Field Name

Field Code

Field Type

Example in a search

Notes

Abstract

AB

Fulltext

Contains (AB, '"wheat flour"' )

Searches for the phrase 'wheat flour' in the abstract field

Accession Number

AN

Character

AN =  '2003-07-Mv0953'

Searches for the record with this accession number

All Fields

AF

Fulltext

Contains (AF, '"fresh mushroom*"' )

Searches All Fields for phrases such as 'fresh mushroom' and 'fresh mushrooms'

Article Title

TI

Fulltext

Contains (TI, '"CALUX"' )

Searches for the word 'CALUX' in the article title field

Author

AU

Character

AU Like 'Robins*'

Searches for authors whose surname starts with 'Robins', e.g. Robins, Robinson

Author - Additional

AA

Character

AA = 'Warwick, M. J.'

Searches for this author in the additional author field

Author - All

AL

Character

AL Like '*Yoon*'

Searches All Authors fields for names that include 'Yoon', e.g. Yoon Kil Chang; Yoon, K. S.; Kwang-Roo Yoon

Author - Corporate

CA

Character

CA Like '*Nestle*'

Searches for corporate authors whose name includes 'Nestle'

Commercial name

CN

Character

CN = 'Twix'

Searches for 'Twix' in the commercial name field

Correspondence address

AD

Character

AD Like '*Davis*'

Searches for records whose correspondence address includes 'Davis'

Date of addition

DA

Date

DA Between '1-Jan-1978' and '1-Jan-1979'

Searches for records that were created between 1 January 1978 and 1 January 1979

Document type

DT

Character

DT = 'Book'

Searches for records of the Book document type

Exploded keyword

KE

Character

KE = 'Wheat'

Does an exploded keyword search on the Keyword Wheat and its narrower terms

ISBN

BN

Character

BN = '1855735849'

Searches for the record with this ISBN

ISSN

SN

Character

SN = '0022-1147'

Searches for records with this ISSN

Keyword

KW

Character

KW = 'dough'

Searches for records indexed with the keyword Dough

Language

LA

Character

LA = 'spanish'

Searches for records whose source article language is spanish

Language code

LC

Character

LC = 'sp'

Searches for records whose source article or source abstract language is spanish

Language summary

LS

Character

LS = 'spanish'

Searches for records whose source article has an abstract in spanish

Patent assignee

PA

Character

PA Like (*Nestle*)

Searches for records whose patent assignee includes 'Nestle'

Patent number

PN

Character

PN = 'EP 1 312 268 A1'

Searches for the record with this patent number

Patent priority information

PI

Character

PI Like 'EP 01-127535*'

Searches for the record(s) whose patent priority information start with this text

Publication title

PT

Character

PT = 'Journal of Food Science'

Searches for records whose source publication title is the Journal of Food Science

Publication year

PY

Integer

PY >= 2002

Searches for records whose publication year is greater than or equal to 2002

Publisher address

PB

Character

PA Like (*CABI*)

Searches for records whose publisher address field includes 'CABI'

Section description

SC

Character

SC Like '*nuts*'

Searches for records whose section description includes 'nuts'

Section letter

SL

Character

SL = 'A'

Searches for records whose section letter is 'A'

Source 

SO

Fulltext

Contains (SO, '"food science"')

Searches for records whose source field includes the phrase 'food science'