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ATLAS

Revised 10/6/2008

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

Why select this database?

The ATLAS (American Theological Library Association Serials) database is a subset of the ATLA Religion database. It is a full text collection from key journals in religion and theology that are indexed in the ATLA Religion database. There are currently 95 titles in the database.

It covers the period from 1924 to the present. Searching the ATLAS database is a quick and convenient way to retrieve records with links to the full text stored remotely at the publisher's site, plus full text from other sources.

Important access note: The authentication method used to access remote full text at ATLA is browser dependent at this time. The URLs to ATLA in the Z39.50 records currently work with Internet Explorer but not for other browsers such as Netscape. ATLA is investigating a solution that will eventually provide access to the ATLAS full text from additional browsers.

Subjects included
Citations from international titles and multi-author works in and related to the field of religion. Offers expansive coverage of subdisciplines in the fields of theology and religion.   Also covers religious research in related fields such as the following:
Bible archaeology and antiquities pastoral ministry
church history ethics philosophy
ecumenism religious studies theology

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1924 to the present.
New records are added quarterly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for ATLA Religion  and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Date 008/<date>
ISBN 020/a
ISSN 022/a
Invalid ISSN 022/y
Canceled ISSN 022/z
SICI Code 024/a
Accession Number 035/a
Cataloging Source 040/a,b,c
Title Statement 245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
Variant Title 246/a,b,I,n,p
Publication Information 260/a,b,c
Pagination 300/b
Current Publication Frequency 310/a,b
Former Publication Frequency 321/a,b
Enumeration / Chronology 362/a,z
General Notes 500/a,b
Bibliographic, Etc. Note 504/a
Content Notes 505/a
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Issuing Body Note 550/a
Linking Entry Complexity Note 580/a
Local Note 590/a
Subject Added Entry, Personal Name 600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x,y,z,2,4
Subject Added Entry, Corporate Name 610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x,y,z,2
Subject Added Entry, Conference Name 611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x,y,z,1,2
Subject Added Entry, Uniform Title 630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x,y,z,2
Subject Added Entry, Topical Term 650/a-d,e,v,x,y,z,2
Subject Added Entry, Geographic Name 651/a,d,v,x-z
Index Term, Genre/Form
655/a,b,2
Local Subject Added Entry, ATLA Classification Code
690/a
Added Entry, Personal Name 700/a-d,L,p,q,t,x,4
Added Entry, Corporate Name 710/a-d,g,n,p,q,s,t,4
Added Entry, Conference Name 711/a,c,d,e,n,4
Added Entry, Uniform Title 730/a,d,f,k,L,n,p,s
Source 773/g,r,t,x,z,7
Relationship Entry 779/a,b,d,g,h,I,,k,n,t,x,z,7
Preceding Entry
780/t,x,7
Preceding Entry
785/t,x,7
Source 794/g,t,x
Series Added Entry, Uniform Title
830/a,n,p,v,x
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
Materials Specified 856/3
Database from which Full Text Article Is Accessed 856/8
Local Subject Added Entry, Scripture Citations 909/b,c,d,f,h,v
ATLA Record Stream (RIO, IBRR) 909/g
Date (for Issue) 940/a
Language (for Issue) 940/b
ISBN (for Issue) 940/c
Canceled or invalid ISBN (for Issue) 940/d
Title Statement (for Serial or Issue) 940/e,f,g,h,I,j,5
Variant Title (for Serial) 940/k,l,m,o,p,6
Added Entry, Uniform Title (for Serial) 940/q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x
Source (for Issue) 940/y,z
URL (for Issue) 940/1
ATLA Record Stream (for Issue) 940/2
ATLA Product Code (for Issue) 940/3
Update Code (for Issue) 940/4
ATLAS Coverage and Exclusions 946/6,7,8,9
Record Date 947/n
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
Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Document Type 949/i
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
Update Code 953/c
Index Coverage 984/j,k,l,m,n
Full Text (for indexing only) 991/7
System Control Number
997/4
Language Note
997/5
ATLA RDB Title Abbreviations
997/6

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 2 245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
246/a,b,I,n,p
500/a
504/a
505/a,b
520/a
550/a
580/a
590/a
600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-d,e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z
655/a,b,2
690/a
730/a,d,f,k,l,n,p,s
773/t
779/t
780/t
785/t
794/t
909/b,c,v
940/e,k,q
Keyword All Any

