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Arts & Humanities Search

Revised 10/26/2004

Database name: AHSearch
Short database name:  AHCI
Available on: New FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

See previous specifications valid up to November 7, 2004.

Why select this database?

  • Arts & Humanities Search (its full name) indexes more than 1,300 of the
    world's leading arts and humanities journals and selected articles from more
    than 5,800 social science and science journals.
  • It includes more than 2.8 million records containing bibliographic citations.
  • It contains articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more.
  • It is the online equivalent of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and is
    compiled by Thomson ISI.
Subjects included
Arts and humanities
Related social science and science information

Coverage/update frequency

  • Covers 1980 to the present.
  • New records are added weekly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Arts & Humanities Search 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
Author 100/a
Author's Email Address 100/8
Corporate Author 110/a
Corporate Author's Email Address 110/6
Title 245/a,b,8,9
Book Series Title 440/a,1
Number of References 504/b
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a,b
Subsequent Author 700/a
Subsequent Author's Email Address 700/6
Subsequent Corporate Author 710/a
Source Citation 773/g
Journal Name 773/t
ISSN Number 773/x
Reviewed Work Author 779/a
Review Work Year 779/g
Review Work Language (text) 779/L
Instructions 856/i
Format Type (e.g., ASCII, HTML, PDF, GIF) 856/q
URL to External Website or Link to Full Text Article (Direct Article Access) 856/u
Note (e.g. OCLC DAA [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
Pages 949/c
Parts/Supplement 949/d
Publication Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Julian Date 949/j
Document Type (Text) 949/l
OCLC Display Type 949/x
Journal Subject Category (Code) 953/j
Journal Subject Category (Text) 943/L
Meeting Abstract Number 956/4
Review Work Language (Code) 956/5
Additional Item Identifier (ARTN) 956/6
Abbreviated Journal Title 956/7
Document Solution Identifier 958/a
Issue ID 958/b
Part Number 958/f
Supplement Number 958/g
Special Issue Number 958/h
Copyright Publisher Web Address 958/i
Document Type (Code) 958/j
Copyright Publisher 958/l,m,n
KeyWord Plus 958/o
Cited Reference 958/p,q,r,s,t,u
Cited Implicit (Code and Text) 958/v,w
Research Full Address 958/x
Reprint Author 958/y
Monograph Number 958/z
Cited Patent 958/0,1,2,3,4
Reprint Country 958/5,6
Reprint Address 958/7
Keyword Supplied by Author 958/8
Cited Work Identifier 958/9
Abstract Availability 974/L
Additional Item Identifier (DOI) 983/7

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,b,8,9
440/a,1
520/a
773/t
953/J
958/o,8
Keyword All Any

1016

2 008
100/a
110/a
245/a,b,8,9
440/a,1
520/a
700/a
710/a
773/t,x
779/a
953/j
958/o,8
Abstract OCLC Defined 62 2 520/a
Abstract Indicator (ai) OCLC Defined 5026 2 974/L
Address (ad) OCLC Defined 5100 2 958/x,y,7
Article Type (at=) Article Type 1034 1 949/L
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2 100/a
110/a
700/a
710/a
779/a
Cited Author (ca=) OCLC Defined 5932 1 958/q
Cited Patent (cp) OCLC Defined 5088 2 958/0,1,2,3,4
Cited Reference (cr, cr=) Indexed-by 1023 1,2 958/q,r,s,t,u,v,w,9
Cited Work (cw=) OCLC Defined 5933 1 958/s
Identifier (id) Subject-local 29 2 958/o,8
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b,d
Journal Subject (js) OCLC Defined 5657 2 953/j,l
Journal Subject (js=) OCLC Defined 5657 1 953/j
Language (ln=) Code-language 54 1 546/a
779/L
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
956/4
Number of References (nr) OCLC Defined 5931 2 504/b
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 958/L
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 779/a
949/e,g
FirstPage (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Publisher Location (pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 958/m
Series Title (se, se=) Titlel-series 5 1,2 440/a,1
Standard Number (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 773/x
Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1, 2 773/t
Subject (su) Subject 21 2 953/jL
958/o,8
Subject (su=) Subject 21 1 953/j
958/o,8
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1,2 245/a,b,8,9
Volume Number (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Publication 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
Language * All
English
Non-English		 -- 54 1
Limit to Full Text Limit to full text fulltext 6002 2
Limit to Holdings OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 56 2

* Year and language 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 Arts & Humanities Search 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: 008, 100/a, 110/a, 245/a,b,8,9, 440/a,1, 520/a, 700/a, 710/a, 773/t,x, 779/a, 953/j and 958/o,8.

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31) and Language (54), and Library Holdings (56). Limit to Full text (6002) is used to limit to full text within a database and/or full text linked from other FirstSearch databases. Full text availability is dependent upon your institution's access arrangements.

Copyright

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