The following are sample rather than actual searches.
index | label | example |
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Keyword | kw: | coffee or tea and house+ (keyword searches, publication year, ISBN, geographic codes, map data, and all the information found in the Author, Title, Notes, and Subject indexes) |
Access Method | am: | www oclc org (or) oclc (omit https:// and use spaces instead of any punctuation or special characters) |
Accession Number | no: | 37993343 (OCLC) |
Action Note | io: | digital master |
Author | au: | saint-arroman (use single quotes around 'le' and other words that are operators; operators supported in FirstSearch: Boolean search operators, parentheses, proximity operators, wildcards; operators included are le, ge, it, gt, n, near, w, with, and, or, not) |
Author Phrase | au= | saint-arroman auguste (use double quotes around exact phrases; omit single quote from 'le' operator when the double quote is used to search for an exact phrase) |
Corporate and Conference Name | cn: | canadian |
Corporate and Conference Name Phrase | cn= | canadian acoustics week |
Country of Publication | cp: | Norway |
Country of Publication Phrase | cp= | Nova Scotia |
Descriptor | de: | voice disorders |
Descriptor Phrase | de= | voice disorders in children |
Dewey Class Edition | d2: | 19 (edition used to assign & Lang.index.dewey;.) |
Dewey Class Number | dd: | 998.900 (index deletes and collapses spaces and punctuation, except periods) |
Genre/Form | ge: | solo piano |
Genre/Form Phrase | ge= | screenplays |
Geographic Coverage | gc: | cape |
Geographic Coverage Phrase | gc= | capetown |
Gov Doc Number | gn: | y4p9610w292 (omit spaces and punctuation) |
ISBN | nb: | 3196311821 or 31-9631-182-1 9780763625894 or 978-0-763625-89-4 (search with or without hyphens) |
ISSN | ns: | 0000-0019 (use hyphens) |
Language Phrase | ln= | kw:coffeehouse* and ln=japanese (browse the index for a complete list of languages) |
Library and Archives Canada Class Number | ca: | sf209.5 (index deletes and collapses spaces and punctuation, except periods) |
Library of Congress Call No. | lc: | hd9000.6 (index deletes and collapses all spaces and punctuation, except periods) |
LC Control Number | nl: | ne64-2560 or ne64002560 or ne642560 or 64-2560 or 64002560 or 642560 (prefixes can be immediately connected to the number or removed; hyphens can be included or removed; the number is searchable as it is stored, with the year and then six digits with leading zeros for unused digits, or as it is often displayed, without zeros) |
Material Type | mt: | vhs |
Material Type Phrase | mt= | vhs tape |
Music Number | mu: | has19832 (concatenates all punctuation and spaces up to a dash or double hyphen) |
Musical Composition | mc: | jazz |
Musical Composition Phrase | mc= | folk music |
Named Corporation and Conference | nc: | world conference on women |
Named Corporation and Conference Phrase | nc= | intel corporation |
Named Person | na: | mandela |
Named Person Phrase | na= | mandela, nelson (last name first with first comma retained) |
Natl Ag Lib Call No | ag: | sf223.w47 (index deletes and collapses spaces and punctuation, except periods) |
NLM Call Number | lm: | hv4915 (index deletes and collapses spaces and punctuation, except periods) |
NLM Call Number Phrase | lm= | hv4915g461999 (index deletes and collapses spaces and punctuation, except periods) |
Notes/Comments | nt: | translation-adaptation |
Personal Name | pn: | lemaire |
Personal Name Phrase | pn= | lemaire, gerard-georges (last name first with or without first comma retained) |
Publisher | pb: | media |
Publisher Phrase | pb= | new star media inc |
Publisher Location | pl: | china |
Report Number | rn: | epa 000275057 (omit punctuation and retain spaces) |
Series Title | se: | emb report |
Series Title Phrase | se= | emb evaluation report |
Standard Number | sn: | 1097461x or 1097-461x 1550463160 or 155-0463-160 9780763625894 or 978-0-763625-89-4 64002560 (for all searches, hyphens can be included in the search or removed; for the LCCN number, only the number used for storage, with the year and then six digits with leading zeros for unused digits, is indexed; many other standard numbers are included in this index) |
Subject | su: | coffee and tea house+ |
Subject Phrase | su= | coffeehouses in art |
Subject All | sa= | medical fees canada (phrase search of complete subject heading with all parts, so "medical fees-canada" is searched as a single phrase) |
Subject Headings, LC | hl: | biography (only subject headings noted as US Library of Congress) |
Subject Headings, LC Phrase | hl= | authors american (only subject headings noted as US Library of Congress) |
Subject Headings, LC Children's Lit | hc: | parties (only subject headings noted as US Library of Congress Children's Literature) |
Subject Headings, LC Children's Lit Phrase | hc= | childrens writing (only subject headings noted as US Library of Congress Children's Literature) |
Subject Headings, MeSH | hm: | optometry (only subject headings noted as MESH/US National Library of Medicine) |
Subject Headings, MeSH Phrase | hm= | vision low (only subject headings noted as MESH/US National Library of Medicine) |
Subject Headings, NAL | ha: | fruit (only subject headings noted as US National Library of Agriculture) |
Subject Headings, NAL Phrase | ha= | fruit trees (only subject headings noted as US National Library of Agriculture) |
Subject Headings, Canadian | he: | photography (only subject headings noted as Canadian National Library in English) |
Subject Headings, Canadian Phrase | he= | landscape photography (only subject headings noted as Canadian National Library in English) |
Subject Headings, RVM | hr: | indiens (only subject headings noted as Repertoire des vedettes-matiere [Canadian National Library in French]) |
Subject Headings, RVM Phrase | hr= | politique sanitaire (only subject headings noted as Repertoire des vedettes-matiere [Canadian National Library in French]) |
Subject Headings, Sears | hs: | legends (only subject headings noted as Sears) |
