Searching ProQuest: Article Types

Scope

• The Article Type field (dtype) enables you to search for articles based on their general type (such as editorial, fiction, review, poetry).
• There are 20 different types of articles as shown below.
• Note: ProQuest's Advanced Search provides a drop-down list for selecting the type of articles you want to find.

Article Types

Biography	Commentary	Corrections
Dividend Report	Earnings Report	Editorial
Editorial Cartoon	Feature	Fiction
General Information	Instructional	Interview
Letter	News	Obituary
Poetry	Recipe	Review*
Speech	Statistics

Usage

• Examples:
  • dtype(obituary) and sub(truman capote)
  • geo(ireland) and dtype(editorial)

*Reviews

• Reviews can provide critical evaluations of art, music, literature, restaurants, media, or products.
• In ProQuest, reviews may have a Favorable, Mixed, Unfavorable, Comparative, or No Opinion component.
• Review Types

  Arts/Exhibits	Movie	Restaurant
  Audio	Performance	Television
  Book	Product	Video

• Examples
  • dtype(review) and name(john coltrane)
  • dtype(audio review) and name(john coltrane)
  • dtype(audio review-favorable) and name(john coltrane)

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