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Humanities Abstracts
Revised 11/15/2006
Database name: HumanitiesAbs
Short database name: WHUM
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server
Why select this database?
- The Humanities Abstracts database contains abstracts for more than 580 humanities
publications.
- It abstracts feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies,
original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and
television and radio programs.
- It excludes editorials, letters to the editor, news, ephemeral announcements,
cartoons, and advertising.
- Each record contains a bibliographic citation for an article, book review,
or other item in a journal and library holdings for the journal title.
- It is produced by The H.W. Wilson Company.
| Subjects included |
| archaeology |
art |
classics |
| film |
folklore |
food |
| journalism |
linguistics |
music |
| performing arts |
philosophy |
religion |
| space |
world history |
world literature |
Coverage/update frequency
Covers January 1984 to the present with abstracts starting in March 1994.
New records are added weekly.
Record display information
List of FirstSearch fields for Humanities Abstracts and the MARC fields to which they correspond:
| Field Name |
MARC field(s) |
| Dates |
008/<date> |
| SICI |
024/a,2,3 |
| 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 |
| Title Statement |
245/a-c,h,n,p |
| Augmented Title |
246/a |
| Label "Augmented Title:" |
246/i |
| Edition Statement |
250/a,b |
| Imprint |
260/a-c |
| Physical Description |
300/b |
| Title Series Note |
440/a,v |
| General Note |
500/a |
| Dissertation Note |
502/a |
| Bibliographic Note |
504/a |
| Formatted Contents Note |
505/a |
| Abstract |
520/a |
| Version Note |
534/n,p |
| Funding Information Note |
536/a-d |
| Language |
546/a |
| Continuation Text |
580/a |
| Subject Added Entry, Personal Name |
600/a-d,q,t,x-z |
| Subject Added Entry, Corporate Name |
610/a-d,n,t,x-z |
| Subject Added Entry, Uniform Title |
630/a,d,t,x-z |
| Subject Added Entry, Topical |
650/a,x-z |
| Subject Added Entry, Geographic |
651/a,x-z |
| Index Term, Uncontrolled |
653/a |
| Genre Heading |
655/a,2 |
| Author |
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 |
| Host Item Entry |
773/g |
| Reviewed Journal Phrase |
773/m |
| Abbreviated Title of Journal |
773/p |
| Journal Title |
773/t |
| Jounal ISSN |
773/x |
| Publisher/Distributor of Reviewed Item |
779/d |
| Availability/Price of Reviewed Item |
779/f |
| Publication Date of Reviewed Item |
779/g |
| Language of Text of Book Being Reviewed |
779/l |
| ISBN for Item Being Reviewed |
779/z |
| Authors of Books Being Reviewed |
790/a-e,q,t |
| Instructions |
856/i |
| Full Text Format (e.g. ASCII, PDF) |
856/q |
| URL Link 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 |
| 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 Record Display Format |
949/x |
| URL for Full Text (PDF Format) |
960/c |
| SIC Code |
960/d |
| Record Type |
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:
Abstract
Source Phrase
Subject
Title
|
Keyword All
(new index beginning 12/16/2001) |
Any |
1016
|
2 |
Includes fields in the following indexes:
Abstract
Author
Source Phrase
Subject
Title
|
| Abstract (ab) |
Abstract |
62 |
2 |
520/a |
| Author (au, au=) |
Author-name |
1003 |
1, 2 |
100/a-e,q
110/a-d,n
700/a-e,q
710/a-d,g,n
773/a
790/a-e,q |
| Article Type (at=) |
Content-type |
1034 |
1 |
949/L |
| Corporate Author (co=) |
Author-name-corporate |
1005 |
1 |
110/a-d
710/a-d,n |
| Descriptors (de, de=) |
OCLC Defined |
5650 |
1, 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 |
| Language (ln=)* |
Code-language |
54 |
1 |
041/b,h
546/a
779/L
|
| Named Person (na=) |
Subject-name-personal |
1009 |
1 |
600/a-e,q |
| Named Corporation (nc=) |
OCLC Defined |
5610 |
1 |
610/a-d |
| Accession Number (no) |
Control number-local |
12 |
2 |
035/a |
| 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/f,g |
| Reviewed Journal Phrase (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-d,q,t,x-z
610/a-d,n,t,x-z
630/a,d,x-z
650/a,x-z
651/a,x-z
653/a
655/a |
| Subject All (sa=) |
OCLC Defined |
5090 |
1 |
Entire field beginning: 600/a
610/a
630/a
650/a
651/a
653/a
655/a |
| Title (ti) |
Title |
4 |
2 |
100/t
110/t
130/a,t
240/a
242/a
245/a-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,t
245/a
246/a |
| Volume (vo) |
OCLC Defined |
5013 |
2 |
949/a |
| Year (yr)* |
Date-publication |
31 |
2 |
008/<date> |
* Also a restrictor.
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 retreive 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 |
| Record Type |
No Limit
Article
Book review
Form review
Literature |
—
art
brv
frv
lit |
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 |
56 |
2 |
* Year and language are both indexes and restrictors.
Sorting
Search results in the Humanities Abstracts 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 |
$ |
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| ' |
(apostrophe) Delete and collapse |
% |
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| . |
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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| <> |
Delete and collapse |
? |
Delete and collapse |
| {} |
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 ALL searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds
information in these fields: abstract (520/a); author (100/a-e,q, 110/a-d,n, 700/a-e,q,
710/a-d,g,n, 773/a, 790/a-e,q); source (773/t); subject
(600/a-d,q,t,x-z, 610/a-d,n,t,x-z, 630/a,d,x-z, 650/a,x-z, 653/a, /a,x-z, 655/a);
and title (100/t, 110/t, 130/a,t, 240/a, 242/a, 245/a-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), Language (54), and Record
Type (1031).
Copyright
Humanities Abstracts, copyright the H.W. Wilson Company. All rights reserved.
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