The Abstract (AB) field is a concise summary of the document. The Abstract (AB) is either that provided by the author of the document, an edited version of this, a translation of a foreign summary, or is written for the database. The abstract is always in English. You can search any word or phrase of an abstract.

The Correspondence Address (AD) field contains the contact information associated with the authors of the document.

The Author Email (AE) field contains the email of the author/s. This field is word indexed.

Author NameID (AO) field contains author's full name and its Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) unique identifier that may be supplied by the publisher for records added or updated beginning this May 2015.

The Article Number (AR) field contains an alphanumeric string, up to 100 characters long, that is used as a replacement for page numbers in electronic documents.

The Article number (AR) field usually displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Author (AU) field contains up to 1000 authors. The format for authors is last name followed by one or more initials: Smith JC or Smith J. If a single initial could not be transliterated with one letter, two or more letters may be used. Occasionally a name will include the full first name.

The Parent Book Title (BK) field contains the title of the parent book in which the title appears.

The Book Series (BS) field contains the Book Title of an individual issue of a source with the source type "Book Series".

Book Series (BS) displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Book Title (BT) field contains information relating to the original title and subtitle of the document as it appears with the publication.

Book Title (BT) displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

CODEN (CD) is a standard code that uniquely identifies a serial publication. CODEN's are provided in all the journal article records, and in many records for conferences, reports and other serial publications.

The Conference Information (CF) field contains supplementary information about a conference such as its location.

Individual words are indexed in the CF field; enter a single descriptive word such as "japan". Conference Information (CF) displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Collaboration (CO) field contains the names of Organizations and Collaborators associated with the article.

The Country of Publication (CP) field contains the full name of the country in which a journal was published (such as "United States"). The country name is entered into the index as a phrase.

The Copyright (CR) field contains the copyright statement for Elsevier Science Ltd.

The Contributors (CZ) field contains the name of a contributor(s) to the document (e.g. an author, editor, illustrator etc.).

The Date Delivered (DD) field contains the date that the record was issued.

The DOI (DO) field contains the Digital Object Identifier - a unique and persistent digital identification code for any object of intellectual property.

The DOI itself consists of two parts: a prefix which is assigned to each publisher by the administrative DOI agency, e.g., "10.1007", and a suffix which is assigned by the publisher and can be any code that the publisher chooses, e.g., " B:EARE.0000003583.49609.c7". The full DOI appears as such: "10.1023/B:EARE.0000003583.49609.c7".

Search all DOI's by replacing punctuation with spaces such as "10 1023 B EARE 0000003583 49609 c7".do. for the displayed DOI of 10.1023/B:EARE.0000003583.49609.c7.

The Date of Publication field (DP) records the publication date reported by the source. This date may not correspond with the actual publication date.

The Date of Publication (DP) field is usually displayed as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Date of Publication (DP) is searchable in the format DD MMM YYYY. Example: 23 FEB 2002

The GEOBASE Classification Description (EC) field contains a textual subject description as well as a numeric code, selected from a list of standard terms, that reflect the content of the original document. The text description will narrow your search to a broad subject category; the numeric code will narrow your search to a more specific classification within that broad subject category. The textual subject description for the numeric code appears in the GEOBASE Descriptor (SH) field.

For example, the textual subject description, "Economic Development [70.12.1]," is the broad subject category appearing in the EC field. The numeric code following this description, (70.12.1), represents the more specific classification within that broad subject category.

The Editor (ED) field includes the names of all individual(s) responsible for the editorial work.

The Email (EL) field contains the email of the author/s.

The Email (EL) field usually displays as part of the Correspondence Address (AD) field.

The Electronic ISSN (EN) field contains the Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN) for the electronic journal in which an article was published.

A record can contain the normal ISSN or EISSN. It will also be possible that both fields are delivered in one record.

The Geobase Unique Identifier (EU) field contains the old identifier assigned in Geobase to uniquely identify a particular record. This data will no longer be supplied on January 1, 2018.

The Figures (FG) field contains information about the content of the source, such as the number of figures, photographs, table, maps, CD-ROMS, the presence of an index, and, prior to 1998, the number of references.

