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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] 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 [PER] person/author : PER
    Enter PER before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes if you are searching for a specific author.
    Example: per ericson; per smith,william (to find all versions of the first name you can follow the first letter by a ?).
  • Search by [TFB] title (string, from beginning) : TFB
    If you know the short-title.
  • Search by [TIT] title (keywords) : TIT
    Enter TIT before the search term if you want to search the titles of books, magazines, conference proceedings or magazine articles or other material.
    Example: tit american culture
  • Search by [SER] series, periodical (keywords) : SER
    Enter SER before the search term if you want to search magazine titles.
    Example: ser british medical journal
  • Search by [SUH] subject heading : SUH
    Dutch language GOO keywords are added to the titles. Enter SUH before the GOO keyword by which you want to search.
  • Search by [TPC] all topics : TPC
    Subject headings and keywords of the title in any order
  • Search by [KLS] Klassifikation : KLS
    If you know the TACO subject.
  • Search by [NUM] any number : NUM
    Enter NUM before the ISBN or ISSN number for a specific publication.
  • Search by [COS] corporation (string) : COS
    Enter COS before the search term(s) to search for publications published by a specific organization.
    Example: cos european union
  • Search by [CNS] conference (string) : CNS
    Enter CNS to find titles which have been published on the occasion of a conference.
    Example: cns conference latin americanist geographers or cns "online information"
  • Search by [ISB] ISBN (books) : ISB
    Enter ISB before the ISBN number if you have the International Standard Book Number for a specific publication.
  • Search by [ISS] ISSN (periodicals) : ISS
    Enter ISS before the ISS number if you have the International Standard Serial Number for a specific periodical
  • Search by [PPN] Pica prod. no : PPN
    Enter PPN before the Pica production number if you have the production number for a specific publication.
  • Search by [LSW] local subject heading : LSW
    Enter LSW before the search term if you are searching by keywords added to the titles.
    Example: lsw european parliament
  • Search by [DTM] date : DTM
    Enter DTM before the search term to find a title which has been published in a specific year.
    Example: dtm 19481018; dtm 1948*
  • Search by [YOP] year of publication : YOP
    Enter YOP before the search term to find a title which has been published in a specific year.
    Example: yop 1798
  • Search by [TSL] title key 4/2/2/1 : TSL
    If you know the title-key.
  • Search by [LC] country code DDB : LC
    Enter LC if you know the number-local-call.
  • Search by [LNG] language : LNG
    Sonder- und Leerzeichen können bei der Eingabe der Signaturen unberücksichtigt bleiben - anders als bei SGB.
  • Search by [ATS] 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 [COR] corporation (keywords) : COR
    To find titles which have been published by a specific organization.
    Example:cor european union
  • Search by [CON] conference (keywords) : 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 [PRI] printer (person) : PRI
    Enter PRI before the search term if you want to search publications that deal with a specific person.
    Example: pri churchill
  • Search by [BCL] classification code : 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 [EPN] copy-produktions-no. : EPN
    If you know the Copy-production-number.
  • Search by [SWT] SWETS-number : SWT
    If you know the SWETS number.
  • Search by [NEL] Neuerwerbungslisten : NEL
    If you know the BNTL-number.
  • Search by [NEA] Neuerwerbungslisten-Abteilung : NEA
    If you know the CTC-number.
  • Search by [SGZ] Sachgruppen ZDB : SGZ
    For internal purposes.
  • Search by [PES] periodical (string) : PES
    Enter PES 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: pes international journal of politics, culture and society
  • Search by [LDE] local subject headings (string) : LDE
    Subject headings (in Dutch) have been added to the titles.
          Example: erfrecht
    parlementaire ombudsman
  • Search by [FPS] fingerprint (string) : FPS
    Enter FPS before the search term to search for the fingerprint. Type literally the individual parts of the fingerprint.
    Example: fps D5 e1$b
  • Search by [FPK] fingerprint (keyword) : FPK
    Enter FPK before the code of a typograhic feature.
    Scan the index for a list of the codes.
    Example: fpk d
     
    There are the following typograhical features:
      a   illustration on the title page  
      b   illustrations outside collation  
      c   illustrations within collation  
      d   author's booklist  
      e   printer's booklist  
      f   bookseller's booklist  
      g   other booklist  
      h   printer's device  
      i   type face Roman  
      j   type face Gothic  
      k   type face Italic  
      l   type face Civilite  
      m   type face Greek  
      n   type face Hebrew  
      o   type face Arabic  
      p   type face Armenian  
      q   musical notation  
      r   type face Cyrillic  
      s   others type faces  
      v   printed covers  
      w   engraved title-page  
      x   typographical title-page  
      y   no title-page  
      z   title-page in different colours  
      3   subscription data  
      4   price quotation  
  • Search by [AED] date of modification : AED
    Enter AED before the search term to find articles about a specific town or place.
    Example: aed rotterdam; aed schiphol
  • Search by [ZZD] ZDB-no in article : ZZD
    Type one or more words from the address of the institution for which the author works.
          For example: amc
    california institute cancer
  • 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.

  • Search by basic-code : BKD
    If you know the Basic code.