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AB Abstract
classicism in ab
The AB field contains a summary of the document. You can search any
word or phrase in the abstract.
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AN Accession Number
(a limit field)
199300493600 in an
an=199300493600
The AN field contains a unique 12-digit number that identifies the
document.
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AR Artist and Work
esslinger-hartmut in ar
madonna in ar
The AR field identifies the name of the artist and the title of the
illustration of the artist's work that accompanies the article.
Listed after the title of each work is the term (illustration). You can
search for this term in the AR field. The number (if any) listed after the
title indicates the number of illustrations of that particular work. You
can search for any word or phrase in a title. The terms col, det, or other
such abbreviations describe the illustration itself. See the Illustration
Abbreviations List for an explanation of the abbreviations used.
When the document type is art reproduction, the AR field contains the
name of the artist who created the original work.
When searching for an artist, put the last name first and hyphenate all
names and initials.
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AU Author(s)
silverthorne-jeanne in au
silverthorne* in au
The AU field identifies the person(s) responsible for the intellectual
content of the document.
Author's names can be searched with or without hyphens. When searching
without hyphens, type last name followed by first name or first name
followed by last name. The order of the words does not matter. Do not type
a comma.
When searching an author's name with hyphens, type the last name first
and hyphenate all names and initials. Use truncation (*) if your are not
sure about spelling.
You can search personal author names by last name, using the AUT Author
Name index in Browse (Index).
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AUT Author Name
(a limit field)
The AUT field identifies the person(s) responsible for the intellectual
content of the document. Use Browse to search for the author by last name
in this Author Name index. The AUT field is for searching only; it does
not display in the record.
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DE Descriptors
painting in de
painting-technique in de
The DE field lists the controlled vocabulary terms that describe the
document. This field can include personal names, uniform titles, topical
terms, organization names, and geographic names.
For an art reproduction the DE field lists the name and dates of the
artist.
Use hyphens to focus your search. Omit hyphens to enlarge your search.
For example, painting in de retrieves records containing the
descriptor terms painting-american-exhibitions as well as
painting-technique. The search painting-technique in de retrieves
records with just that specific descriptor.
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DT Document Type
(a limit field)
interview in dt
dt=book-review
The Document Type field describes the contents of the original
document. Use the DT field to limit your search to records of a particular
type of document, such as an art reproduction or an interview. Include
hyphens for multi-word document types. See the Document Types List for a
complete list of the document types in this database.
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IS ISSN
(a limit field)
0002-7375 in is
is=0002-7375
The IS field lists the International Standard Serial Number. Include
hyphens when searching for an ISSN.
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JI Journal Issue
(a limit field)
The JI Journal Issue field lists the issues of journals included in the
database. You can search for a specific issue of a journal using the JI
Index in Browse (Index).
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JN Journal Name
(a limit field)
The JN Journal Name field lists the names of the journals included in
the database. You can search for a specific journal using the JN index in
Browse (Index).
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LA Language of Article
(a limit field)
english in la
la=english
The LA field lists the language of the original document. When
searching, use the full language name. This database includes both English
and non-English language works.
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OT Other Titles
embroidery in ot
The OT field provides additional title access. It may include
descriptive words added by the indexer to augment the title. You can
search for any word or phrase in this field.
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PD Physical Description
(a limit field)
por in pd
pd=por
The PD field contains details about illustrative or graphic material
that appears in the original document. It contains one or more codes or
descriptive phrases. See the Physical Descriptions List for a complete
list of the physical description codes used in this database.
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PEI Peer Reviewed Journal
(a limit field)
The PEI field indicates whether the document is from a peer-reviewed
journal. The field contains a y if the journal is peer-reviewed.
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PY Publication Year
(a limit field)
1993 in py
py=1990-1993
The Publication Year lists the year in which the document was
published. This field is range searchable.
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SO Source (Bibliographic Citation)
art "and" antiques in so
The SO field indicates the bibliographic source of the entry, including
the journal name, volume number, publication date, and page numbers. Use
quotation marks when searching for journals with an operator in the title,
such as AND, IN, etc. See the Journals List for a complete list of
journals in the database.
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SU Subject
(a limit field)
The SU field lists the controlled vocabulary terms that describe the
document. The field can include personal names, topical names,
organization names, geographic names, and uniform titles. This field is
for browsing subject headings (descriptors) using the SU Subject index in
Browse (Index). The SU field does not display in the record. Subject
headings display in the DE Descriptor field.
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SZ Text Size
(a limit field)
3500 in sz
sz=3500
The SZ field gives the size of the Full Text (TX) field in bytes. This
field is range searchable.
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TI Title
wild irises in ti
The Title field contains the title of a work. You can search for any
word or phrase in a title. For art reproductions the medium of the
original work is listed in parentheses after the title. Following is a
list of abbreviations used to describe the medium of the original work:
drwg - drawing(s)
engr - engraving(s)
etch - etching(s)
litho - lithograph(s)
paint - painting(s)
photo - photograph
sculp - sculpture
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TX Full Text
The TX field contains the full text of the article cited in the record.
