Search keys

This help page documents search keys available in HPB.

• Search by people
• Search by year of publication
• Overview of all search keys

People are indexed according to their 'last name,initials' or by 'last name,first name' (without a space after the comma). For example: Johnson,A or Johnson,Alfred. If you type n a name without a comma followed by the initials or first name, all people with that surname will be displayed. However, if you type in a name with a comma followed by the initials or first name, only people with names identical to that typed in will be displayed. Naturally, you can use wildcards here as well.

If you are searching for publications by a particular author and you wish to limit the search results to a specific year of publication, you can modify the query by using the following search keys. You can search by year of publication using the following operators (the search engine does not include serials in the search results):

• AND JVU 1980
  published in 1980
• AND JVU < 1980
  published in or before 1980
• AND JVU > 1980
  published in or after 1980
• AND JVU 1980-1984
  published between 1980 and 1984, including 1980 and 1984

Enter the following special search keys before the search term:

• Search by [CID] CERL ID
  This index is used to retrieve records by their HPB ID (which is also used to cite HPB records). HPB IDs can also be truncated by appending “?”. Example: CID de-604.vk.bv001645308
• Search by [CSO] Cataloguing Source
  This index can be used to select all records from one source. The ISIL/MARC21/CERL defined code needs to be known. Search for example cso czprnk to retrieve all records of the National Library of the Czech Republic. To perform the same search without knowing the code, look at the “Content of the HPB Database” start page
• Search by [FMO] Former Owner
  [FOC] Former Owner (Corporate Body)
  [FMO] and [FOC] are subsets of the regular person and corporate body indexes [PER] and [COR] with the same indexing (i.e. persons are searched by surname, first name). They are however limited to persons and corporate bodies identified to have a provenance role to the described work. Only entities catalogued in access point form will be found. The [PRN] index is a keyword index, combining the provenance related free text note elements and the access point name forms with relevant relator codes. Proximity operators are applicable. Example: foc bayerische staatsbibliothek ; fmo Magyary-Kossa, Sámuel ; prn motto nisi dominus frustra ; prn (exlibris or “ex libris”) and Esterhazy
• Search by [FPK] fingerprint (keyword)
  [FPS] fingerprint (string)
  Fingerprints or fingerprint fragments are retrievable from these two indexes. Example: fps 4.n- ledi?
• Search by [HLN] Holdings
  Information specifying the location of an item can be search here, for example shelfmarks or sublocations: hln 2011? ; hln magdalen and cso GB-UkOxU (retrieves all books from Oxford University Magdalen College)
• Search by [IPN] Imprint Name
  A separate keyword index for persons and institutions related to the physical production and distribution of the book was created. It consists of name forms in access point form if accompanied by a relevant relator code (this part is a keyword indexed subset of the general person / corporate body indexes [PER] and [COR]) and additionally the original imprint phrasing as on the item. Proximity operators are applicable. Example: ipn elsevier d?
• Search by [PRN] Provenance Names
• Search by [DIM] dimensions
  Use this index to search for the format of a book. Use keywords, for example, search operators. Examples: DIM 8o
DIM (2o OR fo* OR in-2* OR in-fo*)
DIM (4o or 4to or qua* or in-4*)
DIM (8o or 8vo or oct* or in-8*)
DIM (12o or 12mo or in-12*)
DIM (16o or 16mo or in-16*)
  etc.
  Use the Browse feature to detect more effective search terms. Combine searches in [DIM] with other searches to apply them as a format limit.

