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Special search keys

You have a number of special search keys with which you can search for a specific subject, publication or author.

> Search by people
> Search by year of publication
> Overview of special search keys

1.  Search by people

People are indexed according to their 'last name,initials' or by 'last name,first name' (without a space after the comma). For example: Johnson,A or Johnson,Alfred. If you type in a name without a comma followed by the initials or first name, all people with that surname will be displayed. However, if you type in a name with a comma followed by the initials or first name, only people with names identical to that typed in will be displayed. Naturally, you can use wildcards here as well.

2.  Search by year of publication

If you are searching for publications by a particular author and you wish to limit the search results to a specific year of publication, you can modify the search operation by using the following search keys. You can search by year of publication using the following operators (the search engine does not include serials in the search results):

  AND JVU 1980   published in 1980  
  AND JVU < 1980   published in or before 1980  
  AND JVU > 1980   published in or after 1980  
  AND JVU 1980-1984   published between 1980 and 1984, including 1980 and 1984  

3.  Overview of special search keys

Enter the following special search keys for the search term:

  • Search by all words : ALL
    Enter ALL before the search term if you want to search different parts simultaneously, such as title, keyword and summary.
    Example: all albania; all clinton foreign policy
  • Search by person, author : PER
    Enter PER before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes if you are searching for a specific author.
    Example: per ericson; per smith,william (to find all versions of the first name you can follow the first letter by a ?).
  • Search by title (keywords) : TIT
    Enter TIT before the search term if you want to search the titles of books, magazines, conference proceedings or magazine articles or other material.
    Example: tit american culture
  • Search by title (string from beginning) : TFB
    If you know the short-title.
  • Search by periodical (keywords) : PEK
    Enter PEK before the search term if you want to search magazine titles.
    Example: pek british medical journal
  • Search by corporation (keywords) : COR
    To find titles which have been published by a specific organization.
          Example: org european union
    org ministry education
  • Search by Konferenz : CON
    Enter CON before the congress name if you are searching for a specific conference. Note: use quotation marks to search for a literal text.
  • Search by any number : NUM
    Enter NUM before the ISBN or ISSN number for a specific publication.
  • Search by corporation: string [COS] : COS
    Enter COS before the search term(s) to search for publications published by a specific organization.
    Example: cos european union
  • Search by conference: string [CNS] : CNS
    Enter CNS to find titles which have been published on the occasion of a conference.
    Example: cns conference latin americanist geographers or cns "online information"
  • Search by ISBN (books) [ISB] : ISB
    Enter ISB before the ISBN number if you have the International Standard Book Number for a specific publication.
  • Search by ISSN (periodicals) [ISS] : ISS
    Enter ISS before the ISS number if you have the International Standard Serial Number for a specific periodical
  • Search by Pica prod. no [PPN] : PPN
    Enter PPN before the Pica production number if you have the production number for a specific publication.
  • Search by Dewey classification : DEW
    Enter DEW before the Dewey code if you have the Dewey code for a specific publication. Note: you must enter a backslash and a slash (\/) rather than just a (/). If you only enter a slash, /4 in the following example would stand for the number of 'variables' that the search operation may contain.
    Example: dew 709\/.2\/4
  • Search by local systematic code : LSY
    Enter LSY before the systematic code if you have the systematic code for a specific publication. You can also scan the index for an overview of the codes (scan systematic code).
  • Search by subject heading [SUB] : SUB
    Enter SUB before the search term if you want to search for subject headings which have been added to the titles.
    Example: sub europees parlement or sub franse revolutie
  • Search by medical heading (MESH) : MSH
    English medical keywords are added to the publications. Enter MSH before the medical keyword by which you wish to search.
    Example: msh cancer
  • Search by LC subject heading : LCS
    Enter LCS before the keyword by which you wish to search in the Library of Congress classification.
    Example: lcs abandoned children
  • Search by country code DDB : LDB
    Enter LDB if you know the number-local-call.
  • Search by coden [CDN] : CDN
    A CODEN is a code of five characters, which is used to identify a journal.
    The CODEN always remains the same, even if the name of the journal changes.
          Example: netja
    (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde)
  • Search by abstract : ABS
    Enter ABS before the search term to search for publications in an abstract which has been added to most titles.
    Example: abs religions
  • Search by author/title key (4/4) : ATS
    Type the first 4 letters of the author's surname and the first 4 letters of the first word of the title.
    Omit definite and indefinite articles, do not omit prepositions. If a word consists of less than 4 letters then fill out with blanks.
          Example: to find "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
          Type: hemifare
          Example: to find "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway
          Type: hemifor
  • Search by classification code [BCL] : BCL
    To search for publications about a specific scientific subject using the basic classification. If you do not have this classification, it is preferable to search via the list of subjects.
  • Search by subject heading [SUH] : SUH
    Dutch language GOO keywords are added to the titles. Enter SUH before the GOO keyword by which you want to search.
  • Search by copy-produktions-no. : EPN
    If you know the Copy-production-number.
  • Search by SWETS-number [SWT] : SWT
    If you know the SWETS number.
  • Search by title (string, short) [TTS] : TTS
    Enter TTS before the search term to find documents which have been printed in a specific place.
    Example: tts delft
  • Search by title (string, long) [TTL] : TTL
    Enter TTL before the search term to find documents from a specific printer or publisher. Always search with a ?.
    Example: ttl abrahamsz,j?
  • Search by periodical (string) : PES
    Enter PES before the magazine title and sub-title you are looking for. Omit articles at the beginning of the title. If you scan the entire title, you will get an overview of all magazines.
    Example: pes international journal of politics, culture and society
  • Search by type of publication : MAT
    Enter the type of publication for which you are searching. Only publications that satisfy the material code will be selected. You can only use the material code in combination with another search key.
    Example: all computer and mat b

    Make a selection from the following material codes:
      A Items K Cartography  
      B Books L Letters  
      D Summaries M Sheet music  
      E Microfiches O Online sources  
      G Audio S Applications  
      H Signatures T Magazines or series titles  
      I Illustrative V Audio-visual  

    When requesting code A you search for articles, regardless if they have an abstract.