Biology Digest
Revised 4/7/03
Database Name: BioDigest
Short Database Name: BDIG
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server
Why select this database?
- Provides detailed abstracts written in a nontechnical style for students and
interested nonscientists
- Conveys solid, factual information useful to life scientists exploring areas
outside their specialties
Subjects included
| Subjects included |
| botany |
life science |
| environmental science |
medicine |
| health |
zoology |
Coverage/update frequency
Covers 1989 to present.
New records are added 9 times a year.
Record display information
List of FirstSearch fields for BioDigest and the MARC fields to which they
correspond:
| Field Name |
MARC field |
| Date |
008 <date> |
| ISBN |
020/a |
| Price |
020/c |
| SICI Code |
024/a |
| Accession No. |
035/a |
| Author |
100/a |
| Title |
245/a |
| Publisher Location |
260/a |
| Publisher |
260/b |
| Year |
260/c |
| Pages |
300/a |
| Abstract |
520/a |
| Descriptors / Identifiers |
650/a |
| Added Entry, Personal or Corporate Name |
700/a |
| Publisher Location in article records |
773/c - rare |
| Publisher in article records |
773/d - rare |
| Citation |
773/g |
| Source Title |
773/t |
| ISSN |
773/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 |
| 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. |
| Source Volume |
949/a |
| Source Issue |
949/b |
| Source Pages |
949/c |
| Source Date |
949/e |
| Source First Page Number |
949/f |
| OCLC Marketing Defined Date |
949/g |
| OCLC Record Display Type |
949/x |
| Date of Entry |
953/b |
| Record Type Phrase |
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 |
Any |
1016 |
2 |
Includes fields in the following indexes:
Keyword
Author
Publication Date
Standard Number
Year
|
| 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 |
| Descriptors (de, de=) |
OCLC Defined |
5650 |
1, 2 |
650/a |
| First Page (pg) |
OCLC Defined |
5006 |
2 |
949/f |
| Issue (is) |
OCLC Defined |
5004 |
2 |
949/b |
| Publication Date (pd) |
Date |
30 |
2 |
949/e,g |
| Publisher (pb) |
Name-Publisher |
1018 |
2 |
260/b
773/d |
| Record Type Phrase (rt=)* |
Material- type |
1031 |
1 |
960/g |
| Source (so, so=) |
Title-host-item |
1033 |
1, 2 |
773/t |
| Standard Number (sn, sn=) |
Identifier-Standard |
1007 |
1, 2 |
020/a
773/x |
| Subject (su, su=) |
Subject |
21 |
1, 2 |
650/a |
| Title (ti, ti=) |
Title |
4 |
1, 2 |
245/a |
| Volume (vo) |
OCLC Defined |
5013 |
2 |
949/a |
| Years (yr, yr=) * |
Date |
31 |
2, 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 |
| Record Type Phrase* |
No Limit
Article
Book |
--
article
book |
1031 |
1 |
| Limit to Full Text |
-- |
fulltext |
6002 |
2 |
| Limit to Holdings |
OCLC Institution Symbol |
Enter symbol for OCLC institution |
56 |
2 |
| Year* |
No limit
Single year
Range of years |
--
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx |
31 |
5 |
** 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 BioDigest database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title
(4), Source (1003) 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, 700/a); Abstract (520/a); Publication
Date (949/e,g); Source phrase (773/t); Standard Number (020/a,
773/x); Subject (650/a); Title (245/a); and Year (008<Date>).
Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Record Type (1031),
and Library Holdings (56). 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
The copyright to all information contained in the Biology
Digest database is the property of Plexus Publishing, Inc., Medford, N.J.
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