Abstract & revision notes

Searching WorldCat Indexes

Abstract

Description, guidelines, and examples for each WorldCat search index, including fields and subfields indexed. Also lists fields and subfields indexed in tag order with indexes that cover each. Gives two index check lists: one in alphabetical order, noting indexes that are browsable as well as searchable, and the other in groups based on the kind of data you might use to search, such as name indexes, title indexes. Also describes types of WorldCat searches and how to combine and qualify searches. For users of OCLC Connexion, CatExpress, and WorldCat in FirstSearch and Resource Sharing.

Revision history

Revised: June 2008

Revision History
Date	Description	Scope
June 2008	2 WorldCat index descriptions	Added new indexes: Access restrictions (rs: and rs=) and Language of cataloging description (ll:) Added 852 ‡u to the list of fields and subfields indexed for the Access method index (am: and am=) to be used for indexing institution records only Added 034 ‡z and 506 ‡a ‡f to the list of fields and subfields indexed for the Keyword index (kw:) Musical composition indexes (mc: and mc=) will include the IAML list of codes when OCLC adds the codes in late 2008. See www.iaml.info/activites/cataloguing/unimarc/forms Added 506 ‡a ‡f to the list of fields and subfields indexed for the Notes index (nt:). Added 024 ‡z to the list of fields and subfields indexed for the Standard number index (sn: and sn=).

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