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Contemporary Women's Issues

Revised 10/23/2009

Database name: CWI
Short database name: CWIS
Available on: Production Server and Test Server

Why select this database?

  • Provides full-text access to global information on women in over 150 countries.
  • Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets.
  • Includes links to full-text articles for many articles.
Subjects included
development education family life
gender equity health human rights
legal status lesbian concerns pay equity
politics reproductive rights sociology
violence and exploitation women in the workplace  

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1992 to the present.
New records are added weekly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Contemporary Women's Issues and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Date 008 <date>
Unique Identifier 035/a
Author 100/a
Title 245/a
Other Physical Details 300/b
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a
Subject Added Entry—Named Person 600/a
Subject Added Entry—Named Corporation 610/a
Subject Added Entry—Topical Term 650/a
Subject Added Entry—Geographical 651/a
Subsequent Author(s) 700/a
Serial Publisher 773/d
Serial Information 773/g
ISSN 773/x
ISBN 773/z
Reviewed Item Author(s) 779/a
Reviewed Item Title 779/t
Article Type 902/h
"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
Publication Date 949/e
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Word Count 949/h
Publication Type 949/L
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
Lead Paragraph 956/L
Record Type 959/c
Serial Title Abbreviation 959/d
Extended Title 959/h
Short Full Text 959/i
Full Text Addendum 959/j
Short Text Addendum 959/k
Journal License Information 959/L
Special Features 959/m
US Limit-USA Code 959/o
US Limit-USA Text 959/p
Cited References 959/s
Full Text 990/a

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 2 245/a
520/a
600/a
610/a
650/a
651/a
773/t
959/h,i
Keyword All (ka) Any 1016 2 100/a
245/a
520/a
600/a
610/a
650/a
651/a
700/a
773/t
779/a
959/h,i
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
959/i
Accession Number (no) Control Number-local 12 2 035/a
Article Type (at, at=) Article Type 1034 1,2 902/h
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1,2,101 100/a
700/a
779/a
Cited Reference (cr) Indexed by 1023 2 959/s
Descriptor (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1,2 600/a
610/a
650/a
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 959/f
Geographic Name Phrase Name-geographic 58 1 651/a
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5046 2 949/b
Journal Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1,2 773/t
Named Person (na, na=) Subject Added Entry-Named Person 1009 1,2 600/a
Named Corporation (nc, nc=) Subject Added Entry-Named Corporation 5610 1,2 610/a
Personal Author (pn, pn=) Author-name-personal 1004 1,2 100/a
700/a
779/a
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e
008 <date>
Publication Type Phrase (pt=) OCLC Defined 5273 1 949/L
Publisher (pb) Name-Publisher 1018 2 773/d
Reviewed Item (ri) OCLC Defined 5640 2 779/a,t
Standard Number (sn, sn=) Identifier-Standard 1007 1,2 773/x,z
Source (so, so=) Source 1033 1,2 773/t
Special Feature (sf) OCLC Defined 5010 2 300/b
959/m
Subject (su, su=) Subject 21 1,2 600/a
610/a
650/a
651/a
Text (tx) Body of Text 1010 2 959/i
990/a
Title (ti,ti=) Title 4 1,2 245/a
959/h
USA/Non-USA (us=) OCLC Defined 5682 1 959/p
Volume OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) Date-Publication 31 2,4,5 008 <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
Limit to Full Text Limit to full text --
Full text		 6002 2
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 56 2
Publication Type Phrase* No Limit
Bibliography
Directory
Factsheet
Guide
Journal
Newsletter
Newspaper-Business
Newspaper-National
Newspaper-Regional
Pamphlet
Report

--
bibliography
directory
fact sheet
guide
journal
newsletter
pamphlet
national newspaper
regional newspaper
report

 5273 1
USA/Non-USA* No limit
USA
Non-USA		 --
usa
nonusa 		5682 1
Year* All years
Single Year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx-20xx 		31 2

* Publication Type Phrase, USA/Non-USA, and Year are both indexes and restrictors.

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

Sorting

Search results in the CWI database can be sorted by Author (1003), Source (1033), and 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, 779/a), Source (773/t), Subject (600/a, 610/a, 650/a, 651/a), Title (245/a, 959/h).

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