of these ]
As: Name: Personal Name (KPNC)
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Retrieves: catalog records for recordings
with titles such as Favorite Beethoven sonatas,
Deux sonates pour le piano forte, and Beethoven
piano sonatas.. |
Series
(KSER)
Searches for the words or phrases in the any series title
field
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- Example:
To search for the Oxford Bible Series:
- Search: oxford bible [ as
a phrase ]
As: Series (KSER)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
that are part of the Oxford Bible Series |
NOTES
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Notes
(KNOT)
Searches for words or phrases included in any note field.
* Note fields may contain a wide variety of information
including frequency; physical characteristics; arrangement;
relation to other works; content of items; restrictions on
access; credits to persons participating in the creation of
the work; indexing; or bibliographies.
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- Example:
- Search: shakespeare [ all of these ]
As: Notes (KNOT)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
with notes giving such information as:
- Contents: "Janet Adelman -- Shakespeare's ghost writers"
- Bibliography/Supplemental material: "Classified Shakespeare
bibliography ...v. 3-"
- Performers: "Members of The Royal Shakespeare Company"
- Relationship to other works: "Adapted from plays by ..
Shakespeare"
- Additional information: "Includes a timeline that parallels
events in Shakespeare's life with world events"
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Contents
Notes (KCON)
Searches for words or phrases only in the Contents Note.
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- Example:
- Search: saint louis blues [ as
a phrase ]
As: Contents Notes (KCON)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
about the composer of the Saint Louis Blues or
sound recordings of the Saint Louis Blues. |
Credit/Performer
Notes (KPRF)
Searches for words or an exact phrase in special notes fields
for credit/performer information.
Note: Do not invert the word order of a personal name.
Search as firstname lastname or however the name normally
appears.
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- Example:
- Search: danny kaye [ as a
phrase ]
As: Credit/Performer Notes (KPRF)
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Retrieves: catalog records for sound recordings
or moving pictures in which a person with the name danny
kaye has performed. |
PUBLICATION
INFORMATION
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Publication
Information: (KPUB)
Searches for words, phrases or dates in the publisher's
name, place, or publication date fields.
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- Example:
To search for works published by Oxford University
Press:
- Search: oxford university [ as
a phrase ]
As: Publication Information: (KPUB)
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials
having the publisher cataloged as "Oxford University Press"
or as "Oxford University Pr." |
NUMBERS
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LCCN-ISBN-ISSN
(NUMB)
Searches for Library of Congress Control Numbers (LCCN),
International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) or International
Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN).
Library
of Congress Control Numbers
* When entering an LCCN, always omit the hyphen; if the
portion of the LCCN following hyphen is less than 6 characters,
always add leading zeros to that portion of the number.
International
Standard Book Numbers
* Hyphens MUST NOT be included in ISBN search statements.
** Because ISBN numbers are included in LC catalog records
only if they are available to the cataloger at the time of
cataloging, try another search method if the search is unsuccessful.
International
Standard Serial Numbers
* Hyphens MUST be included in ISSN search statements.
** Because ISSN numbers are included in LC catalog records
only if they are available to the cataloger at the time of
cataloging, try another search method if the search is unsuccessful.
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- LCCN Example #1:
To search for LCCN 90-83066:
- Search: 90083066 [ all of these ]
As: LCCN-ISBN-ISSN (NUMB)
Retrieves: the catalog record for "Latin America
in perspective" (LCCN 90-83066). |
- LCCN Example #2:
To search for LCCN 98-6:
- Search: 98000006 [ all of these ]
As: LCCN-ISBN-ISSN (NUMB)
Retrieves: the catalog record for "The Pilot
of the Mayflower" (LCCN 98-6). |
- LCCN Example #3:
To search for LCCN agr65-273:
- Search: agr65000273 [ all
of these ]
As: LCCN-ISBN-ISSN (NUMB)
Retrieves: the catalog record for "Silvics
of forest trees of the United States" (LCCN agr65-273). |
- ISBN Example:
To search for the catalog record for the book having ISBN
0-8211-1509-x:
- Search: 082111509x [ all
of these ]
As: LCCN-ISBN-ISSN (NUMB)
Retrieves: the catalog record for "Curriculum
and the cultural revolution" (ISBN 0-8211-1509-x). |
- ISSN Example:
To search for the catalog record for the serial having ISSN
0192-3757:
- Search: 0192-3757 [ all of
these ]
As: LCCN-ISBN-ISSN (NUMB)
Retrieves: the catalog record for the journal,
"Black Collegian" (ISSN 0192-3757). |