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Every document in every ProQuest database is indexed to capture sections of information about the document, for example, its title, the author, and ISSN or ISBN numbers. You'll see a document's indexing information when you view the document. This indexing makes it possible for ProQuest users to take advantage of search fields, such as Author, and the corresponding field codes, such as AU, to create very precise searches.
The Advanced Search and Command Line Search sections provide you with search fields in dropdown lists for you to use in your search to tap into specific bits of indexed document information.
Important to know: The degree symbol (°) indicates field codes that return results from only some databases, not all.
Frequently used search fields & field codes
Frequently used search fields
| Search Field | Corresponding Field Code | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | ABSTRACT | ABSTRACT(food) - searches formal scholarly abstracts only |
| All abstract & summary text | SUMMARY | SUMMARY(food) - searches both formal scholarly abstracts and non-scholarly/informal summarizing texts |
| Accession number | AN |
AN(1713554) - searches both the ProQuest document ID (applied to all documents) and the 3rd party document ID (applied to some databases, such as APA PsycINFO®) |
| Author | AUTHOR | AUTHOR(smith) |
| Document feature | DF | DF(maps) |
| Document text | FULLTEXT | FULLTEXT(food) |
| Document title | TITLE | TITLE(food) |
| Document type | DTYPE | DTYPE(literature review) |
| ISBN | ISBN |
ISBN(3-926608-58-7) ISBN(3926608587) (hyphens are optional) |
| ISSN | ISSN | ISSN(10673881) ISSN(1067-3881) (hyphens are optional) |
| Issue | ISSUE | ISSUE(23) |
| Language | LA | LA(french) |
| Location as subject | LOCATION | LOCATION(france) |
| Person as subject | PERSON | PERSON(smith) |
| Publication date | PUBDATE |
Year, month, day: PUBDATE(nov and 1990) |
| Publication year | YR | YR(2005) |
| Publication title | PUBLICATION | PUBLICATION(wall street journal) |
| Source type | STYPE | STYPE(newspapers) |
| Subjects | SUBJECT | SUBJECT(higher education) |
| Last update date | LUPD | LUPD(20110504) |
| Volume | VOLUME | VOLUME(85) |
Search fields as limiters
| Search field | Field code | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract included | ABANY | ABANY(yes) - retrieves documents that include the abstract |
| Full text | FTANY |
FTANY(yes) - retrieves documents that provide full text |
| Peer reviewed | PEER | PEER(yes) - retrieves documents that are peer reviewed |
| Scholarly | SCHOL | SCHOL(yes) - retrieves documents that are scholarly |
Advanced Search field codes
| Search field | Field code |
|---|---|
| Abstract | ABSTRACT |
| All abstract & summary text | SUMMARY |
| Anywhere except full text | NOFT |
| Author | AUTHOR |
| Company/organization | COMPANY |
| Document text | FULLTEXT |
| Document title | TITLE |
| Location | LOCATION |
| Person | PERSON |
| Publication title | PUBLICATION |
| Subject heading (all) | SUBJECT |
Command Line Search field codes
| Field name | Field Code |
|---|---|
| Abstract | ABSTRACT |
| All abstract & summary text | SUMMARY |
| Accession number | AN |
| Address | ADR |
| Advisor | ADV |
| Age | AGE |
| Agency | AG |
| Amount note | AMN |
| Anywhere except full text | NOFT |
| Article taxonomic terms | ATX |
| Articles about US Hispanics | USHIS |
| Auditor | AUD |
| Author affiliation | AF |
| Authors | AUTHOR |
| Authors (all author and other contributor roles, including translator, editor, engraver) | EAU |
| Availability | AV |
| Available for licensing region | ALIC |
| Book title | BK |
| Caption | CAP |
| Category (table/figure type) | FIGT |
| Cited author | CAU |
| Cited document title | CTI |
| Cited publication title | CPUB |
| Cited year | CYR |
| Classification | CC |
| CODEN | CODEN |
| Column | COL |
| Committee member | CMT |
| Company | CO |
| Company as subject | COMPANY |
| Company type | CTY |
| Conference sponsor | CS |
| Conference | CF |
| Conference title | CFTI |
| Contact individual | CX |
| Copyright | CY |
| Corporate author | CA |
| Country | CNT |
| Dateline | DLN |
| Degree | DG |
| Department | DEP |
| Development history | HI |
| Digital Object Identifier | DOI |
| Director | DIRECTOR |
| Document feature | DF |
| Document text | FULLTEXT |
