| Database name | PapersFirst |
|---|---|
| Short database name | PPF1 |
| Available on | FirstSearch, WorldCat Discovery, and WorldCat.org |
| Sources | Included in each record. |
| Number of records | Over 9.4 million |
| Coverage | 1993 to present |
| Update frequency | Weekly |
| Producer | OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. |
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: | pesticide+ |
| Accession number | no: | cn008437117 |
| Author | au: | messier |
| Author phrase | au= | chipperfield, m p |
| BL location | bl: | 0729.836310 |
| Conference location | cl: | manchester |
| Conference name | cn: | european |
| Conference name phrase | cn= | European conference 9th |
| Conference sponsor | sp: | society |
| Conference sponsor phrase | sp= | american society of mechanical engineers |
| Date of conference | dk: | apr 1994 |
| Editor | ed: | marletta |
| Editor phrase | ed= | marletta giovanni |
| Identifier | id: | astronomy |
| Language phrase | ln= | german |
| Notes | nt: | mountain |
| Publication date | pd: | 1994 |
| Publisher | pb: | cambridge |
| Series title | se: | oncology |
| Series title phrase | se= | international journal of photoenergy |
| Source | so: | cardiology |
| Source phrase | so= | american ethnic rhetorics |
| Standard number | sn: | ISBN = 0080440711 ISSN = 0730-3564 |
| Subject | su: | brain |
| Subject phrase | su= | neural networks robotics |
| Title | ti: | fire |
| Title phrase | ti= | Fighting fire with fire brain stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy |
| Year | yr: | 1998 |
What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.
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 246/a 500/a 653/a 799/s,t |
| Keyword All (ka) | Any | 1016 | 2 | 100/a 245/a 246/a 500/a 653/a 700/a 799/a,s,t |
| Accession Number (no) | Control number local | 12 | 2 | 035/a |
| Author (au, au=) | Author Name | 1003 | 1,2,101 | 100/a 700/a 799/a |
| BL Location | OCLC Defined | 5663 | 2 | 980/x,y |
| Conference Location (cl) | Name-Geographic | 5119 | 2 | 711/c |
| Conference Name (cn, cn=) | Author-name-conference | 1006 | 1,2 | 711/a |
| Date of Conference (dk) | OCLC Defined | 5066 | 2 | 711/d |
| Editor (ed, ed=) | OCLC Defined | 1020 | 1,2 | 799/a |
| Identifier | OCLC Defined | 29 | 2 | 653/a |
| Language Phrase* (ln=) | Code-language | 54 | 1 | 546/a 917/j |
| Notes (nt) | Note | 63 | 2 | 500/a |
| Publication Date (pd) | Date | 30 | 2 | 008 |
| Publisher (pb) | Name-Publisher | 1018 | 2 | 799/d |
| Series Title (se, se=) | Title-series | 5 | 1,2 | 799/k |
| Source (so, so=) | Title-host-item | 1033 | 1,2 | 799/s,t |
| Standard Number (sn, sn=) | Identifier-standard | 1007 | 1,2 | 799/x,z |
| Sponsor (sp, sp=) | OCLC Defined | 5710 | 1,2 | 970/w |
| Subject (su, su=) | Subject | 21 | 1,2 | 653/a |
| Title (ti, ti=) | Title | 4 | 1,2 | 245/a 246/a |
| Year* (yr) | Date-publication | 31 | 2,4,5 | 008 711/d |
* Language and Year also serve as restrictors when they are not the first term in a search.
List of FirstSearch fields for PapersFirst and the MARC fields to which they correspond:
| Field Name | MARC field(s) |
|---|---|
| Year | 008 |
| Accession Number | 035/a |
| Language Code of Text | 041/a |
| Author | 100/a 700/a |
| Title | 245/a |
| Alternate Title | 246/a |
| General Note | 500/a |
| Language Note | 546/a |
| Material Type | 598/b |
| Identifier | 653/a |
| Conference Author | 711/a,c,d |
| Parent Book Information | 799/a,s,t |
| Parent Book Publisher Information | 799/d |
| Chapter pagination | 799/g |
| Parent Book Series Title | 799/k,2 |
| Parent Book ISSN | 799/x |
| Parent Book ISBN | 799/z |
| Non-English (language) | 917/j |
| Language of Text Code Expanded | 936/0 |
| OCLC Record Display Type | 949/x |
| Conference Sponsor | 970/w |
| British Library Serial Shelfmark | 980/x |
| British Library Book Location | 980/y |
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 to receive results:
| Limiter | Type | Input | Use Attribute | Structure Attribute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language* | No limit English Non-English |
— english non-English |
54 | 1 |
| Year* | All years Single year range of years |
— 19xx, 20xx 19xx-20xx |
31 | 4,5 |
* Language and Year also serve as restrictors when they are not the first term in a search.
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