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Applied Science and Technology Abstracts

Revised 8/25/2006

Database name: ASTA
Short database name:  ASTI
Available on: New FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (its full name) covers 750+ key,
    international English-language periodicals in the applied sciences and technology.
  • It is a good source of information on management, careers and employment, and
    financial trends in the scientific and technological fields.
  • It abstracts interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, discussions, corrections,
    continued articles, new product reviews, new product announcements, technically
    valuable editorials and letters, tables, charts, diagrams, buyers' guides, directories, and
    conference proceedings; it also cites book reviews.
  • Each record contains a bibliographic citation.
  • It is produced by The H.W. Wilson Company.
Subjects included
chemistry computer technology data processing
energy-related disciplines engineering mathematics
physics    

Coverage/update frequency

Covers October 1983 to the present.
Includes abstracts from March 1994 to the present.
New records are added weekly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Applied Science and Technology Abstracts and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Date 008/<date>
Standard SICI Code 024/a
Accession Number 035/a
Cataloging Source 040/a,c
Text of Summary Language Code 041/b
Text of Original Language Code 041/h
Author 100/a-e,q,t
Corporate Author 110/a-d,n,t
Uniform Title, M.E. 130/a,t
Uniform Title 240/a
Translated Title 242/a,y
Title Statement 245/a,b,c,h,n,p
Wilson Defined 245/9
Augmented Title 246/a,i
Edition Statement 250/a,b
Imprint 260/a,b,c
Physical Details 300/b
Title Series Note 440/a,x,v
General Note 500/a
Dissertation Note 502/a
Bibliography Note 504/a
Formatted Contents Note 505/a
Abstract 520/a,b
Original Version Note 534/n,p
Funding Information Note 536/a-d
Language Text 546/a
Complexity Note 580/a
Subject Added Entry, Personal Name 600/a-d,q,t,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Corporate Name 610/a-d,n,t,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Uniform Title 630/a-d,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Topical 650/a,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Geographic 651/a,x,y,z
Index Term, Uncontrolled 653/a
Index Term, Genre/Form 655/a,2
Added Entry, Personal Name 700/a-e,q,t
Added Entry, Corporate Name 710/a-d,g,n,t
Added Entry, Uniform Title 730/a,g
Title Cross Reference 740/a
Country of Publication 773/c
Citation 773/g
Peer-reviewed Journal 773/m
Abbreviated Title of Source 773/p
Host Item Entry 773/t
ISSN 773/x
Publisher/Distributor of Reviewed Book 779/d
Availability/Price of Reviewed Book 779/f
Publication Date of Reviewed Book 779/g
Language of Text of Book Being Reviewed 779/l
ISBN for Book Being Reviewed 779/z
Author of Book Being Reviewed 790/a-e,q,t
Instructions 856/i
Full Text Format (e.g. ASCII, PDF) 856/q
URL Link 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
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
Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Article Contents 949/l
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
SIC Code 960/d
Expanded Record Type Description 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.

  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 Includes fields in the following indexes:

Abstract
Source Phrase (773/t)
Subject
Title

Keyword All
(new index beginning 12/16/2001)		 Any

1016

2 Includes fields in the following indexes:

Author
Abstract
Source Phrase (773/t)
Subject
Title

Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2 100/a-e,q
110/a-d,n
700/a-e,q
710/a-d,g,n
773/a
790/a-e,q
Article Type (at=) Content-type 1034 1 949/L
Corporate Author (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 110/a-d
710/a-d,n
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a,x-z
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Geographic Coverage (gc=) Name-geographic 58 1 600/z
610/z
630/z
650/z
651/a,z
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b,d
Named Person (na=) Subject-name-personal 1009 1 600/a-e,q
Named Corporation (nc=) OCLC Defined 5610 1 610/a-d
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 779/d
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e,g
Place of Publication (pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 773/c
Record Type (rt=) Material-type 1031 1 960/g
Reviewed Journal (rj=) OCLC Defined 5949 1 773/m
Standard Number (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 010/a
015/a
020/a
027/a
050/a
074/a
082/a
086/a
088/a
440/x
773/x,z
779/z
Source (so) Title-host-item 1033 2 773/p,t
Source (so=) Title-host-item 1033 1 773/t
Subject (su, su=) Subject 21 1, 2 600/a-d,q,t,x-z
610/a-d,n,t,x-z
630/a,d,x-z
650/a,x-z
651/a,x-z
653/a
655/a
Subject All (sa=) OCLC Defined 5090 1 Entire field beginning:
600/a
610/a
630/a
650/a
651/a
653/a
655/a
Title (ti) Title 4 2 100/t
110/t
130/a,t
240/a
242/a
245/a-c,n,p
246/a
440/a
700/t
710/t
730/a,g
740/a
790/t
Title (ti=) Title 4 1 130/a
245/a
246/a
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) * Date-publication 31 5 008 <date>

Restrictors

The following restrictors can be used 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
Year * All years
Single year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx		 5 31
Record Type* All
Article
Book review		 --
art
brv		 1 1031
Limit to Full Text Limit to full text —
full text		 2 6002
Limit to Holdings OCLC Instutition symbol Entire symbol for OCLC Institution 2 56

* Both an index and a restrictor.

Sorting

Search results in the Applied Science and Technology Abstracts 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: author (100/a-3,q, 110/a-d,n, 700/a-e,q, 710/a-d,g,n, 773/a, 790/a-e,q); abstract (520/a); note (500/a, 502/a, 504/a, 505/a, 534/n, 536/a); source phrase (773/t); subject (600/a-d,q,t,x-z, 610/a-d,n,t,x-z, 630/a,d,x-z, 650/a,x-z, 651/a,x-z, 653/a, 655/a); and title (100/t, 110/t, 130/a,t, 240/a, 242/a, 245/a-c,n,p, 246/a, 440/a, 700/t, 710/t, 730/a,g, 740/a, 790/t).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31) and Resource Type (1031).

Copyright

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, copyright the H.W. Wilson Company. All rights reserved.