Enter qualifiers and values
Discover how to enter search qualifiers and values in Connexion client.
| Qualifier index (label) |
Available values | How to enter |
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| Type of material format (mt:) | Books (bks) Computer Files (com) Continuing Resources (res) Integrating Resources (int) Maps (map) Mixed Material (mix) Serials (ser) Scores (sco) Sound Recordings (rec) Visual Materials (vis) |
Command line search Enter as slash qualifier or use the index label with the following values: /bks or mt:bks /com or mt:com /res or mt:res /int or mt:int /map or mt:map /mix or mt:mix /ser or mt:ser /sco or mt:sco /rec or mt:rec /vis or mt:vis To exclude exclude a format, use not. Example: not mt:cnr |
| Guided search In the Format list, select a format. See also more specific material type qualifiers below. |
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| Note: Continuing Resources is now the primary MARC record format, which includes both Serials and Integrating Resources material types. All three are available as slash qualifiers, and all three are listed in the Format list of the Search WorldCat window for limiting guided WorldCat searches. |
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| Years of publication (yr:) m = millennium c = century d = decade y = year |
Single year [mcdy] Decade [mcd?] Century [mc??] Single year and all later years [mcdy-] Single year and all earlier years [-mcdy] Range of years: [mcdy-y] [mcdy-dy] [mcdy-cdy] [mcdy-mcdy] No date [0000] |
Command line search Enter as a slash qualifier or enter with index label and colon: /1994 or yr:1994 To exclude a year or years, use not. Example: not yr:1994 |
| Guided search In the Years box, enter a year or range of years. |
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| Examples: Single year: 1994 Decade: 199? Century: 19?? Single year and all later years: 1995- Single year and all earlier years: -1995 Range of years: 1980-3 1980-91 1980-920 1980-1920 No date: 0000 |
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| Microform or not microform (mf:) | Microform Not microform |
Command line search Enter as slash qualifier: /mf (microform) or /nm (not microform) Or Enter the index label and one of the following two values: mf:mic or mf:nmc |
| Guided search In the Microform list, select Microform or Not Microform. |
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| Source (dl: - Library of Congress) Or Source phrase (cs= - followed by an OCLC symbol for a library) |
Library of Congress/Program for Cooperative Cataloging Or A library specified by OCLC symbol |
Command line search To limit to Library of Congress (LC), enter as slash qualifier: /dlc Or Enter the index label and value: dl:y To limit to another library, enter phrase index label and OCLC symbol: cs=abcde Note: The only value for LC is y. |
| Guided search In the Source list, select Any or DLC. |
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| Internet (mt:) | Internet (Limit results to records for internet resources) Non-Internet (Exclude records for internet resources) |
Command line search Use the index label and one of the following two values: mt:url or not mt:url (Unavailable as a slash qualifier) |
| Guided search In the Internet list, select Internet or Non-Internet. |
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| Language (la:) | A language you specify. (Limit results to records that describe works in a selected language.) Any: no language specified (Results can include records for works in any language.) |
Command line search Use the index label and the three-letter MARC code or the name of the language spelled out: la:spa or la:spanish (Unavailable as a slash qualifier) |
| Guided search Under Language, in the default short list of the nine most used languages list, select a language. Or Click the Personalize List button (  ) to customize the short index list.Or Click the Plus button (  ) to expand and select from the comprehensive list of languages valid for MARC records. |
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| Material types (mt: or mt=) |
A material type you specify (Limits the search to records of that type only.) Any: no material type specified (Results contain records for all material types.) Note: Material type indexes are also included in one of the primary MARC format indexes: Books, Computer Files, Continuing Resources*, Maps, Mixed Materials, Scores, Sound Recordings, Visual Materials *Formerly called Serials; includes both serials and integrating resources material types |
Command line search Use the index label, a colon, and the three-letter code for the material type: mt:dvv Or Use the index label, an equal sign, a space and the full name of the material type: mt:dvd video |
| Guided search Under Material Type, in the default short list of the ten most used material types, select a material type. Or Click the Personalize List button ( ) to customize the short list.Or Click the Plus button ( ) to expand and select from the comprehensive list of over 100 available materialtypes |
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Note: The following material type names in the Search WorldCat window list do not match their system names. In a command line search, if you enter complete material type names instead of entering codes, enter the name shown in boldface type in the second column:
| Material type name in Search WorldCat window list | Example: Enter system material type name |
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| International gov publication | mt=international government publication |
| Juvenile (all types) | mt:juvenile |
| National gov publication | mt:national government publication |
| State or province gov pub | mt:state or province government publication |
See Searching WorldCat Indexes for comprehensive descriptions of indexes, including qualifier indexes.