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Book Review Digest

Revised 9/10/2007

Database name: BookReview
Short database name:  BKRV
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • Book Review Digest has citations and review excerpts of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books.
  • It covers approximately 117 leading periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.
  • Reviews must have appeared within 18 months after the book was published and at least one review must be from a periodical published in the U.S. or Canada.
  • It is produced by The H.W. Wilson Company.
Subjects included
Includes reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books
Excludes reviews of textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences

Coverage/update frequency

Covers January 1983 to the present.
New records are added weekly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Book Review Digest and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Dates 008/<date>
LC Control Number 010/a
National Bibliographic Number 015/a
ISBN 020/a
Availability/price 020/c
Standard SICI Code 024
Technical Report Number 027/a
Accession Number 035/a
Cataloging Source 040/a,c,d
Text of Summary Language Code 041/b
Text of Original Language Code 041/h
LC Call Number 050/a,b
GPO Number 074/a
Dewey Number 082/a
Government Document Classification Number 086/a
Report Number 088/a
Author 100/a-e,q,t
Corporate Author 110/a-d,g,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
Augmented Title 246/a
Text "Augmented Title:" 246/i
Edition Statement 250/a,b
Imprint 260/a,b,c
Physical Description 300/a
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
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,b,c,d,q,t,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Corporate Name 610/a,b,c,d,n,p,t,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Uniform Title 630/a,d,x,y,z
Subject Added Entry, Topical 650/a,x,y,z,2
Subject Added Entry, Geographic 651/a,s,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
Host Item Entry (analytic information) 773/a,b,d,s,w,z
Country of Publication 773/c
Citation 773/g
Abbreviated Title of Source 773/p
Host Item Entry (periodical information) 773/t
Host Item ISSN 773/x
Main Entry Heading 779/a
Edition Statement of Book Being Reviewed 779/b
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
Uniform Title of Book Being Reviewed 779/s
Title of Book Being Reviewed 779/t
Monograph Record Number 779/w
ISBN for Book Being Reviewed 779/z
Authors of Books Being Reviewed 790/a-e,q,t
Instructions 856/i
Full Text Format (e.g. ASCI, 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
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 1016 2 Includes fields in the following indexes:

Abstract
Note
Source (phrase)
Subject
Title

Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2 100/a,b,c,d,e,q
110/a,b,c,d,n
700/a,b,c,d,e,q
710/a,b,c,d,g,n
773/a
790/a,b,c,d,e,q
Corporate Author (co) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 110/a,b,c,d
710/a,b,c,d,n
Dewey Decimal Call No. (dd) Classification-Dewey 13 2 082/a
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a,x,y,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,e,d
Library of Congress Call No. (lc) Classification-LC 16 2 050/a,b
Monograph Record No. (mr) OCLC Defined 5044 2 779/w
035/a
Named Person (na=) Subject-name-personal 1009 1 600/a,b,c,d,e,q
Named Corporation (nc=) OCLC Defined 5610 1 610/a,b,c,d
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Notes (nt) Note 63 2 500/a
502/a
504/a
505/a
534/n
536/a
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 260/b
773/d
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
Standard Number (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 010/a
015/a
020/a
027/a
074/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,b,c,d,q,t,x,y,z
610/a,b,c,d,n,t,x,y,z
630/a,d,x,y,z
650/a,x,y,z
651/a,x,y,z
653/a
655/a
Title (ti) Title 4 2 100/t
110/t
130/a,t
240/a
242/a
245/a,b,c,n,p
246/a
440/a,v
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 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
Year * All years
Single year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx		 31 5
Record Type All
Book Review
Monograph		 --
brv
monograph		 1031 1
Limited to Full Text Limit to full text —
full text		 6002 2
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC Institution 56 2

* Year is both an index and a restrictor.

Sorting

Search results in the Book Review Digest 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 searches (1016): The Keyword search finds information in these fields: abstract (520/a); note (500/a, 502/a, 504/a, 505/a, 534/n, 536/a); source (773/t); subject (600/a,b,c,d,q,t,x,y,z, 610/a,b,c,d,n,t,x,y,z, 630/a,d,x,y,z, 650/a,x,y,z, 651/a,x,y,z, 653/a, 655/a); and title (100/t, 110/t, 130/a,t, 240/a, 242/a, 245/a,b,c,n,p, 246/a, 440/a,v, 700/t, 710/t, 730/a,g, 740/a, 790/t).

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

Copyright

Book Review Digest, copyright the H.W. Wilson Company. All rights reserved.