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General Science Index
Revised 11/15/2006
Database name: GenSciIndex
Short database name: GSCN
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server
Why select this database?
- General Science Index covers everything from supernovas to marine pollution
and is the ideal source for researchers seeking information on a variety of scientific
topics.
- It indexes leading journals and magazines from the United States and Great
Britain.
- It describes biographical sketches, symposia, conferences, review articles,
selected letters to the editor, special issues of journals published as supplementary
issues, review issues, laboratory guides, and book reviews.
- It is produced by The H.W. Wilson Company.
| Subjects included |
| anthropology |
archaeology |
astronomy |
atmospheric science |
| biology |
botany |
chemistry |
computers |
| conservation |
earth science |
environment |
food |
| health |
medicine |
nutrition |
physics |
| physiology |
space |
zoology |
|
Coverage/update frequency
Covers May 1984 to the present.
New records are added weekly.
Record display information
List of FirstSearch fields for General Science Index and the MARC fields to which they correspond:
| Field Name |
MARC field(s) |
| Date |
008/<date> |
| Standard SICI Code |
024/a |
| Accession Number |
035/a |
| Cataloging Source |
040/a,c |
| Text of Summary Language Code |
041/b |
| Text of Original Language Code |
041/h |
| Author |
100/a-e,q,t |
| Corporate Author |
110/a-d,n,t |
| Uniform Title, M.E. |
130/a,t |
| Uniform Title |
240/a |
| Translated Title |
242/a,y |
| Title Statement |
245/a,b,c,h,n,p |
| Augmented Title |
246/a |
| Text "Augmented Title:" |
246/i |
| Edition Statement |
250/a,b |
| Imprint |
260/a,b,c |
| Physical Details |
300/b |
| Title Series Note |
440/a,x,v |
| General Note |
500/a |
| Dissertation Note |
502/a |
| Bibliography Note |
504/a |
| Formatted Contents Note |
505/a |
Type of Computer or Data Note |
516/a |
| Original Version Note |
534/n,p |
| Funding Information Note |
536/a-d |
| Language Text |
546/a |
| Complexity Note |
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,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 |
| Index Term, Genre/Form |
655/a,2 |
Added Entry, Personal Name |
700/a-e,q,t |
Added Entry, Corporate Name |
710/a-d,g,n,t |
| Added Entry, Uniform Title |
730/a,g |
| Title Cross Reference |
740/a |
| Host Item Entry (analytic information) |
773/a,b,d,s,w,z |
| Country of Publication |
773/c |
| Citation |
773/g |
| Peer-reviewed Journal |
773/m |
| Abbreviated Title of Source |
773/p |
| Host Item Title |
773/t |
| Host Item ISSN |
773/x |
| Publisher/Distributor of Reviewed Book |
779/d |
| Availability/Price of Reviewed Book |
779/f |
| Publication Date of Reviewed Book |
779/g |
| Language of Text of Book Being Reviewed |
779/l |
| ISBN for Book Being Reviewed |
779/z |
| Authors of Books Being Reviewed |
790/a-e,q,t |
| 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 |
| OCLC DAA (Direct Article Access) |
856/x |
Type of Computer or Data Note |
516/a |
| Materials Specified (e.g. Cover Art, Local Ownership Info) |
856/3 |
| 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 |
| Supplement |
949/d |
| Date |
949/e |
| First Page Number |
949/f |
| Marketing Defined Date |
949/g |
| Article Contents |
949/l |
| OCLC Display Type |
949/x |
| SIC Code |
960/d |
| Record Type Description |
960/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.
- 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 |
5110 |
2 |
Includes fields in the following indexes:
Source Phrase
Subject
Title
|
Keyword All
(new index beginning 12/16/2001) |
Any |
1016
|
2 |
Includes fields in the following indexes:
Author
Source Phrase
Subject
Title
|
| Author (au, au=) |
Author-name |
1003 |
1, 2, 101 |
100/a,b,c,d,e,q
110/a,b,c,d,n
700/a,b,c,d,e,q
710/a,b,c,d,g,n
773/a
790/a,b,c,d,e,q |
| Article Type (at=) |
Content-type |
1034 |
1 |
949/L |
| Corporate Author (co=) |
Author-name-corporate |
1005 |
1 |
110/a,b,c,d
710/a,b,c,d,n |
| Descriptors (de) |
OCLC Defined |
5650 |
2 |
650/a,x,y,z |
| First Page (pg) |
OCLC Defined |
5006 |
2 |
949/f |
| Geographic Coverage (gc=) |
Name-geographic |
58 |
1 |
600/z
610/z
630/z
650/z
651/a,z |
| Issue (is) |
OCLC Defined |
5004 |
2 |
949/b,d |
| Named Person (na=) |
Subject-name-personal |
1009 |
1 |
600/a,b,c,d,e,q |
| Named Corporation (nc=) |
OCLC Defined |
5610 |
1 |
610/a,b,c,d |
| Publisher (pb) |
Name-publisher |
1018 |
2 |
779/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 |
1 |
773/m |
| Standard Number (sn) |
Identifier-standard |
1007 |
2 |
010/a
015/a
020/a
027/a
050/a,b
074/a
082/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,b,c,d,q,t,x,y,z
610/a,b,c,d,n,t,x,y,z
630/a,d,x,y,z
650/a,x,y,z
651/a,x,y,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
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 |
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 search
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
Article
Book review
Form Review
|
—
art
brv
frv
|
1031 |
1 |
| Limit to Full text |
Limit to full text |
—
Full text |
6002 |
2 |
| Limit to Holdings |
OCLC Institution Symbol |
Enter symbol for OCLC institution |
2 |
56 |
* Both an index and a restrictor.
Note: To find the OCLC symbol for an institution, please see
the online version of OCLC Participating
Institutions.
Sorting
Search results in the General Science 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 ALL searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds
information in these fields: author (100/a,b,c,d,e,q, 110/a,b,c,d,n,
700/a,b,c,d,e,q, 710/a,b,c,d,g,n, 773/a, 790/a,b,c,d,e,q); notes
(500/a, 502/a, 504/a, 505/a, 534/n, 536/a); source (773/t); subject
(600/a,b,c,d,q,t,x,y,z, 610/a,b,c,d,n,t,x,y,z, 630/a,d,x,y,z, 650/a,x,y,z, 651/a,x,y,z,
653/a, 655/a); and title (100/t, 110/t, 130/a,t, 240/a, 242/a, 245/a,b,c,n,p,
246/a, 440/a, 700/t, 710/t, 730/a,g,740/a, 790/t).
Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Record Type (1031),
and Library Holdings (56).
Copyright
General Science Index, copyright the H.W. Wilson Company. All rights reserved.
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