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PAIS International

Revised 1/24/2005

Database access name: PAIS
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and FirstSearch Production Server

Why select this database?

  • PAIS International provides selective subject and bibliographic access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries.
  • Contains more than 480,000 records, each with bibliographic information and brief, descriptive abstracts.
  • In addition to English-language items, the database includes materials in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish with English-language abstracts and subject headings.
  • Links to web resources and publisher websites.
Subjects included
administration of justice agriculture, forestry, fishing and agricultural policy banking and public and private finance
business and service sectors culture and religion economic conditions and policy
government health conditions and policy human rights
international relations labor conditions and policy law and ethics
manufacturing and heavy industry media, telecommunications, and information policy military and defense policy
politics population groups, population policy, and demographics science and technology policy
social conditions and policy trade and trade policy transportation and transportation policy

Coverage/update frequency

Coverage of the full online file includes information from PAIS Bulletin, PAIS Foreign Language Index, PAIS International in Print and Directory of Periodicals/Publishers.

This database is updated monthly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for PAIS International  and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Four-digit Year 008/<date>
LC Number 010/a
ISBN 020/a
Standard SICI Code 024/a
PAIS Internal Record Number 035/a
Government Printing Office Stock Number 037/a
Superintendent of Documents Number 086/a
Author/Editor Name 100/a
Role Indicator 100/e
Corporate Author 110/a
Title of Work or Site Name 245/a
Publisher Abbreviation/Name 260/b
Publication Date 260/c
Special Features 300/b
Series Statement 490/a
Volume Number 490/v
ISSN (for series) 490/x
Abstract 520/a
Language (text) 546/a
Descriptors 650/a,x
Subsequent Author/Editor Name 700/a
Role Indicator 700/e
Subsequent Corporate Author 710/a
Collation (for periodical articles) 773/g
Journal Abbreviation 773/p
Journal Name 773/t
ISSN (for periodicals) 773/x
E-ISSN 798/x
Instructions To Get Full Text 856/i
Full Text Format (e.g., ASCII, PDF) 856/q
URL to External Website, E-mail, or Link to Full Text Article (Direct Article Access) 856/u
OCLC DAA (Direct Article Access) 856/x
Date of Citation 856/z
Database from which Full Text Article Is Accessed 856/8
Broad Topics 907/a,x,y
Primary URL 907/s
E-mail 907/u
Institution Type 907/v
Website's Special Features 907/w
Journal Published 907/z
Peer Reviewed Indicator 907/1
Electronic Journal Indicator 907/2
Other Authors 912/f
Publisher Full Name 912/g
Publisher Abbreviation 912/h
Publisher Name* 912/i
Level of Government Indicator 912/l
Journal Abbreviation** 912/m
Journal Name** 912/n
Journal Address** 912/o
ISSN** 912/q
Phone Number(s)** 912/r
Fax Number(s)** 912/s
"See From" Reference(s)** 912/t
Publisher Abbreviation* 912/u
Publisher Address* 912/v
Phone Number(s)* 912/x
Fax Number(s)* 912/y
"See From" Reference(s)* 912/z
Collation (for monographs) 912/0
Publication Type 912/1
Electronic Document Indicator 912/2
SEE Reference** 913/d
SEE Reference* 913/g
"See Also" Reference** 913/e
Library Holdings 948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names.
Volume 949/a
Issue 949/b
Pages 949/c
Supplement 949/d
Publication Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Publication Date 949/g
Document Type (text) 949/i
Display Type 949/x

* In publisher records
** In periodical records

Evaluative content information

856 fields

OCLC has added links to additional content such as cover art, table of contents, summaries and author notes.  These OCLC-created 856 fields include the following subfields:

  • 856/u  URL to additional content
  • 856/i  instructions in URL use
  • 856/q  data type such as "ASCII," "GIF," etc.
  • 856/x  "OCLC EC"
  • 856/3  type of content such as "COVER ART," "TABLE OF CONTENTS," "MORE INFO," or "EXCERPTS"
 

Internet-based access to evaluative content:

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 an OCLC sourced link. The 856/i field contains instructions regarding the URL.

 

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 1016 2 008
010/a
020/a
100/a
110/a
245/a
490/x
520/a
650/a,x
700/a
710/a
773/t,x
798/x
912/q
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Access Method (am) OCLC Defined 5856 2 856/u
907/s,u
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2,101 100/a
110/a
700/a
710/a
Broad Topics (bt, bt=) OCLC Defined 5614 1,2 907/y
Corporate Author (co, co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1,2 110/a
710/a
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1,2 650/a,x
Directory of Journals (dj) OCLC Defined 5056 2 912/m,n
Directory of Publishers (dp) OCLC Defined 5613 2 912/i,u
Document Type (dt=) Code-record-type 1001 1 949/i
Electronic Document (ed) OCLC Defined 5612 2 912/2
Fax Number (fx) OCLC Defined 5057 2 912/s,y
Government Level (gl) OCLC Defined 5058 2 912/L
Government Document Number (gn) Classification-government-publication 50 2 086/a
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b
Language (ln=) Code-language 54 1 546/a
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 912/g,h
Publishing Date (pd) Date-publication 30 2 949/e,g
260/c
First Page Number (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Phone Number (ph) OCLC Defined 5059 2 912/r,x
Series (se) Title-series 5 2 490/a,v
Special Features (sf=) OCLC Defined 5010 1 300/b
Standard Numbers (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 010/a
020/a
490/x
773/x
798/x
912/q
Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1,2 773/p,t
Stock Number (st) Identifier-stock 1028 2 037/a
Subject Headings (su, su=) Subject 21 1,2 650/a,x
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1,2 245/a
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Web Site Special Feature (wf) OCLC Defined 5925 2 907/w
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 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 MARC Tag
Year* All years
Single year
Range of years
--
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx
31 2,4,5 008
Document Type* All
Monograph
Periodical Article
Website
--
monograph
periodical article
website
1001 1 949/i
Language* All
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Various Languages
--
english
french
german
italian
portuguese
spanish
various languages
54 1 546/a
Government Level* All
Local
State or Regional
National
International
--
local
state or regional
national
international
5058 2 912/L
Electronic Document* All
Electronic Document
--
e
5612 2 Undisplayed field with the value of "e."
Government
Document*
All
Government Document
--
yes
5915 2 Undisplayed field with the value of "yes."
Peer Reviewed All
Peer Reviewed
--
yes
5967 2  
Limit to Holdings† OCLC Institution Symbol

Enter symbol for OCLC institution

56 2 948
Limit to Full Text All
Limit to full text
--
fulltext
6002 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 PAIS International database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title (4), Source (1033), and Publishing 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, 110/a, 700/a, 710/a), Title (245/a), Abstract (520/a), Descriptors (650/a,x), and Journal Name (773/t).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31),  Document Type (1001), Language (54), Government Level (5058), Electronic Document (5612), Government Document (5915), Peer Reviewed (5967) and Library Holdings (56). Limit to Full text (6002) is used to limit to full text within a database and/or full text linked from other FirstSearch databases. Full text availability is dependent upon your institution's access arrangements.

Copyright

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