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While over 500 keyword indexes are available for use in Boolean Keyword, those described below are the most useful for typical catalog searching. In the table below, all index codes are shown in ALL CAPS; however, in actual searching they may be entered in lowercase.
NAMES (Authors, Creators, Individuals or Organizations as subjects, etc.) |
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KNAM (Name: All)
Searches for material by and about persons and corporate bodies in the fields describing personal and corporate authors/creators, subjects, series, and other editions/versions. |
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Retrieves: catalog records for materials by and about persons and corporate bodies with the name di tella, such as "Torcuato Di Tella " and the "Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina)." | |
KPNC (Name: Personal Name)
Searches for material by individuals in the fields describing personal authors/creators and series. |
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Retrieves: over 5630 catalog records for materials containg the word shakespeare in a name, such as "William Shakespeare" or "Mary Shakespeare." | |
KCNC (Name: Corporate/Meeting)
Searches for material by corporate groups in the fields describing corporate authors/creators and series. |
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Retrieves: over 1300 catalog records for materials by corporate bodies or meetings containing the word Mexico, such as the "Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (Mexico)" or the "Instituto Nacional de Ecología (Mexico)." | |
260B (Publisher: Name)
Searches for the words entered in the publisher's name subfield. |
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Retrieves: about 50 catalog records for works published by groups having palgrave in their names, such as Palgrave or Palgrave Macmillan. | |
Combined Searches
Combine any of the above commands in order to refine your search results. Note: It is no longer necessary to capitalize AND, OR, NOT when combining commands. |
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Retrieves: over 80 catalog records about shakespeare by authors with the word smith in their name. | |
Index types: Names - Subjects - Titles - Notes - Publication
Info - Numbers
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KSUB (Subjects: All)
Searches for works about the subjects entered in authorized and uncontrolled subject heading fields; summary, biographical and geographical note fields; and place name fields. |
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Retrieves: over 1420 catalog records, including:
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Combined Searches Combine any
of the above commands in order to refine your search results.
Note: It is no longer necessary to capitalize AND, OR, NOT when combining commands. |
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Retrieves: over 70 catalog records for handbooks relating to special education. | |
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Retrieves: a single book by Allen Steele called "The Jericho Iteration" with the exact phrase science fiction in a genre/form heading and the exact phrase saint louis in a subject heading | |
Index types: Names - Subjects - Titles - Notes - Publication
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TITLES | |
KTIL (Title: All)
Searches for words or an exact phrase in fields and subfields describing titles, series, subjects and authors. |
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Retrieves: over 450 catalog records for materials having the exact phrase canterbury tales in the title, including texts of and about "Canterbury Tales." | |
TKEY (Title: No Subject)
Searches for words or an exact phrase in fields and subfields describing titles, series and authors (relating to titles). Does not search for titles as subjects. |
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Retrieves: over 370 catalog records for materials having the exact phrase canterbury tales in the title, including texts of the "Canterbury Tales," or for works about the "Canterbury Tales" are included only if they have the phrase canterbury tales in the title, such as "Critical essays on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales." | |
KSER (Series)
Searches for words or an exact phrase in titles of series. |
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Retrieves: over 280 catalog records for materials in series, such as "Canterbury Papers Series" and "Canterbury Readers in Russian Poetry." | |
KSTI (Subject: Titles/Works Only)
Searches subject fields for works about titles containing the search words or exact phrase. Includes chapters/parts of the work discussed as a subject. |
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Retrieves: over 215 catalog records for literary analyses and other works about the "Canterbury Tales," including around 5 catalog records about a specific tale, the "Wife of Bath." | |
Combined Searches
Combine any of the above commands in order to refine your search results. Note: It is no longer necessary to capitalize AND, OR, NOT when combining commands. |
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Retrieves: over 10 catalog records for materials having the phrase canterbury tales in the title and the word oklahoma in the name of the publisher (e.g., University of Oklahoma Press). | |
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Retrieves: a catalog record for a title containing the word canterbury: "The Physician's Tale," and the word corsa in the statement of responsibility, "edited by Helen Storm Corsa." | |
Index types: Names - Subjects - Titles - Notes - Publication
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KNOT (Notes)
Searches for words or an exact phrase included in any notes fields. Notes fields may contain a wide variety of information including such things as:
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Retrieves: over 2330 catalog records for materials where the
word shakespeare is included in a note. Examples include:
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KCON (Contents Notes)
Searches for words or an exact phrase in the contents notes only. |
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Retrieves: over 35 catalog records for materials about the composer of the "Saint Louis Blues" and sound recordings of the "Saint Louis Blues" drawn from the Contents Note. | |
KREF (Citation/Reference)
Searches for words or an exact phrase in special note fields for citations to indexing and abstracting services covering the title described in the catalog record or to other publications based on the materials described in the record. |
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Retrieves: over 9380 catalog records for journal titles indexed
by "Chemical Abstracts."
