Date of Sale (SCIPIO-specific)

Find the fields, subfields, notes, and product availability for the Date of Sale (SCIPIO-specific) word (ds:) index.

SCIPIO-specific indexes are limited to only SCIPIO records (042 includes scipio).

	Connexion	FirstSearch and Collection Manager query collections	WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery
Label	ds:
Search?	Yes	Yes	Yes (WorldCat Discovery only)
Browse?	Yes	Yes	---
Examples	ds:01312017 ds:012017 ds:01312017-02142017 ds:012017-022017 ds:2016-2017
Fields/Subfields	033 a
Qualifier index?	No
Notes	SCIPIO indexes are only available in FirstSearch from the SCIPIO database. To search for a specific date, enter in the format mmddyyyy. Note: Also retrieves records with date of sale expressed as a range that includes the specific date. To search for any day within a month, enter in the format mmyyyy. To search for any date within a year, enter in the format yyyy. Note: The asterisk truncation symbol () tells the system to search for the specific year and retrieve all records for sale dates within that year. To search for any date within two or more years, enter in the format yyyy-yyyy. To search for any date within two or more known months, enter in the format mmyyyy-mmyyyy. To search for any date within two or more known dates, enter in the format mmddyyyy-mmddyyyy. In Connexion, 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 ds:01312017). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).