Tables may be omitted from the text. The TX field is displayed in records
but is not searchable.
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TXI Full Text Indicator
(a limit field)
y in txi
txi=y
The TXI field indicates whether the record includes the full text of
the article. The field contains a "y" if full text is present.
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UD Update Code
(a limit field)
19980203 in ud
ud=19900101
The UD field indicates the year, month, and day in which the record was
added to the database in the format yyyymmdd. You can search for a single
date using in or =, as shown above. In addition, you can
search for a range of dates using the following operators:
< less than,
such as ud<19940802
> greater than,
such as ud>19940802
<= less than or equal to,
such as ud<=19940802
>= greater than or equal to,
such as ud>=19940802
- within a range,
such as ud=19990801-19990901
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URL2 Web Sites
The URL2 Web Sites field lists the URLs of web sites chosen by the
author of the article. These related internet links provide additional
information on subjects discussed in the document.
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Citation
The Citation (CITN) consists of the TI, OT, AU, SO, AB, DE, and
DT, fields.
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Document Types List
The Document Type (DT) field contains keywords that characterize the
contents of the original document. Use these words to limit your search to
a particular kind of item. The following is a list of document types:
Art-Reproduction
Autobiography
Bibliography
Biography
Book-Excerpt
Book-Review
Exhibit
Feature-Article
Interview
Motion-Picture-Review
Obituary
Symposium
Television-Program-Review
Videotape-Review
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Illustration Abbreviations List
The Artist and Work (AR) field, which identifies the name of an artist
and the title of an illustration or reproduction of the artist's work,
uses several abbreviations that indicate the form taken by the
illustration and/or its location in the source work. Following is a list
of abbreviations used in the AR field:
col - color
cov(s) - cover(s)
det(s) - detail(s)
p - page
pl(s) - plate(s)
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Languages List
The Language of Article (LA) field lists the language of the original
document. The following is a list of article languages:
Greek-Ancient
Danish
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Greek-Modern
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
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Physical Descriptions List
The Physical Description (PD) field contains details about illustrative
or graphic material that appears in the original document. It contains one
or more codes or descriptive phrases. The following is a list of codes and
the physical description each represents:
| Code |
Physical Description |
| bibl |
bibliography |
| bibl f |
bibliographic footnotes |
| col |
color |
| cov(s) |
cover(s) |
| det |
detail |
| diag(s) |
diagram(s) |
| il |
illustrations |
| map(s) |
map(s) |
| plan(s) |
plan(s) |
| por(s) |
portrait(s) |
| pt |
part |
| tab(s) |
table(s) |
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Journal List
View the most current Journal
List.
View full-text
titles only.
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Using Limit Fields
The limit fields, when combined with other search terms, are
particularly useful for focusing or limiting a search. To search a limit
field, use the in or = operators with the field abbreviation, such as 1990
in py or py=1990. Omitting the field label retrieves information from free
text (non-limit) fields only.
You can search limit fields using field-specific indexes in Browse
(Index).
For liimit fields containing numeric data (PY, IS, AN, UD), you can
also use other special operators:
= equal to,
such as py=1990
< less than,
such as py<1991
> greater than,
such as py>1989
<= less than or equal to,
such as py<=1990
>= greater than or equal to,
such as py>=1988
- indicates a range,
such as py=1988-1990
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Sample Searches
Below are several examples of the types of searches you can use to
retrieve information from the Art Full Text database.
Searching for an Author Using the Browse (Index)
Authors' names appear in the Author(s) AU field.
To see all authors with the same last name or to see variations of an
author's name, use the Browse (Index). You can search for author names
using the AUT Author Name index in Browse (Index). For example, to look
for articles by Edie Lee Cohen:
1. Go to Browse (Index).
2. Select the AUT Author Name index.
3. Type cohen.
Searching for an Art Reproduction
You can search for an art reproduction using the DT field. For example,
let's look for articles citing Campbell Soup.
1. First conduct a search for the terms campbell near soup.
Using the NEAR operator looks for records with the two terms in the
same sentence.
2. Next search for and art-reproduction in dt. This request
limits the search to the art reproduction document type. Beginning the
search request with the AND operator automatically adds it to the
previous search.
Searching for an Artist
Artists' names appear in the Artist and Work (AR) field and are
hyphenated with the last name first. For example, let's look for articles
about the artist Henry Moore.
1. Conduct a search for moore-henry in ar. This request
limits your search to the Artist and Work field.
If you are unsure of the artist name you can select the name directly
from the SU Subject index in Browse (Index).
Stopwords
Certain words of little intrinsic meaning appear too frequently to be
useful in searching text. Information systems call these "stopwords";
you will not be able to search for the following words alone in the
database. They can be included within a phrase, but they will be ignored.
an
and
are
for
from
in
of
or
that
the
was
were
which
with
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