ProceedingsFirst (Proceedings)

Why select this database?

Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference.

Subjects included

conference proceedings
congresses
exhibitions
meetings
symposiums
workshops

Database details

Database name	Proceedings
Short database name	PCF1
Available on	FirstSearch, WorldCat Discovery, and WorldCat.org
Sources	Included in each record
Number of records	Over 490,000
Coverage	Covers 1993 to the present
Update frequency	Weekly
Producer	OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

Indexes

Index labels and search examples

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:	desert+
Accession number	no:	pcfiwases3elsevier19951994se
BL location	bl:	q88/04009 4538.488500
Conference location	cl:	new delhi
Conference name	cn:	management
Conference name phrase	cn=	world environment congress
Conference sponsor	sp:	lunar
Conference sponsor phrase	sp=	lunar and planetary institute
Content type	ct:	abstracts
Content type phrase	ct=	printed papers
Date of conference	dk:	1985
Editor	ed:	nicolis
Editor phrase	ed=	nicolis g
Identifier	id:	probability theory
Language phrase	ln=	spanish
Notes	nt:	food*
Publication date	pd:	1994 [browse index for date formats]
Publisher	pb:	cambridge
Standard number	sn:	0001-2092 9780070435483 [ISBN]
Subject	su:	mathematical statistics
Subject phrase	su=	maternal nutrition
Table of Contents	tc:	foster
Table of Contents phrase	tc=	brain efflux pathways for gp120
Title	ti:	cannabinoids
Title phrase	ti=	symposium a la memoire de francois jaeger
Year	yr:	1997

Index use and structure

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
Limiters 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 limiter to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.

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,p 246/a 500/a 505/r,t 653/a 740/a
Keyword All (ka)	Any	1016	2	100/a 245/a,p 246/a 500/a 505/r,t 653/a 700/a 740/a
Accession Number (no)	Control number local	12	2	035/a 505/c
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	100/a 700/a
Identifier (id)	OCLC Defined	29	2	653/a
Language Phrase (ln=)	Code — language	54	1	546/a 917/j
Material Type (ct, ct=)	Material-type	1034	1,2	598/b
Notes (nt)	Note	63	2	500/a
Publisher (pb)	Name Publisher	1018	2	260/a
Publication Date (pd)	Date	30	2	008
Series Title (se, se= )	Title-series	5	1,2	490/a
Standard Number (sn, sn=)	Identifier — standard	1007	1,2	020/a 490/x
Sponsor (sp, sp=)	OCLC Defined	5710	1, 2	970/w
Subject (su, su=)	Subject	21	1, 2	653/a
Table of Contents (tc, tc=)	OCLC Defined	5677	1, 2	505/r,t
Title (ti, ti=)	Title	4	1,2	245/a,p 246/a 740/a
Year (yr)	Date-publication	31	2,4,5	008 711/d

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Proceedings and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name	MARC field(s)
Year	008
ISBN	020/a
Accession number	035/a
Language Code of Text	041/a
Editor(s)	100/a 700/a
Main Title	245/a
Volume Title	245/p
Alternate Title	246/a
Book Publisher	260/a
Book Series Title	490/a
Book Series Volume Number	490/v
Series ISSN	490/x
Notes	500/a
Table of Contents	505/c,r,t,w
Language	546/a
Material Type	598/b
Identifier	653/a
Conference	711/a,c,d
Variant Title	740/a
Non-English (languages)	917/j
Language of Text Code Expanded	936/0
Conference Sponsor	970/w
Document Type	949/i
OCLC Record Display Type	949/x
British Library Serial Shelfmark	980/x
British Library Book Location	980/y

Restrictors

The following limiters 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:

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

* Both an index and a limiter.

Sorting

Search results in the Proceedings database can be sorted by Conference Name (1006), Date of Conference (5066), Publication Date (30), Editor (1020) and Title (4)

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

Phrase indexes: Delete and collapse leading articles A, AN & THE.