| Document title | TITLE |
| Document type | DTYPE |
| Drug originator | DOR |
| Edition | EN |
| Editor | ED |
| Education level | LV |
| Email address | EA |
| Environmental regime | ER |
| EPA number | EPA |
| Fax | FA |
| Folklore | FK |
| Format availability | FV |
| Format covered | FC |
| Fortune rank | FORT |
| Frequency of publication | FQ |
| Full description | MEC |
| Funding amount | AM |
| Funding type | FTYPE |
| Gallery | GA |
| General literary topic | GSU |
| Generic name | GN |
| Genetic sequence | GQ |
| Geologic time | GT |
| Grant information | GI |
| HBond acceptor | HBA |
| HBond donor | HBD |
| Holding library | HL |
| Influence | IFL |
| Input center number, ASFA | TR |
| International classification | IC |
| Inventor | INV |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| ISSN | ISSN |
| Issue | ISSUE |
| Journal title | JN |
| Keywords/identifiers | IF |
| Language | LA |
| Last revision date | LR |
| Latitude & longitude | LL |
| LC control number | LC |
| Lecture/series | LEC |
| Linguistic topic | LSU |
| Lipinski values | LIP |
| Literary genre | LGR |
| Literary source | LSO |
| Literary technique | LT |
| Literary theme | LTM |
| Location as subject | LOCATION |
| Location of work | LOW |
| Major MeSH | MJMESH |
| Major subject | MJSUB |
| Manuscript type | MTYPE |
| Map information | MP |
| Market rating | MKR |
| Market segment | SEG |
| Material | ML |
| Material classification | MC |
| MeSH subjects | MESH |
| Media | MD |
| Methodology | ME |
| Molecular formula | MF |
| Molecular weight | MW |
| Monograph title | MT |
| NAICS | NAICS |
| National literature | NL |
| New chemical entity | NCE |
| Non-polymer material | NM |
| Notes | NT |
| Novelty rating | NVR |
| Number of references | NR |
| Object geographic terms | OLOC |
| Online publication date | OPD |
| ORCID | ORCID |
| Organizer | ON |
| Origin of substance | OS |
| Original title | OTI |
| Other contributors | OAU |
| Other numbers | NU |
| Patent applicant | AP |
| Patent application data | PA |
| Patent country | PC |
| Patent information | PAT |
| Patent issue date | PI |
| Patent number | PN |
| Patent priority country | PPC |
| Patent priority data | PR |
| Patent priority date | PRD |
| Patent priority number | PRN |
| Patent publication country | PBC |
| Patent publication date | PDA |
| Person as subject | PERSON |
| Pharmacokinetic data | PK |
| Phase | PHS |
| Phone number | TE |
| Physical description | PH |
| Place of publication | CP |
| Population | POP |
| PQ subject | PSUB |
| Predictive model | EQ |
| Price quoted | PQ |
| Print publication date | PPD |
| Process | PRC |
| Producer | PRODUCER |
| Product as subject | NP |
| Publication date | PUBDATE |
| Publication editor | JED |
| Publication subject | JSU |
| Publication type | RTYPE |
| Publication year | YR |
| Publication/order number | DISPUB |
| Publication title | PUBLICATION |
| Publication title (includes title history) | PUBALL |
| Publisher | PUBLISHER |
| Publisher location | PBLOC |
| Rating | RAT |
| References | REFERENCE |
| Registry number | RN |
| Related work | RW |
| Report number | RP |
| Requirements | RQ |
| Resource location | RL |
| Reviewed work | RV |
| Revision | REV |
| Rotational bonds | ROT |
| Route of administration | RO |
| Scholar | SCR |
| Scholarly approach | SAP |
| Scholarly theory | STH |
| Scholarly tool | STO |
| School name/code | SCH |
| Section | SEC |
| Series | SR |
| Shelfmark | SH |
| Source type | STYPE |
| Specific language | SLA |
| Speed rating | SPR |
| Sponsor | SP |
| Sponsor type | SPT |
| Sponsoring organization | SPORG |
| Start page | PAGE |
| Status | ST |
| Study names/identifiers | STI |
| Subfile | SFL |
| Subject-author | SAU |
| Subject-language | SUL |
| Subject-work | SWK |
| Subject-work (translated title) | TWK |
| Subject area | SBA |
| Subject/artist | SA |
| Subjects | SUBJECT |
| Substance | DN |
| Substance | SUBST |
| Summary language | SL |
| Supplement | SUPP |
| Supplemental file types | SPTYPE |
| Table of contents | TOC |
| Target audience | TA |
| Target data | TG |
| Taxonomic terms | TXTERM |
| Tests & measures | TM |
| Therapeutic class | TC |
| Therapy status | TST |
| Ticker symbol | TKS |
| Time period | TPR |
| Total rating | TRAT |
| Treatment codes | TT |
| Update date | UPD |
| Volume | VOLUME |
| Volume/issue DVI | DISVOL |
| Word count | WC |