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FRANCIS

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

Note: This database contains records from 1984 to the present.

Why select this database?

  • Indexes multilingual information published in over 4,300 journals
  • Provides abstracts for 80 percent of its records since 2000
  • Provides in-depth coverage of humanities and social sciences
Subjects included
archaeology history of science and technology prehistory
art history information science psychology
ethnology linguistics religion
French literature management sociology
geography philosophy  

Note: The full FRANCIS database is available on FirstSearch by subscription only.

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1984 to the present.
New records are added monthly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for FRANCIS and the MARC fields to which they correspond.

Bibliographic Records MARC Fields

Field Name MARC Field(s)
Date 008/<date>
ISBN 020/a
ISSN 022/a
SICI 024/a
CODEN Designation 030/a
Unique Identifier 035/a
Subject Category Code 072/a,2
Report Number 088/a
Author 100/a,c
Author Role 100/e
Author Affiliation 100/u
Translated Title 242/a
Title 245/a
Edition Statement 250/a
Place of Publication, Publisher, Year 260/a,b,c
Physical Description 300/a,b
Series Statement 440/a
General Notes 500/a
Dissertation Note 502/a
Cited Reference 504/a
Scale Note for Graphic Material 507/a
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Descriptor 650/a
Geographic 651/a
Identifier 653/a
Descriptor (French) 693/1
Descriptor (German) 693/2
Descriptor (Spanish) 693/3
Geographic (French) 694/1
Geographic (German) 694/2
Geographic (Spanish) 694/3
Subsequent Author 700/a,c
Subsequent Author Role 700/e
Subsequent Author Affiliation 700/u
Corporate Author 710/a,b,g
Corporate Author Role 710/e
ConferenceInforma6tion 711/a,c,d,n
Other Title 740/a
Place, Publisher, Date of Publication 773/d
Serial Information 773/g
Special Issue Title 773/n
Abbreviated Serial title 773/p
Serial Title 773/t
ISSN 773/x
CODEN Designation 773/y
ISBN 773/z
Parent Book Information 799/a,e,i,j,t,5
Parent Book Publisher Information 799/d
Chapter Pagination 799/g
Parent Book Series title 799/k
Parent Book ISSN 799/x
Parent Book CODEN Designation 799/y
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 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
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.

Source of Data 904/p
Non-English (languages) 917/j
Other (languages) 917/L
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
Publication Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Publication Date 949/g
Document Type 949/i
Marketing Defined Julian Day 949/j
Publication Type 949/L
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
Copyright statement 949/y
Date Produced/Date of Entry 953/b
Language of Abstract/Summary 961/i
Limit to Library Holdings 995/a

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. These are grouped by the type of record retrieved.

Bibliographic Record Indexes

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any 5110 2 242/a
245/a
440/a
500/a
502/a
504/a
507/a
520/a
546/a
650/a
651/a
693/1,2,3
694/1,2,3
740/a
773/n,p,t
799/k,t
Keyword All (ka) Any 1016 2 100/a
242/a
245/a
440/a
500/a
502/a
504/a
507/a
520/a
546/a
650/a
651/a
693/1,2,3
694/1,2,3
700/a
710/a
711/a,c,d,n
740/a
773/n,p,t
799/a,i,k,t
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Accession Number (no) Control number local 12 2 035/a
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2,101 100/a
700/a
710/a
711/a,c,d,n
799/a,i
Conference Name (cn, cn=) Author-name-conference 1006 1, 2 711/a,c,d,n
Corporate Author Phrase (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 710/a
799/i
Descriptor (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a
693/1,2,3
Database Name (ds=) OCLC Defined 5988 1, 904/p
Document Type (dt=) Code-record-type 1001 1 949/i
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Geographic Name Phrase (gc=) Name-geographic 58 1 651/a
694/1,2,3
Identifier (id) Subject local 29 2 653/a
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b
Journal Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1, 2 773/t
Language (ln=) Code-language 54 1 546/a
917/j, L
Notes (nt) Note 63 2 500/a
502/a
504/a
507/a
546/a
Personal Author (pn, pn=) Author-name-personal 1004 1, 2 100/a
700/a
799/a
Place of Publication(pl) Place of Publication 59 2 260/a
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e
008
Publication Type Phrase (pt=) OCLC Defined 5273 1 949/i
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 260/b
773/d
799/d
Standard Numbers (sn, sn=) Identifier-standard 1007 1,2 020/a
022/a
030/a
088/a
773/x,y,z
799/x,y,z
Subject (su, su=) Subject 21 1, 2 650/a
651/a
693/1,2,3
694/1,2,3
Title (ti,ti=) Title 4 1,2 242/a
245/a
440/a
740/a
773/n,p,t
799/k,t
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 4, 5 008<date>

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
Document Type Phrase* No Limit
Article
Book
Chapter
Map
--
Article
Book
Chapter
Map
1001 1
Language * No Limit
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Non-English
Other
--
english
french
german
italian
spanish
non-english
other
54 1
Limit to Full Text Limit to full text
fulltext
2 6002
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 56 2
Year* All years
Single year
Range of years
--
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx
31 4, 5

* Document Type Phrase, Year and Language are both indexes and restrictors.

Note: To find the OCLC symbol for an institution, please see the online version of Find an OCLC Library.

Sorting

Search results in the FRANCIS database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title (4),  Source (1033) and 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: Abstract (520/a), Author (100/a, 700/a, 710/a, 711/acdn, 799/ai), Notes (500/a, 502/a, 504/a, 507/a, 546/a), Source (773/t), Subject (650/a, 651/a, 693/123, 694/123), Title (242/a, 245/a, 440/a, 740/a, 773/npt, 799/kt). Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Language (54) and Holdings (56). OCLC also uses the Document Type index (1001) as a limiter. 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

© 2008 FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Sciences) is the copyrighted product of the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS). Users of FRANCIS may reproduce a single copy of any records retrieved online, provided such copy is used solely for private study, scholarship, research or information. Under no circumstances may users store any records electronically for the purposes of resale, redistribution, or performing ongoing searching.