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Personal Name

Find the fields, subfields, notes, and product availability for the Personal Name word (pn:), phrase (pn=), and whole phrase (pnw=) indexes.

 Note: Visit Types of searches for more information on searching the index types defined on this page.

This index searches for all people who have participated in the creation of the item, including sponsors, editors, directors, actors, illustrators, and many other roles.

Word (pn:)

Connexion

Label pn:
Search? Yes
Browse? Yes
Examples
  • pn:shamu
  • pn:lemaire
  • pn:brooks and yr:1949
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-e q u
  • 700 a-e j q u
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Supports non-Latin script searches.
  • There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
  • Scan index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then click Search (example: sca pn:shamu). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).

FirstSearch and Collection Manager query collections

Label pn:
Search? Yes
Browse? Yes
Examples
  • pn:shamu
  • pn:lemaire
  • pn:brooks and yr:1949
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-e q u
  • 700 a-e j q u
Qualifier index? No
Notes

WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery

Label pn:
Search? Yes
Browse? ---
Examples
  • pn:shamu
  • pn:lemaire
  • pn:brooks AND yr:1949
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-e q u
  • 700 a-e j q u
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Supports non-Latin script searches.
  • There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
  • Only available for expert searching.
  • Contains data from your local bibliographic data records.

WorldCat.org

Label pn:
Search? Yes
Browse? ---
Examples
  • pn:shamu
  • pn:lemaire
  • pn:brooks AND yr:1949
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-e q u
  • 700 a-e j q u
Qualifier index? No
Notes

Phrase (pn=)

Connexion

Label pn=
Search? Yes
Browse? Yes
Examples
  • pn=sitting bull
  • pn=lemaire, gerard-georges
  • pn=brooks, gwendolyn
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-d q
  • 700 a-d j q
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Put the last name first with the first comma retained.
  • Supports non-Latin script searches.
  • There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
  • In Connexion, scan index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then click Search (example: sca pn=sitting bull). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).
  • Contains data from your local bibliographic data records in WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery.
  • Phrase searches do not support truncation (e.g., OCLC-Eas*).

FirstSearch and Collection Manager query collections

Label pn=
Search? Yes
Browse? Yes
Examples
  • pn=sitting bull
  • pn=lemaire, gerard-georges
  • pn=brooks, gwendolyn
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-d q
  • 700 a-d j q
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Put the last name first with the first comma retained.
  • Supports non-Latin script searches.
  • There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
  • In Connexion, scan index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then click Search (example: sca pn=sitting bull). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).
  • Contains data from your local bibliographic data records in WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery.

WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery

Label pn=
Search? Yes
Browse? ---
Examples
  • pn=sitting bull
  • pn=lemaire, gerard-georges
  • pn=brooks, gwendolyn
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-d q
  • 700 a-d j q
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Put the last name first with the first comma retained.
  • Supports non-Latin script searches.
  • There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
  • In Connexion, scan index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then click Search (example: sca pn=sitting bull). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).
  • Contains data from your local bibliographic data records in WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery.

WorldCat.org

Label pn=
Search? Yes
Browse? ---
Examples
  • pn=sitting bull
  • pn=lemaire, gerard-georges
  • pn=brooks, gwendolyn
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-d q
  • 700 a-d j q
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Put the last name first with the first comma retained.
  • Supports non-Latin script searches.
  • There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
  • In Connexion, scan index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then click Search (example: sca pn=sitting bull). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).
  • Contains data from your local bibliographic data records in WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery.

Whole phrase (pnw=)

Connexion

Label pnw=
Search? Yes
Browse? Yes
Examples
  • pnw=brooks, gwendolyn 1917-
  • pnw=james, henry 1843-1916
Fields/Subfields
  • 100 a-d j q
  • 700 a-d j q
Qualifier index? No
Notes
  • Supports non-Latin script searches.
  • There are no stopwords recognized by this search index.
  • Scan index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then click Search (example: sca pnw=brooks, gwendolyn 1917-). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).

FirstSearch and Collection Manager query collections

Label ---
Search? ---
Browse? ---
Examples ---
Fields/Subfields

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Qualifier index? ---
Notes ---

WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery

Label ---
Search? ---
Browse? Yes (WorldShare Record Manager only)
Examples ---
Fields/Subfields

---

Qualifier index? ---
Notes ---

WorldCat.org

Label ---
Search? ---
Browse? ---
Examples ---
Fields/Subfields

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Qualifier index? ---
Notes ---