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Biography Index

Revised 9/11/2006

Database name: BiographyInd
Short database name:  WBIO
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • Biography Index covers biographical information from more than 3,000 English-language periodicals for all subject areas covered by H.W. Wilson indexes and abstracts.
  • It indexes articles and books, autobiographies, bibliographies, biographies, critical studies, fiction, drama, pictorial works, poetry, juvenile literature, obituaries, journals, collections of letters, book reviews, and interviews.
  • Each record contains a bibliographic citation and library holdings.
  • It is produced by The H.W. Wilson Company.
Subjects included
Biographies and autobiographies Bibliographies Critical studies
Fiction and drama Pictorial works Juvenile literature
Obituaries Journals Collections of letters, book reviews and interviews

Coverage/update frequency

Covers July 1984 to the present.
New records are added weekly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Biography Index and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Dates 008/<date>
LC Card Control Number 010/a
National Bibliographical Number 015/a
ISBN 020/a
Standard SICI Code 024/a
Standard Technical Report Number 027/a
Accession Number 035/a
Cataloging Source 040/a,c,d
Text of Summary Language Code 041/b
Text of Original Language Code 041/h
LC Call Number 050/a,b
Dewey Number 082/a
Government Document Classification Number 086/a
Author 100/a-e,q,t
Corporate Author 110/a-d,n,t
Uniform Title-M.E. 130/a
Uniform Title 240/a
Translated Title 242/a
Title Statement 245/a,b,c,h,n,p
Augmented Title 246/a,i
Edition Statement 250/a,b
Imprint 260/a,b,c
Physical Description 960/p
300/a,b
Title Series Note 440/a,v,x
General Note 500/a
Dissertation Note 502,a
Bibliography Note 504/a
Formatted Contents Note 505/a
Abstract 520/a
Target Audience 521/a
Original Version Note 534/n,p
Language 546/a
Continuation Text 580/a
Subject Added Entry, Personal Name 600/a,b,c,d,q,t,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Corporate Name 610/a,b,c,d,n,t,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Uniform Title 630/a,d,t,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Topical 650/a,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Geographic 651/a,x,y,z
Index term, Uncontrolled 653/a
Genre Heading 655/a,2
Added Entry, Personal Name 700/a,b,c,d,e,q,t
Added Entry, Corporate Name 710/a-e,g,n,t
Added Entry, Uniform Title 730/a,g
Title Cross Reference 740/a
Country of Publication 773/c
Host Item Entry (Source) 773/g
Reviewed Journal 773/m
Journal Abbreviated Title 773/p
Source Title 773/t
ISSN 773/x
Instructions 856/i
Full Text Format (e.g. ASCI, PDF) 856/q
URL Link to External Website or Link to Full Text Article (Direct Article Access) 856/u
Note (e.g. OCLC Direct Article Access, size) 856/x
Materials Specified (e.g. Cover Art, Local Ownership Info) 856/3
Database from which Full Text Article is Accessed 856/8
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 Number 949/c
Supplement 949/d
Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Article Contents 949/l
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
SIC Code 960/d
Record Type, Description 960/g
Intended Audience 960/t

Indexes

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

  1. For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
  2. Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
  3. 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 1016 2 Includes fields in the following indexes:

Notes
Source (phrase)
Subject
Title

Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2 100/a-e,q
110/a-d,n
700/a-e,q
710/a-d,g,n
773/a
Corporate Author (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 110/a-d
710/a-d,n
Dewey Decimal Call No. (dd) Classification-Dewey 13 2 082/a
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a,x-z
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Intended Audience (ia=) OCLC Defined 5046 1 960/t
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b,d
Library of Congress Call No. (lc) Classification-LC 16 2 050/a,b
Monograph Record No. (mr) OCLC Defined 5044 2 035/a
773/w
Named Person (na=) Subject-name-personal 1009 1 600/a-e,q
Number of Library, LCCN (nl) Control number-LC 9 2 010/a
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Notes (nt) Note 63 2 500/a
502/a
504/a
505/a
534/n
536/a
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 779/d
260/b
773/d
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e,g
Place of Publication (pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 773/c
Record Type (rt=) Material-type 1031 1 960/g
Reviewed Journal (rj=) OCLC Defined 5949 2 773/m
Standard Number (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 010/a
015/a
020/a
027/a
074/a
086/a
088/a
440/x.
773/x,z
779/z
Source (so) Title-host-item 1033 2 773/p,t
Source (so=) Title-host-item 1033 1 773/t
Subject (su, su=) Subject 21 1, 2 600/a-d,q,t,x-z
610/a-d,n,t,x-z
630/a,d,x-z
650/a,x-z
651/a,x-z
653/a
655/a
Title (ti) Title 4 2 100/t
110/t
130/a,t
240/a
242/a
245/a,b,c,n,p
246/a
440/a,v
700/t
710/t
730/a,g
740/a
790/t
Title (ti=) Title 4 1 130/a
245/a
246/a
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr)* Date-publication 31 2 008/<date>
ISSN (ns) OCLC Defined 6005 2 773/x

*Also 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
Year All years
Single year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx		 31 5
Record Type All
Analytic
Article
Monograph		 --
ana
art
mon		 1031 1
Intended Audience All
Juvenile		 --
juvenile		 5046 1
Limited to Full Text Limit to full text —
full text		 6002 2
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC Institution 56 2

Sorting

Search results in the Biography Index database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title (4), 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 searches (1016): The Keyword search finds information in these fields: Notes (500/a, 502/a, 504/a, 505/a, 534/n, 536/a);  Source (773/t); Subject (600/a-d,q,t,x-z, 610/a-d,n,t,x-z, 630/a,d,x-z, 650/a,x-z, 651/a,x-z, 653/a, 655/a); and Title (100/t, 110/t, 130/a,t, 240/a, 242/a, 245/a-c,n,p, 246/a, 440/a,v, 700/t,710/t, 730/a,g, 740/a,  790/t).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Intended Audience (5046) and Record Type (1031).

Copyright

Biography Index, copyright the H.W. Wilson Company. All rights reserved.