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Chicano Database

Revised 7/2/2008

Database name: ChicanoDatabase 
Short database name: XCDB
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • Comprehensive bibliographic resource
  • Contains all types of material
  • Provides uniform subject access
  • Includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, covering psychological, sociological, and educational literature
  • Portions of the Chicano Database have been published as the Chicano Periodical Index, covering 1967-1988; the Chicano Index, articles and books added since 1989; Arte Chicano: an Annotated Bibliography of Chicano Art, 1965-1981; the Chicano Anthology Index; the Chicana Studies Index: Twenty Years of Gender Research, 1971-1991; and Hispanic Mental Health Research: A Reference Guide, covering 1920-1980
Subjects included
art labor
bilingual education language
education literature
health mental health
history politics

Note: The full Chicano database is available on FirstSearch by subscription only.

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1960s to the present.
New records are added quarterly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for the Chicano Database and the MARC fields to which they correspond.

Field Name MARC Field(s)
Date 008/<date>
ISBN 020/a
SICI 024/a
Unique Identifier 035/a
Author 100/a
Title 245/a
Other Title 246/a
Edition Statement 250/a
Book Publisher 260/a
Total Pagination 300/a
Series Statement 490/a
General Notes 500/a
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Content Type 598/b
Major Descriptors 650/a
Identifier 653/a
Minor Descriptors 695/a
Subsequent Author 700/a
Serial Information 773/g
Peer-Review Status 773/m
Serial Title 773/t
ISSN 773/x
Parent Book Information 799/g
Parent Book ISSN 799/x
Parent Book ISBN 799/z
Holdings Location 852/a
Shelving Control Number 852/j
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
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
“Non-English” 917/j
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
Publication Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Document Type 949/i
Julian Date 949/j
Publication Type 949/L
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
Publication Year 2 991/9

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. These are grouped by the type of record retrieved.

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any 5110 2 245/a
246/a
490/a
500/a
520/a
546/a
650/a
653/a
695/a
773/t
799/g
Keyword All (ka) Any 1016 2 100/a
245/a
490/a
520/a
546/a
650/a
653/a
695/a
700/a
773/t
799/g
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Accession Number (no) Control number local 12 2 035/a
Author Phrase (au=) Author-name 1003 1, 101 100/a
700/a
Author (au) Author-name 1003 2 100/a
700/a
Descriptor (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a
695/a
Document Tpe Phrase (dt=) Code-record-type 1001 1 949/i
694/a
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Identifier (id) Subject local 29 2 653/a
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b
Language Phrase (ln=) Language 54 1 546/a
917/j
Major Descriptor Phrase OCLC Defined 5065 1 650/a
Minor Descriptor Phrase OCLC Defined 5069 1 695/a
Notes (nt) Note 63 2 500/a
546/a
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 008
949/e
991/9
Publication Type Phrase OCLC Defined 5273 1 949/L
Standard Numbers (sn, sn=) Identifier-standard 1007 1,2 020/a
773/x
799/x,z
Source (so, so=) Title-host item 1033 1, 2 773/t
799/g
Subject (su, su=) Subject 21 1, 2 650/a
653/a
695/a
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1, 2 245/a
246/a
490/a
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 2, 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 Structure Attribute Use Attribute
Document Type Phrase* No limit
Article
Book
Chapter
--
article
book
chapter
1 1001
Language Phrase* No Limit
English
Non-English
--
english
nonenglish
1 54
Limit to Full Text Limit to full text
fulltext
2 6002
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 2 56
Year* No limit
Single year
Range of years
--
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx
5 31

* Document Type Phrase , Language Phrase and Year are both indexes and restrictors.

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

Sorting

Search results in the Chicano 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: Abstract (520/a), Author (100/a, 700/a), Notes (500/a, 546/a), Source (773/t, 799/g), Subject (650/a, 653/a, 695/a), Title (245/a, 490/a).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Language (54) and Holdings (56). OCLC also uses the Document Type index (1001) as a limiter. 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

© 2008 The Chicano Database is the copyrighted product of the Regents of the University of California and/or suppliers of the Regents of the University of California. Users of the Chicano Database may reproduce a single copy of any record retrieved online, provided such copy is used solely for private study, scholarship, research or information. Under no circumstances may users store any records electronically for the purposes of resale, redistribution, or performing ongoing searching.