ABI/INFORM provides citations and abstracts for articles in over 1000 journals published worldwide and includes the full text at no extra charge for over 500 periodicals in the following business and management areas:
accounting/auditing law and taxation banking and finance labor relations data processing/information marketing & advertising management management science economics public administration government real estate health care telecommunications human resources transportation insurance
Search this database for any aspect of business information. Descriptors and a classification code system are available to help focus your searches.
The following alphabetical list provides the two letter label, the relevant alias, and at least one example for all searchable ABI/INFORM fields:
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Label Name/Example
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AB Abstract [Word Indexed]
business ethic$.ab.
personnel.ab.
Every citation in ABI/INFORM contains an informative, 150 to 200 word
abstract. The Abstract field (AB) contains the text of the citation's
abstracts, which is a summary of the content of the article.
Except for proper names, British spellings in the original article are
changed to American usage.
AF All Searchable Fields
drug abuse.af.
drug screen$.af.
All Fields (AF) is an alias for all of the fields which occur in the
source documents, including value-added fields such as subject headings.
The only thing excluded from an ALL fields search are fields such as
"heading word" (HW) which are created by the loading process and do not
actually appear in the record.
AN, UI Accession Number [Phrase Indexed]
00591201.an.
00591201.ui.
The Accession Number (AN) field contains an 8-digit number assigned
to each document to uniquely identify the record.
AU Authors [Phrase Indexed]
webb susan.au.
webb$.au.
The Author (AU) field contains all of the authors for of an article or
or publication. The author names are indexed in the format of last name
followed by first and middle names or up to two initials, as they
appeared on the original article. Thus, a person named James Charles
Smith may appear as Smith James C, Smith J. Charles, Smith JC or Smith
J.
In some earlier citations "et al" will appear after the last author. For
citations that list no authors "Anonymous" will appear.
CC Classification Codes [Phrase Indexed]
9140.cc.
9520.cc.
Classification Codes (CC) are 4-digit numbers representing broad subject
categories within ABI/INFORM such as "Small Businesses" or "Statistical
Data". Searching on the codes is a convenient way to subset the
database into desired subject areas. It is only possible to search by
the code itself, not the term it represents.
To view the Classification Codes hierarchy use the pull-down menu
TOOLS/Classification Codes. In this format you may view both the codes,
and the terms they represent.
CD CODEN [Phrase Indexed]
camadj.cd.
jacyad.cd.
The full six-letter CODEN for journals indexed by ABI/INFORM are
displayed in the CODEN (CD) field. CODENs are not available for every
journal title, so it is not advisable to rely upon them for journal
searches.
CO Company Name [Word Indexed]
ibm.co.
ford motor.co.
The Company Name (CO) field contains the names of companies and
organizations discussed in the article.
Search this field by entering the single most descriptive word
(microsoft, not corporation), and try using both full spellings and
abbreviations.
DE Descriptors (SH, HW, CO, CC)
small business.de.
statistical data.de.
The Descriptor (DE) field is an alias for all of the fields in the
database which contain subject information and which are appropriate for
a subject search.
The Descriptor field in ABI/INFORM includes Subject Headings (SH),
Company Name (NM) and Classification Codes (CC).
EW, UP Entry Week [Phrase Indexed]
9425.ew.
9620.ew.
The Entry Week (EW) field contains a 4-digit number in the format YYMM
representing the year and week in which an item was entered into the
ABI/INFORM database.
GL, GN Geographic Location [Word Indexed]
us.gl.
japan.gl.
The Geographic Location (GL) field lists the geographic locations
discussed in the article.
Some locations are abbreviated (US or USSR), so try both the full
spelling and any abbreviations.
HW Heading Word [Word Indexed]
trends.hw.
statistic$.hw.
Sometimes you may wish to retrieve every subject heading that includes a
particular word; this is done by searching the single word in the
Subject Heading Word (HW) field.
You can also view every subject heading which contains a particular word
by using the pull-down menu TOOLS/Permuted Index.
IP Issue/Part [Phrase Indexed]
"12".ip.
"1".ip.
