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The
Magic of Indexing
The parts of each record or citation in an index or 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. |
| For example, an |  |
| 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 Year field --> | |
| Some databases allow Keyword Searching of the Abstract field and full text, if available. In general, a Keyword Search looks for items anywhere in the record. It is the broadest search. | |
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