Government Document Number

Find the fields, subfields, notes, and product availability for the Government Document Number number (gn:) index.

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Number (gn:)

Connexion

Label gn:
Search? Yes
Browse? Yes
Examples To search for NAS 1.2:SP1/46 — gn:nas12sp146
Fields/Subfields
  • 074 a
  • 086 a z
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Enter all numbers and letters.
  • Omit punctuation.
  • Omit spaces.
  • Scan an index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then clicking Search (example: sca gn:nas12sp146). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).

FirstSearch and Collection Manager query collections

Label gn:
Search? Yes
Browse? Yes
Examples To search for NAS 1.2:SP1/46 — gn:nas12sp146
Fields/Subfields
  • 074 a
  • 086 a z
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Enter all numbers and letters.
  • Omit punctuation.
  • Omit spaces.

WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery

Label gn:
Search? Yes
Browse? ---
Examples To search for NAS 1.2:SP1/46 — gn:nas12sp146
Fields/Subfields
  • 074 a
  • 086 a z
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Enter all numbers and letters.
  • Omit punctuation.
  • Omit spaces.
  • Index label not required.

WorldCat.org

Label gn:
Search? Yes
Browse? ---
Examples To search for NAS 1.2:SP1/46 — gn:nas12sp146
Fields/Subfields
  • 074 a
  • 086 a z
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Enter all numbers and letters.
  • Omit punctuation.
  • Omit spaces.