Alternative Press Index
Revised 2/17/2003
Database Name: AltPressIndex
Short database name: ALTP
Available on: New FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server
Why select this database?
- Highly recommended, comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information.
- Coverage is international and interdisciplinary.
- Provides in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences.
- Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and
magazines.
- Includes selected abstracts from research journals.
| Subjects included |
| anarchism |
democracy |
ecology |
| feminism |
gay and lesbian issues |
indigenous peoples |
| national liberation |
socialism - theory and practice |
|
Coverage/update frequency
- Covers 1991 to the present.
- New records are added quarterly.
Record display information
List of FirstSearch fields for Alternative Press Index and the MARC fields
to which they correspond:
| Field Name |
MARC field(s) |
| Date |
008/<date> |
| Standard SICI Code |
024/a |
| Accession Number |
035/a |
| Author |
100/a
700/a |
| Title Statement |
245/a |
| Remainder of Title |
245/b |
| Physical Details |
300/b |
| General Note |
500/a |
| Abstract-short |
520/a |
| Abstract-long |
520/b |
| Subject Added Entry, Topical |
650/a |
| Citation |
773/g |
| Host Item Entry |
773/t |
| ISSN |
773/x |
| Author(s) of Reviewed Book |
790/a |
| Title of Reviewed Book |
790/t |
| Instructions To Get Full Text |
856/i |
| Full Text Format (e.g., ASCII, PDF) |
856/q |
| URL to External Website or Link to Full Text Article
(Direct Article Access) |
856/u |
| OCLC DAA (Direct Article Access) |
856/x |
| Database from which Full Text Article Is Accessed |
856/8 |
| Journal Subject (journal records only) |
915/3 |
| Publication Frequency (journal records only) |
915/9 |
| Library Holdings |
948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch
Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names. |
| Volume Number |
949/a |
| Issue Number |
949/b |
| Page Numbers |
949/c |
| Date |
949/e |
| First Page Number |
949/f |
| Marketing Standardized Date |
949/g |
| Julian Day |
949/j |
| Article Contents |
949/L |
| OCLC Display Type |
949/x |
| Record Type Description |
960/g |
Subject/Title of Reviewed Material (other than book
reviews)
|
969/i |
| Publisher (journal records only) |
969/r |
| Publisher Address (journal records only) |
969/s |
| Publisher City (journal records only) |
969/t |
| Publisher State (journal records only) |
969/u |
| Publisher Zip Code (journal records only) |
969/v |
| Publisher Country (journal records only) |
969/w |
| Journal Status (journal records only) |
969/x |
| Publication Format (journal records only) |
969/y |
| URL to Publisher Site |
973/e |
Indexes
What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE
attributes that can be used to access them.
- For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
- Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the
SCAN service.
- Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for
scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size
of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine
valid terms and their associated meaning.
FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:
| Index |
Description |
Use Attribute |
Structure Attribute |
Indexed Fields and Subfields |
| Keyword (kw) |
Any |
5110 |
2 |
Includes fields in the following indexes:
Abstract
Notes
Source (phrase)
Subject
Title
|
Keyword All
(new index, beginning 12/16/2001) |
Any |
1016
|
2 |
Includes fields in the following indexes:
Author
Abstract
Notes
Publication Date
Source (phrase)
Standard Number
Subject
Title
Year
|
| Abstract (ab) |
Abstract |
62 |
2 |
520/a,b |
| Access Method (am) |
OCLC Defined |
5856 |
2 |
973/e |
| Accession Number (no) |
Control number-local |
12 |
2 |
035/a |
| Article Type (at, at=) |
Content-type |
1034 |
1,2 |
949/L |
| Author (au, au=) |
Author-name |
1003 |
1, 2, 101 |
100/a
700/a
790/a |
| Descriptors (de, de=) |
OCLC Defined |
5650 |
1, 2 |
650/a |
| Directory of Journals (dj) |
OCLC Defined |
5056 |
2 |
969/p,q |
| Directory of Journals (dj=) |
OCLC Defined |
5056 |
1 |
969/p |
| First Page (pg) |
OCLC Defined |
5006 |
2 |
949/f |
| Issue (is) |
OCLC Defined |
5004 |
2 |
949/b,d |
| Journal Subject (js, js=) |
OCLC Defined |
5657 |
1,2 |
915/3 |
| Notes (nt) |
Note |
63 |
2 |
500/a |
| Place of Publication (pl) |
Name-geographic-place-publication |
59 |
2 |
969/t,u,w |
| Publication Date (pd) |
Date |
30 |
2 |
949/e,g |
| Publisher (pb) |
Name-publisher |
1018 |
2 |
969/r |
| Record Type (rt=)* |
Material-type |
1031 |
1 |
960/g |
| Source (so, so=) |
Title-host-item |
1033 |
1,2 |
773/t |
| Standard Number (sn, sn=) |
Identifier-standard |
1007 |
1,2 |
773/x |
| Subject (su, su=) |
Subject |
21 |
1, 2 |
650/a
915/3
969/i |
| Title (ti, ti=) |
Title |
4 |
1.2 |
245/a,b
790/t
969/p |
| Volume (vo) |
OCLC Defined |
5013 |
2 |
949/a |
| Year (yr)* |
Date-publication |
31 |
4, 5 |
008/<date> |
* Both an index and a restrictor.
Restrictors
The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search.
They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results:
| Restrictor |
Type |
Input |
Use Attribute |
Structure Attribute |
| Article Type Phrase* |
No limit
Biographies
Book Reviews
Film Reviews
Obituaries
|
--
biographies
book reviews
film reviews
obituaries
|
1034 |
1 |
| Record Type Phrase* |
No limit
Article
Journal Record |
--
article
journal record |
1031 |
1 |
| Limit to Full Text |
-- |
full text |
6002 |
2 |
| Limit to Holdings |
OCLC Institution Symbol |
Enter symbol for OCLC institution |
56 |
2 |
| Year * |
No limit
Single year
Range of years |
--
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx |
31 |
5 |
* Both an index and a restrictor.
Note: To find the OCLC symbol for an institution, please see
the online version of OCLC Participating
Institutions.
Sorting
Search results in the Alternative Press Index database can be sorted by Author
(1003), Title (4), Record Type (1031), Source (1033), and Publication Date (30).
General punctuation rules
(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):
| Punctuation |
Rule |
Punctuation |
Rule |
| " |
Delete and collapse |
$ |
Delete and collapse |
| ' |
(apostrophe) Delete and collapse |
% |
Delete and collapse |
| . |
Delete and collapse |
* |
Delete and collapse |
| , |
(comma) Delete and collapse |
+ |
Delete and collapse |
| ; |
Delete and collapse |
> |
Delete and collapse |
| : |
Delete and collapse |
< |
Delete and collapse |
| () |
Delete and collapse |
@ |
Delete and collapse |
| <> |
Delete and collapse |
? |
Delete and collapse |
| {} |
Delete and collapse |
-- |
Delete and collapse |
| [] |
Delete and collapse |
/ |
Substitute a space |
| = |
Delete and collapse |
- |
Retain and index |
| ! |
Delete and collapse |
& |
Retain and index |
| # |
Delete and collapse |
Searching tips
Keyword All searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds information
in these fields: Author (100/a, 700/a, 790/a); Abstract
(520/a,b); Notes (500/a); Publication Date
(949/e,g); Source phrase (773/t); Standard Number (773/x);
Subject (650/a, 915/3, 969/i); Title (245/a,b, 790/t);
and Year (008<Date>).
Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Article Type (1034),
Record Type (1031) and Library Holdings (56).
Copyright
© Copyright
2008
by the Alternative Press Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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