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Field
tag
(field name)
.AU. or .SO. (Book Author/Editor)
.TI. or .SO. (Book Title)
.SO. (Book Publisher and/or
Book Distributor)
.PT. (`Book' as document type)
AU= (Book Author/Editor)
/TI (Book Title)
SO= (Source)
DI= (Book Distributor)
PU= (Book Publisher)
DT= (Document Type)
BN= (ISBN information)
.BE. (Book Author/Editor)
.BT. or .SO. (Book Title)
.IB. (ISBN information)
.PI. (Book Publisher and Book
Distributor information)
.PT. (Publication type)
.BO. (Original Language Book
Title)
BN= or in BN (ISBN information)
IB= or in IB (ISBN information)
PB= or in PB (Book Publisher
information)
AU= or in AU (Author/Editor
of individual book chapter)
AUB= or in AUB
(Author/Editor of overall book)
TI= or in TI (Title information)
BK= or in BK (Title information)
BD= or in BD (Book Distributor
information)
DT= (Document Type)
/SO (Book Title; Book
Publisher; Book Author/Editor)
/DT (Document Type)
/ISN (ISBN information)
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book.PT. S
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S 1-57331-238-X/SO
Prior to 1993, search for
bibliographic information for
books or book chapters in the
Source (SO) or Title (TI) fields.
In overall book records, the TI
field contains the title of the
overall book; in book chapter
records, the TI field contains the
title of the chapter and the SO
field contains the overall book
title.
From 1994 forward, search for
book chapters in the Descriptors
(DE) field.
Prior to 1993, search for
bibliographic information for
book or book chapters in the
Source (SO) or Title (TI) fields.
In overall book records, the TI
field contains the title of the
overall book; in book chapter
records, the TI field contains the
title of the chapter and the SO
field contains the overall book
title.
From 1994 forward, search for
book chapters in the Descriptors
(DE) field.
Prior to 1993, search for
bibliographic information for
books or book chapters in the
Source (SO) or Title (TI) fields.
The Publisher Information (PI)
field contains information for
both the Book Publisher, as well
as the Book Distributor.
The AUB field is available from
1993 forward. Prior to 1993,
the BK field contains the
Author/Editor of the overall
book, as well as the title of the
overall book.
In overall book records both the
TI and BK fields contain the title
of the overall book; in book
chapter records, the TI field
contains the title of the chapter
and the BK field contains the
overall book title.
From 1994 forward, search for
book chapters in the Subject
Terms (TS) field.
Prior to 1993, search for
bibliographic information for
books or book chapters in the
Source (SO) or Title (TI) fields.
In overall book records, the
TI field contains the title of the
overall book; in chapter records,
the TI field contains the chapter
title and the overall book title is
located in the /SO field.
ISBN is also searchable in the
Source (SO) field.
From 1994 forward, search for
book chapters in the Index
Terms (IT) field.
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