Searching RLIN: Material Files in the Bibliographic Database

Scope

• The 8 material-type files in the RLG union catalog or bibliographic database (BIB) that can be searched collectively or individually.
• The files are divided by their specialized content.
• Each file has an 3-letter abbreviation that can be used to select the individual file for searching.

Files and the approximate number of unique titles in each one

• Number of unique titles in the current bibliographic files (databases) in RLIN (As of Jan 22 2002):

  File Name	File Name Description	# Unique Titles
  amc	Archival and Mixed Collections	722,791
  bks	Books	115,167,860
  map	Maps	609,309
  mdf	Computer Files	96,961
  rec	Sound Recordings	2,134,975
  sco	Scores	1,848,811
  ser	Serials / Periodicals	6,509,404
  vim	Visual Materials	962,047

Material-type limits

• To limit your search by material type, use one of the above with one of the following:

  Limit	Function
  limit mat	Restricts current search result
  set limit mat	Restricts subsequent searches during the current session.

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