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Bibliography of the History of Art

Revised 10/6/2008

Database name: BibHistArt 
Short database name: XBHA
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • Includes international material selected from periodicals since 1973
  • The most comprehensive art bibliography available worldwide, covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present. Encompasses the fine arts as well as decorative and applied arts
  • Indexes and abstracts journal articles, art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs. It is produced by J. Paul Getty Trust and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Subjects included
architecture and industrial design paintings
art of Europe and the Americas (4th century to modern) popular and folk art
decorative and applied arts prints
drawings sculpture

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1973 to the present.
New records added quarterly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Bibliography of the History of Art and the MARC fields to which they correspond.

Bibliographic Records MARC Fields

Field Name MARC Field(s)
Date 008/<date>
LC Control Number 010/a
ISBN 020/a
SICI 024/a
Unique Identifier 035/a
Cataloging Source 040/a,b,c,d
Language of Text Code 041/a
Summary Language Code 041/b
Time Period 045/a,b
Subject Category Code 072/a,2
Author 100/a,e,u
Translated Title 242/a,b
Title 245/a,b
Imprint 250/a
Publication Info. 260/a,b,c
Physical Description 300/a,b
Title Series Note 440/a
Series (Traced Differently) 490/a
General Note 500/a
Dissertation Note 502/a
Bibliography Note 504/a
Table of Contents 505/a
Citation/Reference Note 510/a,c
Abstract 520/a
Additional Physical Form Available 530/a
Language 546/a,b
Continuation Text 580/a
Descriptors 650/a,x,2
Subsequent Name, Personal 700/a,e,t
Subsequent Name, Corporate 710/a
Subsequent Name, Conference 711/a
Added Entry, Uniform Title 730/a
Title Cross Reference 740/a
Book Publisher 773/d
Journal Information 773/g
Journal Title 773/t
ISSN 773/x
Parent Book Author 799/a
Parent Book Author 799/b
Series Title of Parent Book 799/k
Place, Publisher and Date of Parent Book 799/o
Physical Description of Parent Book 799/q
Title of Parent Book 799/t
Citation of Parent Book 799/2
Instructions 856/i
Full Text Format (e.g., ASCII, PDF) 856/q
URL 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
Evaluative content information in web sites:

OCLC-created URLs contained in 856/u fields in full MARC syntax and under the label "Access:" in full SUTRS syntax will allow internet-based access to evaluative content (cover art, summaries, excerpts, author information, etc.) These URLs can be cut and pasted, or programmatically entered, into any browser supported by FirstSearch in order to gain access to the information. The URLs will time out after 7 days so if continued access is desired another search to receive and updated URL will need to be executed. The 856/i field is the indicator for information on the URL; because not all 856/u fields are additional evaluative content, the 856/i should be checked to be certain the 856/u link is truly a OCLC sourced link. The 856/i field contains instructions regarding the URL.
Source of Data 904/p
Language of Text Code Expanded 936/0
Language of Summary/Abstract Code Expanded 936/1
Language of Accompanying Material Code Expanded 936/5
Language of Original or Intermediate Translations Code Expanded 936/6
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
Publication Date 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Document Type 949/i
Article Contents 949/L
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
Language of Summary Text 961/i
Limit to Library Holdings 995/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. These are grouped by the type of record retrieved.

Bibliographic Record Indexes

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any 5110 2 Includes fields in the following indexes:
Abstract
Notes
Source
Subject
Title
Keyword All (ka) Any 1016 2 Includes fields in the following indexes:
Keyword
Author
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Accession Number (no) Control number local 12 2 035/a
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2,101 100/a
700/a
710/a
711/a
Conference Name (cn:, cn=) Author-name-conference 1006 1, 2 711/a
Corporate Author (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 710/a
Database Name (ds=) OCLC Defined 5988 1 904/p
Descriptor (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a,x
Document Type (dt=) Code-record-type 1001 1 949/i
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Illustration (il) Illustrations 5010 2 300/b
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b
Language (ln=) Code-language 54 1 917/j
930/0,1,5,6
Notes (nt) Note 63 2 500/a
502/a
504/a
505/a
510/a,c
530/a
546/a
580/a
Personal Name (pn, pn=) Author-name-personal 1004 1, 2 100/a
700/a
Place of Publication(pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 260/a
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 008
260/c
949/e
Publication Type (pt =) OCLC Defined 5273 1 949/L
Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1, 2 773/t
Standard Number (sn, sn=) Identifier-standard 1007 2 010/a
020/a
773/x
Subject All (sa=) OCLC-Defined 5090 1 Entire field beginning: 650/a
Subject (su, su=) Subject 21 1, 2 650/a,x
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1, 2 242/a,b
245/a,b
440/a
490/a
700/t
740/a
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 2, 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* No limit
Single year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx		 31 5
Document Type Phrase* All
Article
Book		 --
article
book		 1001 1
Language Phrase* No Limit
English
Non-English		 --
english
non-english		 54 1
Database Name Phrase* No Limit
BHA, Bibliography of the History of Art
RILA, International Repertory of the Literature of Art
Repertoir d'art et d'archeologie (RAA)		 —
BHA, Bibliography of the History of Art
RILA, International Repertory of the Literature of Art
Repertoir d'art et d'archeologie (RAA)		 5988 1
Limit to Full Text Limit to full text —
full text		 6002 2
Limit to Holdings Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 56 2

* Database Name Phrase, Document Type Phrase, Language Phrase and Year are both indexes and restrictors

Sorting

Search results in the Bibliography of the History of Art 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: Abstract (520/a); Author (100/a, 700/a, 710/a, 711/a); Notes (500/a, 502/a, 504/a, 505/a, 510/a,c, 530/a, 546/a, 580/a); Source (773/t); Subject (650/a,x); and Title (242/a,b, 245/a,b, 440/a, 490/a, 700/t, 740/a). Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Language (54), Database Name (5988), Document Type (1001).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31), Language (54), Database Name (5988) and Document Type (1001).

Copyright

© 2009 The Bibliography of the History of Art is the copyrighted product of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and/or their suppliers. Users of the Bibliography of the History of Art may reproduce a single copy of any record retrieved online, provided such copy is used solely for private study, scholarship, research or information. Under no circumstances may users store any records electronically for the purposes of resale, redistribution, or performing ongoing searching.