1016

2 008
022/a,y,z
245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
246/a,b,I,n,p
500/a
504/a
505/a,b
520/a
550/a
580/a
590/a
600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-d,e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z,2
655/a,b,2
690/a
700/a-d,L,p,q,s,t,x,4
710/a-d,g,n,p,q,t,4
711/a,c,d,e,n,4
730/a,d,f,k,L,n,p,s
773/t,x,z
779/a,t,x,z
780/t,x
785/t,x
794/t,x
830/x
909/b,c,v
940/e,k,q
949/e,g
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2, 101 700/a-d,L,p,q,s,t,x,4
710/a-d,g,n,p,q,t,4
711/a,c,d,e,n,4
779/a
Classification Code (cd, cd=)
Classification-code
5699 1,2 690/a
Conference (cn=) Author-name-conference 1006 1 711/a,c,d,e,n,4
Corporate Name (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 710/a-d,g,n,p,q,t,4
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a-e,v,x-z,2
Document Type (dt=) Code-record-type 1001 1 949/i
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Full Text (tx) Body of text 1010 2 991/7
Genre/Form (ge=) Genre-form 5655 1 600/v
610/v
611/v
630/v
650/v
651/v
655/a,b
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b
Language (ln=) Code-language 54 1 546/a
Named Conference (cf=) OCLC Defined 5611 1 611/a,c,d,e,n,p,t,v,x,y,z,1
Named Corporation (nc=) OCLC Defined 5610 1 610/a,b,c,d,n,p,s,t,v,x,y,z
Named Person (na=) OCLC Defined 1009 1 600/a,b,c,d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x,y,z,2,4
Notes/Comments (nt:) Note 63 2 500/a
504/a
505/a,b
520/a
550/a
580/a
590/a
Place of Publication (pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 260/a
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e,g
Publisher Name (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 260/b
Record Stream (rs) OCLC Defined 5907 2 909/g
Related Record Number (rr) OCLC Defined 5908 2 035/a
773/7
779/7
780/7
785/7
Scripture Citation (sr) OCLC Defined 5909 2 909/b,c,v
Scripture Citation (sr=) OCLC Defined 5909 1 909/f,h
Series (se, se=) Title-series 5 1,2 779/k
830/a,n,p,v,x
Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1,2 773/t
780/t
785/t
794/t
940/e,k,q
Standard Number (sn, sn=) Identifier-standard 1007 1,2 022/a,y,z
773/x,z
779/x
780/x
785/x
794/x
830/x
Subject (su) Subject 21 2 600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,c,e,d,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z,2
655/a,b,2
690/a
909/b,c,v
Subject (su=) Subject 21 1 600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2,4
610/a-d,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
611/a,c,e,d,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2
630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2
650/a-e,v,x-z,2
651/a,d,v,x-z,2
690/a
909/d
Subject All (sa=) OCLC Defined 5090 1 Entire field starting:
600/a
610/a
611/a
630/a
650/a
651/a
655/a
690/a
909/b
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1,2 245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s
246/a,b,I,n,p
730/a,d,f,k,L,n,p,s
Update (ud) Date/time last modified 1012 2 953/c
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr:) Date-publication 31 2,4,5 008

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
Year All years
Single year
Range of years
--
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx
31 2, 4, 5
Document Type All records
Article
Review
Serial
--
article
review
serial
1001 1
Language English
Non-English
english
nonenglish
54 1
Record Stream IBRR
RIO
ibrr
rio
5907 2
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 56 2

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

Sorting

Search results in the ATLAS database can be sorted by Author (1003) and Title (4), Citation Date (30), and Source (1033).

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 (700/a-e,L,p,qs,t,x,4, 710/a-d,g,n,p,q,t,4, 711/a,c,d,e,n,4, 779/a), Source (773/t, 794/t, 780/t, 785/t, 940/e,k,q), Subject Headings (600/a-d,n,p,q,s,t,v,x-z,2, 610/a-d,n,p,s,t,x-z,2, 611/a,c,e,d,n,p,t,v,x-z,1,2, 630/a,d,f,l,n,p,s,t,v,x-z,2, 650/a-e,v,x-z,2, 651/a,d,v,x-z,2, 655/a,b,2, 690/a, 909/b,c,v), Title (245/a,b,c,h,n,p,s, 246/a,b,I,n,p, 730/a,d,f,k,l,n,p,s), Notes (500/a, 504/a, 505/a,b, 520/a, 550/a, 580/a, 590/a), Publication Date (949/e,g), Year (008) and Standard Number (022/a,y,z, 773/x,z, 779/x,z, 780/x, 785/x, 794/x, 830/x).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Document Type (1001), Record Stream (5907), and Language (54) and Library Holdings (56).

Copyright

The ATLAS database is copyrighted 1997- 2008 by the American Theological Library Association. All rights reserved.