OAIster (OAIster)
Union catalog of digital resources
Why select this database?
- Contains digital resources from open archive collections.
- Represents multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,100 contributors worldwide.
- Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click.
| Database details | |
|---|---|
| Types of resources | Digital resources including:
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| Data Contributors | 1,100+ |
| Updated | Quarterly |
| Producer information | OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Other FirstSearch databases by this producer: |
| Copyright | OAISTER was originally developed at the University of Michigan Libraries with the support of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
Index labels and examples of an expert search in OAIster
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword | kw: | predecessor institutions |
| Access method | am: | http |
| Accession number | no: | AIM25_2229 |
| Author | au: | wessels |
| Author phrase | au= | wessels martin [last name first] |
| Content type | ct: | text |
| Data contributor | dc: | area aim 25 |
| Data contributor phrase | dc= | archives in London and the m25 area aim25 |
| Language phrase | ln: | Engilsh [use to refine other search terms] |
| Notes | nt: | university archivist |
| Publication date | pd: | 20050407 |
| Publisher | pb: | university surrey guildford |
| Resource format | fr: | html |
| Resource type phrase | ry= | image |
| Source | so: | gender behaviour |
| Subject | su: | mathematics |
| Subject Phrase | su= | mathematics statistics |
| Title | ti: | contact networks |
| Title Phrase | ti= | modeling protein contact networks |
| Year | yr: | 2007 |