Gingrich Library: cataLION Search Assistance: Shortcuts/Field Searching

Special comments

...Or things of which you should be aware:

when use any field searching (e.g., ti=hunger games), you will not return truncated word results
do not have to capitalized proper nouns
should not use punctuation while searching, the system treats it a blank space
when using field= for titles, leaving a space after the equal sign lets the first work of the title to be colorized, no space leaves it black. This does NOT affect the results, just the display
to search exact phrases in fields, type the field, comma, the letters phr a colon and then surround the words with parentheses - this looks like, ti, phr:"acid rain"
some searches, like language, are an advanced search limit and work better there

Advanced Searching- Using Shortcuts

Field	Search option
ANY FIELD MENTIONED BELOW
Any searches every field mentioned below and words like a, an, the should be avoided since the system will stop the search due to excessive usage	any, any=reading
AUTHORS/EDITORS/ARTISTS/PRODUCERS/etc.
Author, editor, producer, artist, e.f., Gore Vidal	au or aut or author, e.g., au=gore vidal
NAMES
Personal name as author, e.g.,William Shakespeare	pn, e.g., PN=shakespeare william
Corporate name as author or subject, e.g., Microsoft	cpn,e.g., cpn=microsoft
Conference name as author or subject, e.g., White House Conference for a Drug Free America	cfn, e.g., cfn=white house conference for a drug free america
TITLES
Title, e.g., Gone With the Wind	ti or title, e.g., ti=gone with the wind
Title of a Series, e.g., Current Controversies	se, e.g., se=current controversies
Uniform Title, e.g., Bible. N.T.	ut, e.g., ut=bible n t

SUBJECTS
Subject (any), e.g., DNA	su, e.g., su=DNA
Georgraphic Subject, e.g., China	su-geo, e.g., su-geo=china
Personal Name Subject, e.g., Karl Marx	su-na, e.g., su-na=marx karl
Topical Subject, e.g., Suspense Fiction	su-to, e.g., suspense fiction
Uniform Title Subjects, e.g, Qur'an/Koran	su-ut, e.g., su-it=koran
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Abstract/Summary Words (appear mostly in media and juvenile literature), e.g., diversity	ab, e.g., ab=diversity
Language (three digit code), e.g., french	ln, e.g., ln=fre
Notes/Chapter Title Words, e.g., ADHD	nt, e.g., nt=adhd
Place of Publication, e.g., Reading, PA	pl, e.g., pl=reading pa
Publisher, e.g., McGraw Hill	pb, e.g. pb=mcgraw hill
NUMBERS
Acquisition Date (can be search by year or month???	acqdate, e.g., acqdate=2013
Call Number, e.g., 025.04 H333s4	lcn or callnum, callnum=025.04 H333s4
ISBN/International Standard Book Number, e.g., 1590280415	nb, e.g., nb=1590280415
ISSN/International Standard Serial Number, e.g., 0096-851X	ns, e.g., ns=0096-851x
Publication Date, e.g., 2013	pubdate or yr, e.g., yr=2013
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Authority Record Number for author, series, subject or uniform titles, e.g., 306079 (William Shakespeare)	an, e.g., an=306079
Record Accession Number, e.g, Gone with the Wind, record #100636	sn, e.g., sn=100636