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CCL cheatsheet

Page history last edited by marsha.clark@mail.cuny.edu 5 years, 3 months ago
Command Language  

The following abbreviations may be used only in the Command Search option. See Boolean Searching for examples of searches. See comments below re. truncation.

 

CNO 035 field, e.g. oclc no.
WAU Author field
WCO Author, corporate
WME Author, meeting name
BAR Barcode
WCK Call number See also: Library of Congress Classification Outline
WRD General keyword
WLN Language code Use first three letters
See also: MARC Code List for Languages (Library of Congress)
WCL Library collection code Examples: ref, stack, juv
WOW Library, owning, field Examples: BB, BC, BX, CC, etc.
WSL Library, sublibrary code
WFM Marc format (coded) BK - books
CF - computer file
MP - map
MU - music
MX - mixed materials
SE - serial
VM - visual materials
WPD Material, category of (coded) 007 field, position 1:
See also: MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Control Field 007
A - map
C - electronic resource
D - globe
F - tactile material
G - projected graphic
H - microform
K - nonprojected graphic
M - motion picture
Q - notated music
R - remote-sensing image
S - sound recording
T - text
V - videorecording
Z - unspecified
WFS Material, form of (coded) 006field, position 1:
See also: MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Control Fields (001-006)
(identical to WRT, except for s - serial control)
a - printed lanuage material
c - printed music
d - manuscript music
e - printed cartographic material
f - manuscript cartographic material
g - projected medium
I - nonmusical sound recording
j - musical sound recording
k - 2-dimensional nonprojectable graphic
m - computer file
o - Kit
p - mix material
r - 3-dimensional artifact or naturally occur'g object
t - manuscript language material
WNB New book Example: WNB=nbl
WNC Note, contents
WNO Notes, general
WPE Performer field
WPP Publication, place of See also: MARC Code List for Countries (Library of Congress)
WYR Publication, year of
WPU Publisher
WRT Record type (coded) See WFS
WSE Series Not serials / periodicals
WSC Subject, corporate
WSG Subject, geographical
WSM Subject, meeting
WSP Subject, person
WSF Subject, uniform title

WSU

WST

Subjects, all

Bib record status

SYS System number
WTO Title, main (245)
WUT Title, uniform
WTI Title
WUR URL
WIP Item process status

Following are examples of Command Language searches:

wsu=baseball

wti=media and violence

wau=strunk and white

wau=morrison and wti=immigration

wau=nasaw and wsu=immigration

wsu=physics and wpu=oxford and wyr=200?

wip=lost and wow=cc

wow=gc

Comments (3)

marsha.clark@mail.cuny.edu said

at 2:39 pm on Jan 13, 2010

Wildcards

? can be used at the beginning, middle or end
love? retrieves love, lover, lovely, etc.
?ology retrieves anthropology, archaeology, etc.
alumi?m finds aluminum and the British spelling aluminium

marsha.clark@mail.cuny.edu said

at 2:47 pm on Jan 13, 2010

Wildcards #

# is a placeholder for one or no characters
labo#r for labor or labour

% plus a number between 2 words retrieves the words in any order within a certain distance
england %3 ballads retrieves Ballads of England, Ballads of Merry Olde England, England and her Ballads

! plus a number does the same except the words must be in the same order as typed
ballads !3 england only retrieves Ballads of England and Ballads of Merry Olde England

marsha.clark@mail.cuny.edu said

at 4:03 pm on Mar 14, 2016

ITEM STATUS:
WIP=Lost and wow=xx

This probably has great usefulness!!

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