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ABI/INFORM

Revised 12/19/2005

Database name: ABI_INFORM
Available on: New FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server
Short database name: ABII

Why select this database?

  • ABI/INFORM covers business and management topics including company histories, competitive intelligence, and product development. It includes information on companies and products, business strategies and tactics, management tools and trends, and case studies of successes and failures.
  • It contains citations and abstracts of articles from 1,000 U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.
  • Journals covered by this database are listed in Available periodical titles in FirstSearch.
  • This database is produced by ProQuest Information and Learning.

ABI/INFORM is available on FirstSearch by subscription only.

Subjects included
accounting advertising auditing banking broadcasting computers
economics engineering finance foreign investment health care human resources
insurance international trade international trends investment analysis management marketing
planning and strategy public administration real estate taxation telecommunications transportation

Coverage/update frequency

Covers August 1971 to the present.
New records are added weekly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for ABI/INFORM and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Year 008
Standard SICI Code 024/a
Database Record Number 035/a
Availability 037/c
Author 100/a
700/a
Title 245/a
Number of Pages 300/a
Special Feature 300/b
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Named Corporation 610/a
Ticker Symbol 610/8
D-U-N-S Number 610/9
Descriptors 650/a
Geographic Area 651/a
Classification Code, Descriptor 698/b,c
Citation 773/g
Source Code 773/p
Source Name 773/t
ISSN 773/x
CODEN 773/y
Library Holdings 948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names.
Volume 949/a
Issue 949/b
Pagination 949/c
Supplement 949/d
Date 949/e
Publication Date 949/g
Word Count 949/h
Document Type 949/i
Julian Date 949/j
Display Type 949/x
Copyright 949/y
Online Availability 949/z
UMI Control Number 951/a
Supplier Number 951/f
Correction Reference 952/b
Article Text 990/a
Volume/Issue/Supplemental Information 997/f

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.

IMPORTANT INDEXING NOTE:

Before December 16, 2001:
Keyword (kw) is Use Attribute 1016.

Starting December 16, 2001
Keyword (kw). Both Use Attribute 1016 and Use Attribute 5110 will be valid.

Coming in early 2002:
New index, Keyword All, will be added. It will utilize Use Attribue 1016. (See indexed fields below.)
When Keyword All is added, the Keyword (kw) index will be changed to Use Attribute 5110 only.

FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any

1016
(prior to 12/16/2001)

also:
5110
(beginning 12/16/2001)

When the Keyword All index (below) is added in early 2002, ONLY Use attribute 5110 will be valid for this Keyword (kw) index.

 2 245/a
520/a
610/a
650/a
651/a
773/t
Keyword All

(new index coming in early 2002)		 Any

1016

(in early 2002)

 2 100/a
245/a
520/a
610/a
650/a
651/a
700/a
773/t
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Author (au) Author-name 1003 1, 2 100/a
700/a
Class Descriptors (cd) OCLC Defined 5699 1 698/b,c
Descriptor (de) OCLC Defined 5650 1,2 650/a
D-U-N-S Number (dn) OCLC Defined 5002 2 610/9
Geographic Coverage (gc) Name-geographic 58 1 651/a
Special Feature (sf) OCLC Defined 5010 2 300/b
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b,d
Ticker Symbol (ts) OCLC Defined 5012 2 610/8
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Named Corporation (nc) OCLC Defined 5610 1 610/a
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e,g
Standard Number (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 773/x,y
951/f
Source (so) Title-host-item 1033 1, 2 773/p,t
952/a
Subject (su) Subject 21 1, 2 610/a
650/a
651/a
Title (ti) Title 4 1, 2 245/a
Full Text (tx) Body of text 1010 2 990/a
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr)* Date-publication 31 5 008/<date>

Restrictors

The following restrictors can only 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 Use Attribute Structure Attribute
Year* All years
Single year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx		 31 5
Availability All
Online		 --
online		 5990 2

* Year is both an index and a restrictor.

Sorting

Search results in the ABI/INFORM 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

Subject searches (21): The Subject search includes titles, abstracts, class descriptors, descriptors, geographic area, and company names.

Copyright

© 2005 ProQuest Information and Learning: All Rights Reserved. Only fair use, as provided by the United States Copyright law, is permitted. ProQuest Information and Learning makes no warranty regarding the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the Publications or the records they contain, or any warranty, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not be liable for damages of any kind or lost profits or other claims related to them or their uses.