Special search keys

You have a number of special search keys with which you can search for a specific subject, publication or author.

	Search by people
	Search by year of publication
	Overview of special search keys

1.  Search by people

People are indexed according to their 'last name,initials' or by 'last name,first name' (without a space after the comma). For example: Johnson,A or Johnson,Alfred. If you type in a name without a comma followed by the initials or first name, all people with that surname will be displayed. However, if you type in a name with a comma followed by the initials or first name, only people with names identical to that typed in will be displayed. Naturally, you can use wildcards here as well.

2.  Search by year of publication

If you are searching for publications by a particular author and you wish to limit the search results to a specific year of publication, you can modify the search operation by using the following search keys. You can search by year of publication using the following operators (the search engine does not include serials in the search results):

	AND JVU 1980		published in 1980
	AND JVU < 1980		published in or before 1980
	AND JVU > 1980		published in or after 1980
	AND JVU 1980-1984		published between 1980 and 1984, including 1980 and 1984

3.  Overview of special search keys

Enter the following special search keys for the search term:

• Search by all words : ALL
  Enter ALL before the search term if you want to search different parts simultaneously, such as title, keyword and summary.
  Example: all albania; all clinton foreign policy
• Search by title words : TTL
  Enter TTL before the search term if you want to search the titles of books, magazines, conference proceedings or magazine articles or other material.
  Example: ttl american culture
• Search by author : AUT
  Enter AUT before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes if you are searching for a specific author.
  Example: aut ericson; aut smith,william (to find all versions of the first name you can follow the first letter by a ?).
• Search by ISBN : ISB
  Enter ISB before the ISBN number if you have the International Standard Book Number for a specific publication.
• Search by ISSN : ISS
  Enter ISS before the ISS number if you have the International Standard Serial Number for a specific periodical
• Search by title words: journal : TTI
  Enter TTI before the search term if you want to search magazine titles.
  Example: tti british medical journal
• Search by personal name : PRS
  Enter PRS before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes for the person you are searching for. The search key PRS applies both for the person who has written a publication and for the person a publication deals with (the subject of a publication).
  Example: prs smith, william
• Search by corporation : COR
  Enter COR before the search term(s) to search for publications published by a specific organization.
  Example: cor european union
• Search by local number : PPN
  Enter PPN before the Pica production number if you have the production number for a specific publication.
• Search by Dewey classification : DEW
  Enter DEW before the Dewey code if you have the Dewey code for a specific publication. Note: you must enter a backslash and a slash (\/) rather than just a (/). If you only enter a slash, /4 in the following example would stand for the number of 'variables' that the search operation may contain.
  Example: dew 709\/.2\/4
• Search by UDC classification : UDC
  Enter UDC before the UDC code if you have the UDC code for a specific publication.
• Search by LC call number : LCN
  Enter LCN before the LC number if you have the LC number for a specific publication.
• Search by NLM call number : NLM
  Enter NLM before the NLM number if you have the NLM number for a specific publication.
• Search by systematic code : SYS
  Enter SYS before the systematic code if you have the systematic code for a specific publication. You can also scan the index for an overview of the codes (scan systematic code).
• Search by medical heading (MESH) : MSH
  English medical keywords are added to the publications. Enter MSH before the medical keyword by which you wish to search.
  Example: msh cancer
• Search by LC subject heading : LCS
  Enter LCS before the keyword by which you wish to search in the Library of Congress classification.
  Example: lcs abandoned children
• Search by subject heading : TRF
  Enter TRF before the search term if you are searching by keywords added to the titles.
  Example: trf european parliament
• Search by subject-PRECIS : PRC
  Enter PRC before the PRECIS code if you have the PRECIS code for a specific publication.
• Search by catalogue number : CAT
  Enter CAT before the catalog number if you have the catalog number for a specific publication.
• Search by shelfmark : SIG
  Enter SIG if you know the number-local-call.
• Search by abstract : ABS
  Enter ABS before the search term to search for publications in an abstract which has been added to most titles.
  Example: abs religions
• Search by author-title key(4/4) : ATS
  Type the first 4 letters of the author's surname and the first 4 letters of the first word of the title.
  Omit definite and indefinite articles, do not omit prepositions. If a word consists of less than 4 letters then fill out with blanks.

  Example:

  to find "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

  Type:

  hemifare

  Example:

  to find "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway

  Type:

  hemifor

• Search by conference : CON
  Enter CON before the congress name if you are searching for a specific conference. Note: use quotation marks to search for a literal text.
• Search by number : NUM
  Enter NUM before the ISBN or ISSN number for a specific publication.
• Search by subject: person : PAO
  Enter PAO before the search term if you want to search publications that deal with a specific person.
  Example: pao churchill
• Search by publisher : UIT
  Enter UIT before the name of a publisher if you are searching for a specific publisher. The index contains the complete name of the publisher as this appears in the publication. For example, if you search using the name elsevier, all publications from a publisher that starts with elsevier will be found. Use quotation marks to search for literal phrases.
  Example: uit elsevier; uit "kluwer business information"
• Search by basic-code (GOO) : BCL
  To search for publications about a specific scientific subject using the basic classification. If you do not have this classification, it is preferable to search via the list of subjects.
• Search by subject heading (GOO) : GTR
  Dutch language GOO keywords are added to the titles. Enter GTR before the GOO keyword by which you want to search.
• Search by epn : EPN
  If you know the Copy-production-number.
• Search by SISO code : SIS
  Enter SIS before the SISO code if you have the SISO code for the type of publication.
• Search by NUGI call number : NUG
  Enter NUG before the NUGI code if you have the NUGI code for the type of publication.
• Search by subject-Brinkman : BTR
  Dutch language Brinkman keywords are added to the titles. Enter BTR before the Brinkman keyword by which you want to search.
• Search by subject-Lidia : LTR
  Enter LTR before the LIDIA keyword by which you want to search.
• Search by full title journal : HTL
  Enter HTL before the magazine title and sub-title you are looking for. Omit articles at the beginning of the title. If you scan the entire title, you will get an overview of all magazines.
  Example: htl international journal of politics, culture and society
• Search by series : RKS
  Enter RKS before a maximum of four words from the address of the series.
  Example: rks world or rks kerk wereldreeks
• Search by decentral classification : LSC
  Enter LSC before a decentral classification code.
  Example: lsc 135e or lsc knuttel 5767
• Search by publisher number : PNR
  Enter PNR before the publisher number if you have the publisher number for a specific publisher.
• Search by Uniform Resource Locator : URL
  Enter url before the Internet address you are looking for. Note: you must enter both a backslash and a slash (\/) rather than just a slash (/).
  Example: url www.physsportsmed.com\/journal.htm
• Search by type of publication : MAT
  Enter the type of publication for which you are searching. Only publications that satisfy the material code will be selected. You can only use the material code in combination with another search key.
  Example: all computer and mat b

  Make a selection from the following material codes:

  	A		Items	K		Cartography
  	B		Books	L		Letters
  	D		Summaries	M		Sheet music
  	E		Microfiches	O		Online sources
  	G		Audio	S		Applications
  	H		Signatures	T		Magazines or series titles
  	I		Illustrative	V		Audio-visual

  When requesting code A you search for articles, regardless if they have an abstract.