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Business & Management Practices

Revised 2/17/03

Database name: BusManagement
Short database name:  BAMP
Available on: New FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • Business & Management Practices (BaMP) offers online articles about the practical aspects of business management...real-world know-how that focuses on how organizations make and implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change.
  • It includes case studies and "how-to" articles related to management issues such as benchmarking, best practices, business plans, corporate culture, long range planning, quality control, and reengineering.
  • You may search for business concepts, industries, and specific departments within an organization.
  • Business & Management Practices is produced by The Gale Group.
Subjects included
Management issues and business practices including planning, technology, expansion, and resources, with an emphasis on case studies and guidelines

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1995 to the present.
New records are added weekly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Business & Management Practices and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Dates 008/<date>
Standard SICI Code 024/a
OCLC SICI 024/2,3
Accession Number 035/a
Author 100/a
Title 245/a
Graphics 300/b
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Subject Added Entry, Personal Name 600/a
Subject Added Entry, Company Name 610/a
Concept Term 650/a
Trade Name 696/h
Subject Added Entry, Department of Company 696/i
Subject Added Entry, Industry Name 696/j,k
Subject Added Entry, Product Classification 696/l,m,n
Subject Added Entry, Geographic 696/o,p,q
Parent Company 696/r
Author 700/a
Country of Publication 773/c
Journal Publisher Name 773/d
Citation 773/g
Journal Title 773/t
ISSN 773/x
Author Name of Book 790/a
Title of Book 790/t
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
Publication Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Word Count 949/h
Marketing Defined Julian Date 949/j
Article Type 949/l
SICI 949/m,n,s
OCLC Display Type 949/x
Availability 949/z
Journal Type 959/a,b
Record Type 959/c
Journal Abbreviation 959/d
Publication Date 959/e,f
Volume or Issue 959/g
Extended Title 959/h
Full Text 959/i,j
Short Text 959/k
Journal License 959/l
Special Features 959/m
Table of Contents 959/n
Event Location 959/o,p
Product Code 959/q
Geographic Code 959/r
Bibliography 959/s
Full Text 990/a
Online Availability Flag 993/a
Access Key 993/b
Journal ISSN Index 993/c
Fulltext per URL Flag 993/d
Online Availability 994/a
Fulltext 994/b,c,e
Search Rule 994/d
SICI 994/f,g

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 5110 2 Includes fields in the following indexes:

Abstract
Source
Subject
Title
Keyword All
(new index beginning 12/16/2001)
Any 1016 2 Includes fields in the following indexes:

Abstract
Author
Source
Subject
Title
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
959/i
Article Type (at=) Content-type 1034 1 949/L
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2 100/a
700/a
790/a
Cited Reference (cr) Indexed-by 1023 2 959/s
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a
Department of Company (dp=) OCLC Defined 5678 1 696/L
Date Ranking (dr) OCLC Defined 5032 2 949/j
Geographic Coverage (gc=) Name-geographic 58 1 696/o,p,q
Industry Name (in=) OCLC Defined 5679 1 696/j,k
Issue Number (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b
Named Person (na=) Subject-name-personal 1009 1 600/a
Named Corporation (nc=) OCLC Defined 5610 1 610/a
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Parent Company (ultimate) (pa=) OCLC Defined 5680 1 696/r
Product Classification Name & Code (pc=) OCLC Defined 5681 1 696/l,m,n
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e,g
Publisher Location (pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 773/c
Publisher (pb) Publisher 1018 2 773/d
Product Name (pr=) OCLC Defined 5654 1 696/h
Record Type (rt=) Material-type 1031 1 959/a
Special Feature (sf) OCLC Defined 5010 2 300/b
959/m
Standard Number (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 773/x
Journal Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1, 2 773/t
Subject (su, su=) Subject 21 1, 2 600/a
610/a
650/a
696/h-r
Table of Contents (tc) OCLC Defined 5677 2 959/n
Title (ti) Title 4 2 245/a
790/t
959/h
Title (ti=) Title 4 1 245/a
790/t
Text (tx) Body of text 1010 2 959/i
990/a
USA/Non-USA (us=) OCLC Defined 5682 1 959/p
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 2 008/<date>
Availability (zt) OCLC Defined 5990 2 949/z

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
Availability* No Limit
Online
--
online
5990 2
USA/Non-USA* No Limit
USA
Non-USA
--
usa
nonusa
5682 1

* Both an index and a restrictor.

Sorting

Search results in the Business & Management Practices 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 All searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds information in these fields: author (100/a, 700/a, 790/a); abstract (520/a, 959/i); journal source (773/t); subject (600/a, 610/a,  650/a, 696/h-r); and title ( 245/a, 790/t, 959/h).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Department of Company (5678), USA/Non-USA (5682), and Article Type (1034).

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