Scope

• ProQuest enables you to search in a variety of indexes for the fields in each record.
• There are three types of search fields:
  • Text
  • Name
  • Numeric
  • Date

Search Format

• Type what you are looking for in the following format:
  •     searchfield(value)
• Example: author(hemingway)

Fields in ProqQuest

FIELD NAME	TYPE	OPERATOR	Sample Use
Abstract	Text	abs	ABS(art)
All Indexes	Text	index	INDEX(duchamp)
Title	Text	title	TITLE(stand)
Article Type	Name	dtype	DTYPE(editorial)
Author	Text	author	AUTHOR(stephen king)
Caption-(for Graphics)	Text	cap	CAP(bill gates)
Company Name	Text	co	CO(Iapple computer)
Date	Date	date	DATE(Jan 2000)
Geographical Name	Text	geo	GEO(los angeles)
ISSN-	Numeric	issn	ISSN(08866643)
Personal Name	Name	name	NAME(Marcel Duchamp)
Product Name	Text	prod	PROD(Rio)
Section (of publication)	Text	section	SOURCE(New York Times) AND SECTION(editorial)
Source (Title of publication)	Text	source	SOURCE(Wired)
Source Type (Newspaper, publication, dissertation, wire feed, etc.)	Text	stype	STYPE(newspaper)
Subject Terms	Text	sub	SUB(semiconductors)
Ticker Symbol-( Stock Exchange symbol.)	Text	ticker	TICKER(aapl)