Subject Headings, Sears Phrase | hs= | jewish legends (only subject headings noted as Sears) |
Subject Headings, Other | ho: | fiction gsafd (includes the MARC codes for the classification type indexed) |
Subject Headings, Other Phrase | ho= | historical fiction |
Title | ti: | music w3 british w3 enlightenment |
Title Phrase | ti= | music theory in the British isles during the enlightenment |
Uniform Title | ut: | bible |
Uniform Title Phrase | ut= | selected poems 1930-1972 |
Unique Serial Title | tk: | renew annual report |
Unique Serial Title Phrase | tk= | service & innovation |
Universal Decimal Class No. | ud: | 101-051 (use periods and hyphens) |
Vendor | vn: | libros |
Year 2 | yy: | 1997 (all unknown digits are searched as 9s; however, if all four digits are unknown, they are searched as 0000) |
Refine your results by combining these labels with your search terms:
refine by | label | example | ||
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DLC restrictor | dl: | ti:anything and dl:y | ||
Document type1 | bks (books) | mix (mixed material) | dt= | (history and dt=map) |
com (computer) | rec (recordings) | |||
map (maps) | sco (scores) | |||
vis (visual media) | ser (serials) | |||
url (internet resource) | art (articles) | |||
int (continually updated resource) | ||||
Language2 | ln= | ln=spa or ln=spanish | ||
Library holdings3 | li= | li=ocl | ||
Material type4 | mt: or mt= | history and mt=juvenile history and mt=microform |
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Number of libraries5 | cg: | history and cg:31- | ||
Year(s) of publication | yr: | yr:1996-1998 |
1 Use this limit only in combination with another search statement.
2 Valid values for the language limiter include both the MARC three-letter language code and the English spelling of a language. For example, Spanish can be searched using ln=spa or ln=spanish. Browse the index for a complete list of languages.
3 For a list of library symbols, see the Directory of OCLC members.
4 A number of specific searches are available with the material type index can make an excellent method for limiting records. For a complete list of material type indexes see Material types.
5 For a complete list of codes for the Number of Libraries index, see Number of library holdings.
You may enter derived key searches with or without the index label.
Omit the following:
Include the following:
Hints:
Use a circumflex (^) to make the search precise. For a name with only two words, enter a circumflex in the third segment.
Example: To search for Harvey, Henry enter harv,hen,^.
If a personal name begins with Mc or Mac followed by an uppercase letter, enter the m and omit the c or ac.
Example: To search for MacDonald, Marion B. enter mdon,mar,b.
If a personal name begins with Mc or Mac followed by a lowercase letter, enter the name as is.
Example: To search for MacDonald, Marion B. enter mdon,mar,b.>
Enter corporate names beginning with Mc or Mac as they appear, whether or not the following letter is upper- or lowercase
Example: To search for McDpmme; Aircraft enter =mcdo,air,^.
index label | format | examples | |
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Derived title (td:) Note: Do not include subtitles in derived title searches. |
3,2,2,1 | Realism in Modern Literature The Complete Circuit Training Guide I Believe in Unicorns Roots Miracle on 34th Street Canterbury Tales: |
rea,in,mo,l com,ci,tr,g i,be,in,u roo,,, mir,on,34,s can,ta,, |
Derived personal name (pd:) | 4,3,1 | Becker, George Joseph Sobey, Edwin J. C. cummings, e. e. De Groot, Adriaan Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth |
beck,geo,j sobe,edw,j cumm,e,e degr,adr, kubl,eli, |
Derived corporate name (cd:) | =4,3,1 | Hershey Foods Corporation American Rock Garden Society Adrian College Symposium on a New International Order |
=hers,foo,c =rock,gar,s =adri,col, =new,int,o |
Derived name/title (nd:) | 4,4 | Hailey Hotel Clarke 2001: a space odyssey |
hail,hote clar,2001 |
You can limit or qualify the results of your derived key search using the qualifier labels and associated qualifiers shown in the table below. You may use a maximum of four qualifiers, but you may use only one qualifier of each type.
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yr | Year(s) of publication
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mt | Microform or not microform
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dl | Cataloging Source
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These examples illustrate how to use multiple qualifiers to search for works by author James A. Mitchner.
Qualifier type | with slash | with qualifier label |
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Type of material (mt) | mich,jam,a/bks | pd:mich,jam,a and mt:bks |
Year(s) of publication (yr) | mitch,jam,a/1953 | pd:mich,jam,a and yr:1953 |
Microform (mt) | mich,jam,a/mf | pd:mich,jam,a and mt:mic |
Cataloging source, Library of Congress/Program for Cooperative Cataloging (dl) | mitch,jam,a/dlc | pd:mich,jam,a and dl:y |
index | label | examples/notes |
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Local Holdings - Your holdings | L7: | ti:libraries and L7:yes Yes is the only valid search; limits results to records with local holdings information. |
Local Holdings - State or province (name or abbreviation) | L2= | ti:libraries and L2="or" ti:libraries and L2=Oregon Limits the results to records with local holdings held by an institution in a state, province or area. |
Local Holdings - City | L3= | ti:libraries and L3="columbus oh" Limits the results to records with local holdings held by an institution in a specific city and state, province, or area. |
Local Holdings - OCLC institution symbol | L4: | ti:libraries and L4:ocl Limits the results to records with local holdings held by an institution's symbol. |
Local Holdings - OCLC group symbol | L5: | ti:libraries and L5:oglu Limits the results to records with local holdings held by members of profiled GAC and/or UL groups. |