Biological Abstracts Advanced Search Field Tags
Use these two-character field tags to return more relevant results when building advanced search queries.
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AD | Address |
Searches for institution or place names in the Address field | |
AI | Author Identifier |
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 | |
AU | Author |
Searches for author names in the following fields.
Author names appear as last name followed by a first name and/or initials. The first 100 authors of a multi-authored publication may appear in a record. Search last names containing a space, with and without the space to ensure that all relevant appear in the search results. For example:
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CB | Chemical and Biochemical |
Searches the following tables within a record.
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CC | Concept Codes |
Searches the Concept Code(s) field within a record. | |
CH | Chemical |
Searches the following fields within the Chemical Data table.
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CR | CAS Registry Number |
For all records, the product searches the CAS Registry No. field within the Chemical Data table. The registry number is a five-to-nine digit CAS Registry Number® and a chemical name for a chemical discussed in the source document. Some chemicals may have multiple registry numbers. This field appears in records from 1969 to the present. For records from 1992 and earlier, the CAS Registry Number is a five-to-nine digit number that is assigned to the chemical named in the Chemical Name field. |
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DE | Miscellaneous Descriptors |
Searches the Miscellaneous Descriptors field within a record. The field contains terms and phrases taken from the source document. |
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DS | Disease Data |
Searches the following fields within the Disease Data table. The field was added to records starting 1998. Records may include all of these fields or only some of them (for example, Term, Disease Affiliation, and Detail). This table may contain the following information. Term: The name of a plant, animal, human disease, disorder, or pathological condition as discussed in the source document. Variant: A variant name used to describe the disease term. MeSH Term: The National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Heading term(s) for the disease term. The MeSH term is followed by the MeSH designation in parentheses. Disease Affiliation: Terms to define common disease affiliations in order to provide a consistent search key. Details: Other explanatory details concerning the disease term as discussed in the source document by the author. |
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ED | Editor |
Searches for editor names in the Editor(s) field within a record. | |
GE | Geographic Data |
Searches the following fields within the Geographic Data table. The field was added to records starting in 1993. This table may contain the following information.
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GN | Gene Name Data |
Searches the following fields within the Gene Name Data table. The field was added to records starting in 2001.
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GP | Group Author |
Searches for corporation and institution names in the Group Author(s) field within a record. For example: Group Author(s): World Values Study Group; Social Insurance Institution of Finland; Research Institute of the Evangelic-Lutheran Church of Finland; TNS Gallup Finland; Finnish Social Science Data Archive |
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GT | Geologic Time Data |
Searches the following fields within the Geologic Time Data table. The field was added to records starting in 1993.
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IC | Identifying Codes |
Searches for codes in the Accession Number and ISSN fields within a record. | |
IS | ISSN |
Searches the ISSN field or the ISSB 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. 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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MC | Major Concepts |
Searches the Major Concept(s) field within a record | |
MQ | Methods & Equipment Data |
Searches the following fields within the Methods and Equipment Data table. The field was added to records starting in 1998. Methods and Equipment Term: Contains a term describing a method, apparatus, or scientific technique discussed in the source document. The terms used for Methods and Equipment Term are taken directly from the source document. Methods and Equipment Variant: Contains a variant term for Methods and Equipment Term. Equipment contains a term which categorizes a type of equipment in the Methods and Equipment Term. This field does not appear in the data until 2003. Methods and Equipment Supplier: Contains the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the method or equipment in Methods and Equipment Term. This field does not appear in the data until 2003. Methods and Equipment Role: Describes the role of the Methods and Equipment Term as discussed in the source document. The terms used in Methods and Equipment Role are taken from the BIOSIS Controlled Vocabulary, Methods & Equipment Roles. This field does not appear in the data until 2003. Methods and Equipment Detail: Contains additional terms and phrases describing the Methods and Equipment Term as discussed in the source document. |
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PMID | PubMed ID |
Searches the PubMed ID field within a record | |
PSD | Parts & Structures Data |
Searches the following fields within the Parts & Structures Data table. This field was added to records starting in 1998. Term: Components of organisms above the macromolecular level as discussed in the source document by the author. Variant: A variant name for the Parts & Structure term. Organ Systems: A high-level organ system of which the Parts & Structure term is a part. Detail: Other explanatory details concerning the Parts & Structure term as discussed in the source document by the author. |
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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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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). | |
SQ | Sequence Data |
Searches the following fields within the Sequence Data table.
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SU | Research Areas |
Searches the Research Areas field | |
TA | Taxonomic Data |
Searches the following fields within the Taxonomic Data table.
Super Taxa/Biosystematic names are automatically searched when you search a topic. |
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TI | Title |
Searches the Title and Foreign Title fields within a record. | |
TS | Topic |
Searches for topic terms in the following fields and tables within a record.
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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. |