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Philosopher's Index
Revised 1/22/2008
Database access name: PHIL
Available on: FirstSearch Production Server
Why select this database?
- Covers all major fields of philosophy such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, etc., and philosophy of related interdisciplinary fields such as education, history, law and religion.
- Contains citation information and author-written abstracts for journal articles, books, contributions to anthologies, and book reviews, published from 1940 to the present.
- Indexes over 500 journals from more than 40 countries in eight languages.
- Complements the humanities databases in FirstSearch and the rich philosophical resources in WorldCat.
| Subjects included |
| aesthetics |
metaphilosophy |
philosophy of language |
| axiology |
metaphysics |
philosophy of religion |
| epistemology |
philosophy of anthropology |
philosophy of science |
| ethics |
philosophy of education |
political philosophy |
| logic |
philosophy of history |
social philosophy |
Coverage/update frequency
Covers 1940 to the present.
New records are added quarterly.
Record display information
List of FirstSearch fields for Philosopher's Index and the MARC fields to which they
correspond:
| Field Name |
MARC field(s) |
| Date |
008/<date> |
| ISBN |
020/a |
| ISSN |
022/a |
| SICI |
024/a |
| Unique Identifier |
035/a |
| Author |
100/a,e |
| Reviewer Name |
106/a |
| Title |
245/a |
| Place of Publication |
260/a |
| Publisher |
260/b |
| Publication Year |
260/c |
| Series Title |
440/a |
| Series Volume |
440/v |
| Abstract |
520/a |
| Language |
546/a |
| Personal Name as Subject |
600/a |
| Descriptors |
650/a |
| Subsequent Author |
700/a,e |
| Serial Information |
773/g |
| Serial Title Abbreviation |
773/p |
| Serial Title |
773/t |
| ISSN |
773/x |
| ISBN |
773/z |
Publisher Information
(in Book Review records) |
779/d |
| Parent Book Information |
799/a,b,e,h,t |
| Parent Book Series Title |
799/k |
| Parent Book Publisher Information |
799/d |
| Parent Book ISSN |
799/x |
| Parent Book ISBN |
799/z |
| Instructions to Get Full Text |
856/i |
| Full Text Format (e.g., ASCII, PDF) |
856/q |
| URL to External Website or Link to Full |
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 |
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Evaluative content information in web sites:
OCLC-created URLs contained in 856/u fields in full MARC syntax and under the label "Access:" in full SUTRS syntax will allow internet-based access to evaluative content (cover art, summaries, excerpts, author information, etc.) These URLs can be cut and pasted, or programmatically entered, into any browser supported by FirstSearch in order to gain access to the information. The URLs will time out after 7 days so if continued access is desired another search to receive and updated URL will need to be executed. The 856/i field is the indicator for information on the URL; because not all 856/u fields are additional evaluative content, the 856/i should be checked to be certain the 856/u link is truly a OCLC sourced link. The 856/i field contains instructions regarding the URL.
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| Update Code |
905/d |
Language Type
(0 for non-English; 2 for English) |
917/a |
| Library Holdings |
948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch
Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names. |
| Volume |
949/a |
| Issue |
949/b |
| Pagination |
949/c |
| Supplemental Information |
949/d |
| Publication Date |
949/e |
First Page Number
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949/f |
Marketing Defined Publication Date
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949/g |
| Document Type |
949/i |
Display Type
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949/x |
| Source |
996/9 |
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 |
1016 |
2 |
008
020/a
100/a
245/a
440/a
520/a
600/a
650/a
700/a
773/p,t,x,z
799/a,b,k,t,x,z |
| Abstract |
Abstract |
62 |
2 |
520/a |
| Author (au, au=) |
Author-name |
1003 |
1, 2, 101 |
100/a
700/a
799/a,b |
| Descriptor (de, de=) |
OCLC Defined |
5650 |
1, 2 |
650/a |
| Document Type (dt=) |
Code-record-type |
1001 |
1 |
949/i |
| Issue (is) |
OCLC Defined |
5004 |
2 |
949/b |
| Language (ln=) |
OCLC Defined |
54 |
1 |
546/a |
| Named Person (na=) |
Subject-name-personal |
1009 |
1 |
600/a |
| Accession Number (no) |
Control number-local |
12 |
2 |
035/a |
| Publisher (pb) |
Name-publisher |
1018 |
2 |
260/a,b,c
799/d |
| Publication Date (pd) |
Date-publication |
30 |
2 |
949/e,g |
| First Page Number (pg) |
OCLC Defined |
5006 |
2 |
949/f |
| Reviewer (rv, rv=) |
OCLC Defined |
5072 |
1,2 |
100/6 |
| Standard Number (sn, sn=) |
Identifier-standard |
1007 |
1,2 |
020/a
022/a
773/x,z
799/x,z |
| Source (so) |
Title-host-item |
1033 |
2 |
773/p,t
799/t |
| Source (so=) |
Title-host-item |
1033 |
1 |
773/t |
| Subject Headings (su, su=) |
Subject |
21 |
1,2 |
600/a
650/a |
| Title (ti, ti=) |
Title |
4 |
1,2 |
245/a
440/a
799/k |
| Update Code (ud) |
OCLC Defined |
1012 |
2 |
905/d |
| Volume (vo) |
OCLC Defined |
5013 |
2 |
949/a |
| Year (yr:) |
Date-publication |
31 |
2,4,5 |
008 |
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 |
| Language* |
No Limit English
Non-English |
-- english
nonenglish |
54 |
1 |
| Document Type* |
All
Book Review
Contribution
Journal Article
Monograph |
--
book review
contribution
journal article
monograph |
1001 |
1 |
| Limit to Full Text |
limit to full text |
--
fulltext |
6002 |
2 |
| Limit to Holdings† |
OCLC Institution Symbol |
Enter symbol for OCLC institution |
56 |
2 |
* Also used as an index.
† To find the OCLC symbol for an institution, please see
the online version of OCLC Participating
Institutions.
Sorting
Search results in the Philosopher's Index database can be sorted by Author (1003) and 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 |
$ |
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| ' |
(apostrophe) Delete and collapse |
% |
Delete and collapse |
| . |
Delete and collapse |
* |
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| , |
(comma) Delete and collapse |
+ |
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| ; |
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> |
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| : |
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< |
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| () |
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@ |
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| <> |
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? |
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| {} |
Delete and collapse |
-- |
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| [] |
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: Author (100/a; 700/a; 799/a), Title (245/a; 440/a),
Abstract (520/a), Subjects (600/a; 650/a), Journal Name (773/p,t), Standard Number (020/a; 022/a; 773/x,z; 799/x,z) and Year (008).
Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Document Type (1001),
Language (54) and Library Holdings (56). Limit to Full Text (6002) is used to limit to full text from other databases. Full text availability is dependent upon your institution's access arrangements.
Copyright
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