OCLC ArticleFirst (ArticleFirst)
OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals
Why select this database?
- Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals.
- Describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal in each record.
- Provides a list of libraries that have the journal title for most items.
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| Sources | Over 16,000 | ||||||||
| Number of records | 27,000,000+ | ||||||||
| Dates covered | 1990 to present | ||||||||
| Updated | Daily | ||||||||
| Producer information | OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Other FirstSearch databases by this producer: | ||||||||
| Copyright | Copyright © 1992- <!--ATTN T-SYSTEMS: Sprinkle, asset ID 28885-->2012<!-- // T-SYSTEMS--> OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Certain records in this database are © COPYRIGHT THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | ||||||||
Index labels and examples of an expert search in OCLC ArticleFirst® Database
Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:) when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign after an index label (au=) for an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual searches.
| Search indexes | Labels | Examples |
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| Keyword | kw: | coffee and tea house+ |
| Article type | at: | review |
| Article type phrase | at= | book review |
| Author | au: | coffee |
| Author phrase | au= | coffee john [last name first] |
| First page | pg: | x15 |
| Identifier | ii: | report |
| Issue | is: | 20-may-1999 |
| Language phrase | ln= | spanish |
| OCLC number | oc: | 30678983 |
| Publication date | pd: | 20011120 |
| Publisher | pb: | mcgraw-hill |
| Source | so: | kenya |
| Source phrase | so= | kenya coffee |
| Standard number | sn: | 1120-4826 |
| Title | ti: | music w3 british |
| Title phrase | ti= | organ music with a british accent |
| Volume | vo: | 76b |