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:
- born-digital texts
- audio files
- images
- movies
- datasets
Collections including:
- theses
- technical reports
- research papers
- image collections
|
| Data Contributors |
1,100+ |
| Updated |
Quarterly |
| Producer information |
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, Ohio 43017-3395
USA
Phone:1-800-848-5878
Fax: +1-614-764-6096
Web:
http://www.oclc.org
E-mail:
oaister@oclc.org
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| 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
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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 |
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