Field Codes for Keyword (Boolean) Searching

You can use a field code to search a specific field in the CLIO catalog record.

  • To restrict the search to a specific field, enter the appropriate code from the table below, followed by a space, and then your search terms.
  • You do not need to put the Boolean operator AND between your terms.
  • A term that is not preceded by a code will be searched as a general keyword anywhere in the record:
    nkey green neoplasm? chemotherapy finds items with green in the author field and neoplasm (or neoplasms) and chemotherapy elsewhere in the record

Examples:
Author/Title search: nkey hawthorne and tkey scarlet
Author keyword search (nkey): nkey black nkey lintner
Subject search (skey): skey women and skey "new york"
Journal Title search (jkey): jkey dickens?
ISBN search (isbn): isbn 123456789x (eliminate any hyphens)
ISSN search (issn): issn 1234-5678 (retain hyphen)
Publisher search(publ): publ columbia and skey "gender identity"

Complete list of keyword field codes

Search for keywords in: Field Code Indexed MARC fields
Anywhere GKEY All 010-9xx fields/subfields
Journal Title JKEY 130, 210, 222, 240, 243, 245, 246, 247, 400, 410, 411, 440, 490, 700, 710, 711, 730, 740, 773, 776, 780, 785, 800, 810, 811, 830
Author Name NKEY 100, 110, 111, 400, 411, 700, 710, 711, 800, 810, 811
Series SERI 400, 410, 411, 440, 490, 760, 800, 810, 811, 830
Subject SKEY 600, 610, 611, 630, 650, 651, 653, 655, 690, 691
Title TKEY 130, 210, 222, 240, 245, 246, 247, 400, 410, 411, 440, 490, 700, 710, 711, 730, 740, 773, 776, 780, 785, 800, 810, 811, 830
Notes NOTE all 5xx fields
Opus/Thematic Number OPUS 240 |n, 245, 505, 700 |n
Publisher No. NPUB 028
ISBN ISBN 020
ISSN ISSN 022
Personal Name 100A 100
Corporate Name 110A 110
Conference Name 111A 111
Uniform Title (130) 130A 130
Title, Key 210A 210, 222
Uniform Title 240A 240, 243
Title Proper 245A 245
Title, Varying Form 246A 246, 247
Place of Publication PUBP 260 |a
Publisher PUBL 260 |b
Publisher: Date 260C 260 |c
Serial ID (Recordings) 262K 262 |k
Matrix/Take Number 262L 262 |l
Series: Personal Name 400N 400 |acd
Series Title: Personal 400T 400 |knpty
Series Corporate Name 410N 410 |abcdefgkl
Series Title: Corporate 410T 410 |knptv
Series: Conference Name 411N 411 |acdefgkl
Series Title: Conference 411T 411 |knptv
Series Title: Title AE 440T 440 |anpv, 490 |av
Subject Personal Name 600A 600
Subject: Corporate Name 610A 610
Subject: Conf/Mtg Name 611A 611
Subject: Uniform Title 630A 630
Subject: Topical 650A 650
Subject: Geo. Name 651A 651
Subject: Uncontrolled 653A 653
Subject: Genre/Form 655A 655
Subject: Local 690A 690
Subject: Local Geo. 691A 691
Other Personal Name 700A 700 |abcdefgkl
Other Personal Name: Title 700T 700 |knpt
Other Corporate Name 710A 710 |abcdefgkl
Other Corporate Name:Title 710T 710 |knpt
Other Conference Name 711A 711 |abcdefgkl
Other Conference Name: Title 711T 711 |knpt
AE: Uniform Title 730A 730
AE: Related Anal. Title 740A 740
Main Series Entry 760A 760
Subseries Entry 762A 762
Original Language Entry 765A 765
Translation 767A 767
Supp/Special Issue Entry 770A 770
Parent Record Entry 772A 772
Host Item Entry 773A 773
Other Edition Entry 775A 775
Addtl. Physical Form 776A 776
Issued with Entry 777A 777
Preceding Entry 780A 780 |abst
Preceding Title 780T 780 |st
Succeeding Entry 785A 785 |abst
Succeeding Title 785T 785 |st
Non-Spec. Relationship 787A 787 |abst
Series AE: Personal Name 800N 800 |acdq
Series AE: Personal Title 800T 800 |knptv
Series AE: Corp. Name 810N 810 |abcdefgkl
Series AE: Corp. Title 810T 810 |knptv
Series AE: Conf. Name 811N 811 |acdefgkl
Series AE: Conf. Title 811T 811 |knptv
Series AE: Title 830T 830

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