Searching EBSCOhost: Limiting Searches: Field Searching

Scope

• EBSCOhost enables one to search by specific fields or indexes.
• It does through the use of a limiter called "field codes."
• Field codes enables the search of specific indexes in either citation or full-text documents.
• Field codes are specific to each database (though they share some general ones). Look at the Database Description to find what field codes are avialable for a selected database.

Common Field Codes

FIELD CODE	FUNCTION	EXAMPLE
su	subject	su engineering
au	author	au king, stephen
ti	title	ti inernet research
so	source (name of publication)	so wired
ab	abstract (words in the abstract)	ab library technology
il	illustration	il graph, il yes (meaning there is one)
an	accession number	an 9605200637
is	ISSN	is 08975213

Usage

• Type the two-letter code before your search term(s) in the text box.
  • Examples:
    • To search for articles about the author Chitra Divakaruni, type:
      • su divakaruni chitra
    • To search for articles written by the author Chitra Divakaruni about India type:
      • au divakaruni chitra and su india
• Click the Search button to begin the search.

   

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