Using Field Codes

You can search specific fields in a quick search by placing the field name before the search terms. For example, to search for references with the author "Smith", you enter: Author: Smith.A field code is even quicker to use:a: Smith

The most frequently used fields have field codes, which are shown in the table below:

Field Code	Field Name
a	Person fields (author, editor, etc.)
c	Categories
d	Date of publication
full	Full text
i	Thoughts
iq	Quotations and Thoughts
j	Periodical
k	Keywords
kn	Knowledge fields (thoughts, quotations, categories, core statements, abstracts, tables of contents, comments)
l	Red label
loc	Location fields
n	Notes
o	Blue label
pl	Place of publication
pub	Publisher
q	Quotations
r	Reference type
t	Title, subtitle, title supplements, other title variations
t1	Title
t2	Subtitle
task	Task fields

Hint: If you want to search by date of publication, be sure to use the d: field code because otherwise the search will look in every field. For example, searching for "2009" alone would also find last modified dates or ISBN numbers containing "2009".

To see which fields are searched by a particular field abbreviation, in the Advanced search, select a search field, then click a field, and then click Details.