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Advanced Search Field Tags

Field tags enable you to search data fields within a record.

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AD=Address

Searches for institution and/or place names in the Addresses field.

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AI=Author Identifiers

Searches for Web of Science ResearcherID numbers and ORCID identifiers in the Author Identifiers table within a record.

Enter a unique Web of Science ResearcherID number or ORCID identifier with the AI field tag.

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AU=Author

Searches for author names in the Author(s) field within a record.

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Last names containing a space should be searched with and without the space to ensure that all relevant records are returned. For example:

AU=(De Marco* OR DeMarco*)
AU=(Van Hecke T* OR Vanhecke T*)

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CI=City

Searches for cities in the Addresses field within a record.

Note: In Current Contents Connect, the product searches the Reprint Address field within a record.

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CU=Country/Region

Searches for countries/regions in the Addresses field within a record.

Note: In Current Contents Connect, the product searches the Reprint Address field within a record.

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IS=ISSN

Searches the ISSN field within a record.

The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) searches for periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has both a print ISSN and an electronic ISSN, then both display in the Full Record. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X.

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IS=ISBN

Searches the ISBN field within a record.

The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) searches for books. It is a unique machine-readable identifier that marks a book unmistakably. The format is a 10-digit number that contains 3 hyphens (-). The last digit is a check character, which may be a number or an X. The position of the hyphens can vary for each ISBN identifier.

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OG=Organization

Searches for organizations and institutions in the Addresses field within a record.

Note: In Current Contents Connect, the product searches the Reprint Address field within a record.

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PS=Province / State

Searches for provinces and states in the Addresses field within a record.

Note: In Current Contents Connect, the product searches the Reprint Address field within a record.

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PY=Year Published

Searches the Source Published field within a record. You must combine this field tag with another field tag using the AND or NOT Boolean operator.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=2007

When entering a range of years, restrict your search to five years or less; otherwise, processing slows down and the product returns too many unproductive results.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=(2008-2010)

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SG=Suborganization

Searches for suborganizations in the Addresses field within a record.

Note: In Current Contents Connect, the products searches the Reprint Address field within a record.

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SO=Publication Name

Searches for publication names in the Source field within a record. The product retrieves all source titles within a product database (for example, journal titles and/or book titles if the product includes books).

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SU=Research Area

Searches the Research Areas field.

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TI=Title

Searches the Title field within a record.

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TS=Topic

Searches for topic terms in the following fields within a record.

Title
Abstract
Author Keywords

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UT=Accession Number

Searches the Accession Number field within a record. The accession number is a unique identifying number associated with each record in the product. It consists of a product identification code, a product year, and an item number.

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ZP=Zip / Postal Code

Searches for zip and postal codes in the Addresses field within a record.

Note: In Current Contents Connect, the product searches the Reprint Address field within a record.