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The most common method is to enter keyword(s) in the input box. There is a pulldrop-down list of multiple indexes to choose from for searching or browsing and choices for sorting the results.
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The following indexes are among those defined for the INSI database. Different indexes can be combined An index can be selected from the drop-down list, but most of these indexes are best used in combination with others in the search box or in the advanced search.
Access Name | Command Name | Examples |
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Any keyword | aw: | Searches for the words “peters “and “gerlach” in any indexed field. aw: peters gerlalch |
Any phrase | aph: | This index is designed to retrieve names more accurately than by name keyword. Examples: “Prince,” “Princeton University,” “Ken Follett,” “Follett, Ken,” “Follett, K,” Note: it is important to include the comma at the end to signify truncation |
| Name | na: | Enter personal names as surname, followed by comma, followed by initial or forenames. na: shakespeare, william |
ISBN | bn: | bn: 9780192631695 |
Country of publication | cnp: | Example combining name keyword “mignon” and country of publication “fr” (France) (Note: use ISO 3166-1 two character codes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 ) cnp: fr & nw: mignon |
Decade of publication | dcp: | Example combining name keyword “mignon” with decade of publication “197” (1970-1979) dcp: 197 & nw: mignon Example combining date of publication between 1970 and 1989 and name word “mignon” dcp: 197 {range} 198 & nw: mignon |
Dates of identity | dti: | Example combining name keyword and birth date (note only publicly available dates are displayed) dti: 188? & nw: huxley |
Insert date | ins: | Example combing insert date “2011-10-12” and source code “AMS” ins: 20111012 & cn: ams? |
Instrument or Voice | iop: | See list of codes in ISNI Data element Values.docExample iop: bb (Retrieves all identities coded as trumpet players) |
Language of identity | lni: | Example search combining title keyword “sand” and language of identity “fre” (Note use ISO 639- 2, three character code http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2) lni: fre & tw: sand |
Other resource identifier | lsnLSN: | Example search for by DOI “doi 101001 archderm1418985”lsn LSN: doi 101001 archderm1418985 |
Note keyword | nt: | Example search for a note containing the word “possible” nt: possible |
Publisher keyword | pw: | Example search for a publisher containing the word “macmillan” but not the title keyword “encyclopedia” pw: macmillan &NOT tw: encyclopedia |
Standard identifier | si: | Collective index for ISBN, ISSN and contributor identifiers Example: searching for ISBN 9780192631695 si: 9780192631695 |
| ISNI status | st: | Possible values: A (assigned), P (provisional), S (suspect) |
Record source | src: | This index is constructed with the number of sources followed by the source codes. Example search for all unassigned records for source AMS (note that this string includes spaces so must be surrounded by a double quotation) src: 1 AMS (Alternative: cn: ams? & st: p) Example browse of the Record Source index 11?viaf? will show counts of records and sources where VIAF and other sources exist on the same record |
Title keyword | tw: | Example search combining name keyword “peters” and title keyword “sand” nw: peters & tw: sand |
Contributor identifier | cn: | Example searching for the VIAF identifier pica.cn+%3D+"VIAF 77823260" cn: viaf 77823260 Example search for all assigned records for source AMS cn: ams? & st: a |
Pica production number | ppn: | Example search for a record by PPN 067467237 (no ISNI assigned yet) ppn: 067467237 |
Similarity | sim: | This index enables you to find possible matches. This example enables you to find all ALCS records that have a possible match: sim: alcs? p? |
ORCID | Orcid: | This index enables you to find ORCIDs that have been added by researchers using the ISNI ORCID link |
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