Note: results may be incomplete or outdated because citation/reference information is included in the catalog record only if known at the time of cataloging; and, in general, any subsequent changes are not reflected in the record. |
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Combined Searches
Combine any of the above commands in order to refine your search results. Note: It is no longer necessary to capitalize AND, OR, NOT when combining commands. |
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Retrieves: fewer than 10 catalog records for materials with the exact phrase civil war in the subject field, written for young people 8 years old and up. | |
Index types: Names - Subjects - Titles - Notes - Publication
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PUBLICATION INFORMATION | |
KPUB (Publication Information)
Searches for words or dates entered in the publisher's name, place and publication date fields. |
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Retrieves: the maximum of 10,000 catalog records for materials with the word oxford in the publication information, such as "Oxford University Press" and "Oxford, England." | |
260A (Publication: Place)
Searches for the place of publication, creation, and/or copyright of a work. |
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Retrieves: over 9250 catalog records for materials published in "Lexington, MA," "Lexington, KY," etc. | |
260B (Publication: Publisher)
Searches for the name of a publisher or distributor of a work. |
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Retrieves: over 2090 catalog records for materials published by companies having the word lerner in their names, such as "Lerner Publications Co." | |
KDIG (Electronic Access [856 plus])
Searches for location and access information required for retrieving an electronic resource, such as http, email, remote login (telnet), dial-up, ftp, URL's, URN's, and logon information and electronic format type (e.g. ASCII, MIME). |
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Retrieves: over 9040 catalog records for materials which have a URL with the character string http in the 856 field. | |
Combined Searches
Combine any of the above commands in order to refine your search results. Note: It is no longer necessary to capitalize AND, OR, NOT when combining commands. |
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Retrieves: over 200 catalog records for handbooks published by "Oxford University Press," etc. | |
Index types: Names - Subjects - Titles - Notes - Publication
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NUMBERS | |
LCCN-ISBN-ISSN(NUMB)
Searches for Library of Congress Control Numbers (LCCN), International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) or International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN). Rather than using NUMB, you may also use specific codes for
each type of search: 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. International Standard Serial Numbers * Hyphens MUST be included in ISSN search statements, and the ISSN MUST be enclosed within quotation marks. Because ISSN and ISBN records 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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Retrieves: one catalog record with the LCCN 44-12966.
Note: Hyphens must be excluded and an extra zero added before "12966". |
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Retrieves: the catalog record with ISBN 0-8211-2268-1.
Note: Hyphens must be excluded in ISBN searches. |
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Retrieves: the catalog record for ISSN 1481-3122.
Note: the ISSN must be enclosed in double quotation marks and the hyphen included in ISSN searches. |
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K010 (HLAS bi
number)
Searches for catalog records matching a complete or partial HLAS Control Number. When entering HLAS bi numbers, always omit the hyphen. If the portion of the LCCN following the hyphen is less than 6 characters, always add leading zeros to make it 6 characters in length. |
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Retrieves: one catalog record with HLAS bi2001002251. | |
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Retrieves: one catalog record with the HLAS bi98-1131.
Note the exclusion of the hyphen and two extra zeros added before "1131." |
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KISN (International
Standard Numbers)
Searches for either International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) or International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN). Because ISBN and 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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Retrieves: the catalog record for the serial publication with
the ISSN 0264-3421, "Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology:
Biotechnology," along with its predecessor and successor titles.
Note: for ISSNs, always include the hyphen and enclose the search string in quotation marks. |
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Retrieves: the catalog record with the ISBN 0-8153-1174-5, "As
you like it, from 1600 to the present."
Note: for ISBNs, always omit all hyphens and spaces. It is not necessary to enclose the search statement in quotations. |
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KISS (ISSN: All)
Searches for International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) only. 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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Retrieves: the catalog record with the ISSN 0899-5362 for the
title "Journal of African Earth Sciences."
Note: for ISSNs, always include the hyphen and enclose the search string in quotation marks (" "). |
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KISB (ISBN: All)
Searches for International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) numbers only. For ISBNs, always omit all hyphens and spaces. It is not necessary to enclose the search statement in quotation marks.
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Retrieves: the catalog record with the ISBN 0-3335-5618-6 for "Détente
in Asia?"
Note: because ISBN and 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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K043 (Geographic Area Code)
Searches for bibliographic records containing USMARC geographic area codes (GAC) for geographic areas associated with the subject of the work. The USMARC Code List for Geographic Areas is available online. |
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Retrieves: up to the maximum of 10,000 catalog records for materials relating to Peru (in this case, approximately 3,000 records). | |
Combined Searches
Combine any of the above commands in order to refine your search results. Note: It is no longer necessary to capitalize AND, OR, NOT when combining commands. |
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Retrieves: over 10 catalog records for materials having the word technology in a title field and ISSNs beginning with the number 0264. | |
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Retrieves: over 10 catalog records for materials with ISBNs beginning with 08153 about "Shakespeare." | |
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Retrieves: Retrieves over 560 records relating to peru including
records relating to:
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Index types: Names - Subjects - Titles - Notes - Publication
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