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The Magic of Indexing The parts of each record or citation in a database are searchable. These parts are called fields. When you search by a field, the computer will "look" only in that field when it looks through all the records in the database. It will try to match your search term. Take a look at the following record for a book on advertising and women: |
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The Title, Author and Subject terms of this record are each different database fields. In the record above: Cortese, Anthony Joseph Paul links to more books BY the AUTHOR. Advertising - Social aspects links to more books ABOUT that SUBJECT. Minorities in advertising and Women in advertising are two additional subject fields which can also link you to more books about those subjects. |
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| Author Search looks only in the author field --> | |
| Title Search looks only in the title field --> | |
| Subject Search looks only in the subject heading field --> | |
| Date Search looks only in the date field --> | |
| But . . . a Keyword Search looks for items anywhere in the record. It is the broadest search. | |
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