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| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
coffee or tea and house+
[keyword searches the publication year, ISBN, geographic codes, map data, and all the information found in the Author, Title, Notes and Subject indexes] |
| Accession number |
no: |
37993343
(OCLC) |
| Auction house |
ah: |
American Art |
| Auction house phrase |
ah= |
"American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Firm"
"American Art Association" |
| Citation |
ci: |
lugt |
| Citation phrase |
ci= |
lugt* |
| Corporate and conference name |
cn: |
canadian |
| Corporate and conference phrase |
cn= |
canadian acoustics week |
| Country of publication |
cp: |
Norway |
| Country of publication phrase |
cp= |
Nova Scotia |
| Date of sale |
ds: |
01312007 (searching single date January 31, 2007)
01312007-02142007 (searching dates from January 31 to February 14, 2007)
012007-022007 (searching dates in January and February 2007)
2006-2007 (searching any day in either year) |
| Individual auctioneer |
ia: |
James Forbes |
| Individual auctioneer phrase |
ia= |
Forbes, James |
| Institution record call number |
nu: |
E185.61.B79141988
E185.61*
(omit all spaces and additional text except periods for each subfield of data provided; sometimes the data displayed actually comes from more then one subfield; truncating the search can make sure all types of data entry are retrieved; this index does not support browsing) |
| Institution record call number phrase |
nu= |
E185.61.B79141988
E185.61*
(searches the data as it is displayed for each subfield of data provided; sometimes the data displayed actually comes from more then one subfield; truncating the search can make sure all types of data entry are retrieved; this index does not support browsing) |
| Language phrase |
ln= |
kw:coffeehouse* and ln=japanese
(browse the index for a complete list of languages) |
| Notes/Comments |
nt: |
translation-adaptation |
| Place of sale |
ps: |
paris |
| Publisher |
pb: |
media |
| Publisher phrase |
pb= |
new star media inc. |
| Publisher location |
pl: |
china |
| Sale code |
sl: |
LO1703 LEVER |
| Sale code phrase |
sl= |
"LO1703 LEVER" |
| Seller/subject |
cx: |
"francis leventritt" |
| Seller/subject phrase |
cx= |
Estate of Francis Leventritt
Collection of James Stillman Davidson |
| Standard number |
sn: |
1097461x or 1097-461x
1550463160 or 155-0463-160
9780763625894 or 978-0-763625-89-4
64002560
(for all searches, hyphens can be included in the search or removed; for the LCCN number, only the number used
for storage, with the year and then six digits with leading zeros for unused digits, is indexed; many other
standard numbers are included in this index) |
| subject |
su: |
coffee and tea house+ |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
coffeehouses in art |
| Title |
ti: |
music w3 british w3 enlightenment |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
music theory in the British isles during the enlightenment |
| Update date |
up: |
20070101 |
| Year |
yr: |
1971 |