• Search by [ALL] all words without fulltext : ALL
  Enter ALL before the search term if you want to search different parts simultaneously, such as title, keyword and summary. Example: ALL albania ; ALL clinton foreign policy
• Search by [TIT] title (keywords) : TIT
  Enter TIT before the search term if you want to search the titles of books, magazines, conference proceedings or magazine articles or other material. Example: TIT american culture
• Search by [PER] person/author : PER
  Enter PER before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes if you are searching for a specific author. Example: PER ericson ; PER smith,william (to find all versions of the first name you can follow the first letter by a ?).
• Search by [TPC] all topics : TPC
• Search by [SUH] subject heading : SUH
  Dutch language GOO keywords are added to the titles. Enter SUH before the GOO keyword by which you want to search.
• Search by [PES] periodical (string) : PES
  Enter PES before the magazine title and sub-title you are looking for. Omit articles at the beginning of the title. If you scan the entire title, you will get an overview of all magazines. Example: PES international journal of politics, culture and society
• Search by [PDS] periodical (string) : PDS
• Search by [SER] series, periodical (keywords) : SER
  Enter SER before the search term if you want to search magazine titles. Example: SER british medical journal
• Search by [ZTW] title of periodical (keyword) : ZTW
• Search by [ZET] title of periodical (string) : ZET
• Search by [THS] thesis statement : THS
• Search by [ISB] ISBN (books) : ISB
  Enter ISB before the ISBN number if you have the International Standard Book Number for a specific publication.
• Search by [ISS] ISSN (periodicals) : ISS
  Enter ISS before the ISS number if you have the International Standard Serial Number for a specific periodical
• Search by [NUM] any number : NUM
  Enter NUM before the ISBN or ISSN number for a specific publication.
• Search by [COR] corporation (keywords) : COR
  To find titles which have been published by a specific organization. Example: COR european union; COR ministry education
• Search by [PUB] publisher, publishing place (keywords) : PUB
• Search by [URL] URL (string) : URL
• Search by [URK] URL, URN (keyword) : URK
• Search by [PPN] Identify number : PPN
  Enter PPN before the Pica production number if you have the production number for a specific publication.
• Search by [PRS] personal name : PRS
  Enter PRS before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes for the person you are searching for. The search key PRS applies both for the person who has written a publication and for the person a publication deals with (the subject of a publication). Example: PRS smith, william
• Search by [DEW] Dewey classification : DEW
  Enter DEW before the Dewey code if you have the Dewey code for a specific publication. Note: you must enter a backslash and a slash (\/) rather than just a (/). If you only enter a slash, /4 in the following example would stand for the number of 'variables' that the query may contain. Example: DEW 709\/.2\/4
• Search by [YOP] year of publication : YOP
  Enter YOP before the search term to find a title which has been published in a specific year. Example: YOP 1798
• Search by [SJH] subject headings : SJH
• Search by [PLC] place : PLC
  Enter PLC before the search term to find a title which has been published in a specific town. Example: PLC amsterdam
• Search by [PRI] printer (person) : PRI
  Enter PRI before the search term if you want to search publications that deal with a specific person. Example: PRI churchill
• Search by [SGS] shelfmark with blanks : SGS
• Search by [TTS] title (string, short) : TTS
  Enter TTS before the search term to find documents which have been printed in a specific place. Example: TTS delft
• Search by [TFB] title (string, from beginning) : TFB
  If you know the short-title.
• Search by [AED] date of modification : AED
  Enter AED before the search term to find articles about a specific town or place. Example: AED rotterdam; AED rotterdam
• Search by [SBN] Bibliographic Citation/Reference
  Enter SBN before the search term to search citations of bibliographic reference works. Proximity operators are applicable. Example: SBN istc il00241000 ; SBN hain # 12103
• Search by [PBL] publisher : PBL
• Search by [STS] series (string) : STS
• Search by [STK] series (keywords) : STK
• Search by [LNR] linked records : LNR ???
• Search by [DDC] Dewey Decimal Classification : DDC
• Search by [MAK] type of material, bibliographic level and encoding level : MAK
  Searching this index selects records according to a 3-character code which always must be truncated. The first position codes the type of material. Available codes are
  • A Printed material. Search for MAK A? to retrieve all printed publications in HPB
  • K Cartographic material
    Search for MAK K? to retrieve all cartographic publications in HPB
  • M Notated music
    Search for MAK M? to retrieve all music publications in HPB
  • E Microfilmed material (Please note that microforms are not principally in the focus of HPB. They are only included on the condition that full bibliographic description of the original is provided and (preferably) that the original is not present itself. For a more comprehensive research on microform surrogates please consult EROMM)
    Search for MAK E? to retrieve all microform surrogates in HPB
  • O Digitised material (Please note that digitisations themselves are not principally in the focus of HPB. They are only included on the condition that full bibliographic description of the original is provided and (preferably) that the original is not present itself. For a more comprehensive research on digitisations please consult EROMM). Links to digital versions, however, will be included in the HPB record of the original whenever available. To limit searches to records including links to digitised version, please use the limit option available in the simple search INSERT LINK.
    Search for MAK O? to retrieve all digised surrogates in HPB
  • Z Combined/mixed material INSERT EXAMPLE
    Search for MAK Z? to retrieve all such materials in HPB
  • V Objects
    For example board games but also graphics such as etchings (portraits, …)
    Search for MAK V? to retrieve all such materials in HPB
• The second position describes the bibliographic level and can only be retrieved in combination with a certain type of material. Available codes are:
  • a Monographic
    For example search for MAK Aa? to retrieve all printed monographs in HPB
  • b Serial
    For example search for MAK Ab? to retrieve all printed journals and newspapers in HPB
  • c Multi-volume work, title
    This type of record is only present for the subset of HPB contributing institution which work with hierachical record structures and records the title of a multi-colume work as a separate record (which the individual volume records are attached to).
    For example search for MAK Ac? to search for all multi-volume works in HPB which are recorded in hierachical structure
  • f/F Multi-volume work, volume
    Applies only to the subset of hierachically structured records in HPB, see above.
    For example search MAK Af? OR AF? to retrieve all volume records in HPB
  • d Series
    For example search MAK Ad? to retrieve all monographic series records in HPB
  • j PRESENT?
• The third position … TODO
• Search by [TMB] series title (keyword) : TMB ???
• Search by See also : CLT ???