The Heading Words (HW) field allows you to retrieve every subject heading that includes a particular word or an exact phrase that is found in the GEOBASE Descriptor (SH) field.

The Institution (IN) field contains the primary author's affiliation, which is usually the source for a reprint of the article.

This information is not standardized and often contains abbreviations. Enter the single most descriptive word in an institution (harvard, not university). Consider both full spellings and abbreviations.

The Issue Part field (IP) contains the issue and/or part for a particular volume of a journal.

The Issue Part (IP) field usually displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for the journal in which an article was published. It appears as an 8-digit number: 0001-1452.

The Journal Abbreviation (JA) field contains the abbreviated title of an individual journal issue.

The Journal Issue (JI) field contains the issue title of the journal, book, conference proceeding or report ("source") in which the document was published.

The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in which an article was published.

Journal names are indexed as phrases; enter enough letters of the journal name followed by the '$' sign to locate the name in the index, e.g. "new engl$.jn." (for New England Journal of Medicine).

Journal Name (JN) displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Journal Word (JX) field contains individual words from every journal name in GEOBASE.

The Keyword (KW) field contains one or more uncontrolled elements assigned to the document by the author(s).

The Language (LG) field indicates the language(s) in which the original document is available.

The Local Messages (LM) field contains messages created by the System Administrator to indicate information about journals held in your local library system.

The Language of Summary (LS) field indicates the language(s) in which the document summary is available.

The Original Title (OT) field contains the title of the document in its original language, transliterated if in non-Roman script.

The Part Number (PA) field contains the part number for a particular journal.

The Part Number (PA) displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Publisher (PB) field contains the name of the Book Publisher. The Publisher (PB) field is only available in records with Publication Type: Book.

The Publisher (PB) field can consist of three child elements: Element publishername contains the name of the publisher, the (optional) publisher address can be either unstructured (element publisheraddress) or structured (element affiliation).

The Publisher (PB) displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The first page on which an article appears is indexed in the Pagination (PG) field. Often a journal title combined with the beginning page number is enough to locate a citation.

The Pagination (PG) field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Publisher Copyright (PQ) index contains published information and it will be display at the end of Abstract (AB) field if available. The Publisher Copyright (PQ) is a word indexed.

The Publication Type (PT) field indicates the general type of publication discussed in the record.

Possible document types include the following items:

The Number of References (RF) field indicates the number of cited references for an article.

The GEOBASE Descriptor (SH) field lists subject terms, including regional and Species Descriptor terms, that describe the content of the original document. Descriptors are drawn from a controlled as well as non-controlled vocabulary.

Any non-controlled subject terms assigned to data are available in the Keyword (KW) field.

The Source (SO) field includes a display of all the basic information needed to locate a citation, including the Journal Name (JN), Book Series (BS), Book Title (BT), Conference Information (CF), Volume (VO), Issue Part (IP), Pagination (PG), Part Number (PA), Publisher (PB), Year of Publication (YR), Article Number (AR), and Date of Publication (DP).

The Title (TI) field contains the title of a document in English. For documents which are not written in English, the original or transliterated title appears in a separate field, Original Title.

The Journal Translated Name (TJ) field contains the translated title of an individual journal issue.

The UP field indicates the year and month in which the record was added to the database in YYYYMM format. Search using the field label (UP), or browse available codes in the Update Code Index. You can then select and search for entries directly from this Index.

The URL (UR) field will contain the URL information for internet only journals.

The Volume (VO) field contains the volume of a serial publication.

This field is usually displayed as part of the Source (SO) field.

The arXiv Identifier (XA) Field contains research articles unique identifier in "arXiv archive" (an electronic archive and distribution server for research articles that is maintained and operated by Cornell University Library). The areas covered by arXiv include physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and statistics.

This identifier will be supplied by the publisher for records added or updated in the last quarter of 2016 – present (e.g. http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.00332v5).

There are 2 formats of ArXiv Identifier, please see this link for further details - https://arxiv.org/help/arxiv_identifier.

The Year of Publication (YR) field contains the year in which a document was published. The full year appears in the document and can be searched using a single 4-digit number.

The Year of Publication (YR) field also displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

A limit to Language will restrict retrieval to any of the languages indexed in GEOBASE.

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