Subjects Covered
Adult Education, Arts, Athletics, Comparative Education, Competency-based Education, Computers in Education, Continuing Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Government Funding, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Library Science, Literacy Standards, Multicultural/Ethnic Education, Parent-Teacher Relations, Prayer in Public Schools, Preschool Education, Religious Education, School Administration, Science and Mathematics, Secondary Education, Special Education, Student Counseling, Teacher Education, Teacher Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education

Education Abstracts is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source documents.

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Fields

Bold text indicates limit fields.

Using Limit Fields

AB Abstract

video in ab

The AB field contains a summary of the document. You can search any word or phrase in the abstract.

ABI Abstract Indicator
(a limit field)

y in abi

The ABI field indicates whether the record includes an abstract of the article. The field contains a "y" if an abstract is present.

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AN Accession Number
(a limit field)

The AN field contains a unique number that identifies the document.

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AU Personal Author

schofield in au

The AU field identifies a person responsible for the intellectual content of the document. Search last name only or first name and last name, in any order. You can also search personal author names by last name using the Personal Author list in Browse.

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BR Books Reviewed

sagan in br
moore in br

You can search for any word or phrase in this field. The BR field contains the title and author of a book being reviewed in the record for a review.

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CA Corporate Author

The CA field identifies the institution, association, conference, corporation, or government agency that is the author of a book. You can search the content of this field in the Free Text list in Browse.

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CP Country of Publication
(a limit field)

The CP field indicates the place of publication of either the journal or book. You can search the content of this field in the Country of Publication list in Browse.

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DDC Dewey Decimal Number
(a limit field)

398.2 in ddc
ddc<starts>39

The DDC field lists the Dewey Decimal classification number for books. The example above retrieves all records for books with the specific call number 398.2. Use the <starts> operator to retrieve records for books with any Dewey Decimal call number beginning with 39.

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DT Document Type
(a limit field)

interview in dt

The DT field describes the contents of the original document. Use this field to limit your search to records of a particular type of document, such as biography or interview. This field contains keywords that characterize the article contents. Use these words to limit your search to a particular kind of article:

Bibliography
Biography
Books
Book Chapter
Book Excerpt
Book Review
Corporate Profile
Do It Yourself Work
Exhibit
Feature Article
Interview
Obituary
Product Evaluation
Speech
Symposium

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FI Fiction Indicator
(a limit field)

fiction in fi
nonfiction in fi

The Fiction Indicator field contains Nonfiction if the book being reviewed is a work of nonfiction or Fiction for a work of fiction.

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FR Form Review

The FR field indicates reviews of material other than book reviews; for example, opera or motion picture reviews.

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FTI Full Text Indicator
(a limit field)

The FTI 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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ISBN ISBN
(a limit field)

The ISBN field lists the International Standard Book Number.

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ISSN ISSN
(a limit field)

The ISSN field lists the International Standard Serial Number.

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JI Journal Issue

The JI field contains an issue of a journal included in the database. You can also search for a specific issue of a journal using the Journal Issue list in Browse.

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JN Journal Name

The JN field contains the name of a journal included in the database. You can also search for a specific journal using the Journal Name list in Browse.

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LA Language of Document
(a limit field)

english in la

The LA field lists the language of the original document.

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LCC LC Classification
(a limit field)

PZ7.H314975 in lcc

The LCC field is used for the call number or classification number based on the Library of Congress classification system.

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LCCN LC Control Number
(a limit field)

2001-37726 in lccn
99-89390 in lccn

The LCCN field contains the Library of Congress control number that applies to a catalog record. It usually consists of two or four digits for the year and a serial number of one to six digits.

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NT Notes

The NT field is a note indicating that there is another article on that person in the database. This does not appear in every article for which the subject of the article has more than one entry.

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OT Other Titles

The OT field provides additional title access. It may include descriptive words added by indexers to augment the title. You can search any word or phrase in this field.

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PA Pagination

The PA field gives the total number of pages in a book.

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PB Publisher
(a limit field)

knopf in pb

The PB field contains the name of the publisher of a book.

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PD Physical Description
(a limit field)

map in pd

The PD field describes illustrative or graphic material that appears in the original document. You may search a code or a term.

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PRI Peer Reviewed Journal
(a limit field)

The PRI field indicates whether the document is from a peer-reviewed journal. The field contains a "y" if the journal is peer-reviewed. This indicator is present for journals published from 1996.

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PY Publication Year
(a limit field)

1993 in py

The PY field contains the year in which the document was published. This field is range searchable.

You can search a range of dates using the and operator:
(py>1990) and (py<1998)

You can also search for a specific date using the Publication Year list in Browse.

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RS Responsibility Statement

The RS field is a statement about persons who have contributed to the creation of the work. This could include the authors, as well as names of persons who translated, illustrated, edited, or compiled the work.

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SU Subject(s)

The SU field contains a controlled vocabulary term that describes the document. The field can include personal names, topical terms, organization names, geographic names, and uniform titles.

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TI Title

nutrition in ti

The TI field contains the full title of the original document. You can search for any word or phrase in the title.

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UD Update Code
(a limit field)

19980203 in ud

The UD field contains 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 as shown above. In addition, you can search for a range of dates.

< (less than),
<all>(ud<19940802)

> (greater than),
<all>(ud>19940802)

<= (less than or equal to),
<all>(ud<=19940802)

>= (greater than or equal to),
<all>(ud>=19940802)

You can also search a range of dates using the and operator:
(ud>19990801) and (ud<19990901)

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URL Web Sites

The URL 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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Using Limit Fields

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 operator with the field abbreviation, such as symposium in dt. Omitting the field label retrieves information from free text (non-limit) fields only.

You can also search many limit fields using field-specific indexes in Browse.

For limit fields containing numeric data, you can also use other special operators:

< less than,
<all>(py<1984)

> greater than,
<all>(py>1993)

<= less than or equal to,
<all>(ud<=19930802)

>= greater than or equal to,
<all>(ud>=20010531)

Combine this type of numeric-field range search with another search term:
(py>2001) and dividends

You can search a range of dates using the and operator:
(py>1998) and (py<2001)

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