The Issue/Part (IP) field contains the issue or part number for the
source publication.
Issue/Part is displayed as part of the Source (SO) field.
IS ISSN [Phrase Indexed]
1010 4143.is.
8750 6874.is.
The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number
(ISSN) for the journal in which the article was published.
JN Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
business week.jn.
forbes.jn.
The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in
which an article was published.
Journal names are indexed as phrases -- to view journal titles in the
index enter as many of the words or letters in a journal name as are
needed to distinguish it from other journals: eurom for "Euromoney."
Stopwords such as "of" ARE included in the journal name index but when
"The", "A", or "An," is the first word of a journal, it has been
stripped.
JW Journal Word [Word Indexed]
business.jw.
wall street.jw.
The Journal Word (JW) field contains individual words from every journal
name in ABI/Inform.
Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included. This field is used to
retrieve every occurrence of a journal which includes a particular word,
such as "marketing."
LG Language [Phrase Indexed]
fre.lg.
eng.lg.
The Language field (LG) contains the language(s) of publication of an
article. The language name is indicated by a 3-letter code (such as fre
for French).
NT Notes [Word Indexed]
diagrams.nt.
references.nt.
The Notes (NT) field contains notes about the article, such as Reference
information, or whether Maps, Charts or Graphs are included.
The Notes field is displayed as part of the Source (SO).
PG Pagination [Phrase Indexed]
"123".pg.
"200".pg.
The first page on which an article appears is indexed in the Page (PG)
field. Often a journal title combined with a beginning page number is
enough to locate a citation.
Page is displayed as part of the Source (SO) field.
SH Subject Headings [Phrase Indexed]
small business.sh.
online data bases.sh.
The Subject Headings (SH) field contains the subject headings used by
indexers at UMI to describe the content of an article.
ABI/INFORM subject headings are taken from a Thesaurus published by UMI.
You can look up any of these terms by using the pull-down Menu option
TOOLS/Thesaurus.
SO Source (JN, IP, PG, VO, NT, YR)
forbes.so.
1991.so.
"123".so.
The Source (SO) field includes a display of the Journal Name, the
volume/issue, pagination and date of publication.
TI Title [Word Indexed]
drug test$.ti.
accountability.ti.
The Title (TI) field contains the English language version of a title.
Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in documents but do not
appear in the Title index. However, the word "a", which is a stopword
in other fields can be searched in the title.
TW Text Word (AB, TI, TX)
employee testing.tw.
competitive intelligence.tw.
The Textword (TW) field is an alias for all of the fields in a database
which contain text words and which are appropriate for a free text
subject search.
The Textword field in ABI/INFORM includes Title (TI), Abstract (AB) and
Full Text (TX).
TX Full Text [Word Indexed]
oil explor$.tx.
salt.tx.
The Full Text (TX) field contains the original full text of the
article for some records in ABI/INFORM. These records are from over
250 periodicals covering all aspects of business information.
Stopwords, such as "the" or "of" are not searchable.
VO Volume [Phrase Indexed]
"5".vo.
"45".vo.
The Volume (VO) field contains the volume number for the source
publication. Volume is displayed as part of the Source (SO) field.
YR, PD Year of Publication [Phrase Indexed]
1991.yr.
"96".yr.
The Year (YR) field contains the year in which an article was published.
Only the last two digits of the year appear in the index, but the year
can be searched as two or four digits.
The Year (YR) is displayed as a part of the Source (SO).
The following limits are available from the Limit menu on the Main Search Screen:
Popular Command and Sentence Syntax Limits:
Available from UMI Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to available from umi English Language Command Syntax: ..l/1 en=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to english Full Text Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to fulltext Geographical Region Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to western europe Language Command Syntax: ..l/1 lg=fre Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to dutch Latest Update Command Syntax: ..l/1 up=y Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to latest update Organizational Type Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to small businesses Publication Type Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to biographies Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to short articles Publication Year Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=89 Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1993
Command Syntax: use info Sentence Syntax: ..c/info
Accession Number 01181500 Author Anonymous. Title Ford offers leaner Taurus, plans "superdoor" for Windstar. Source Ward's Auto World. 32(3): 9. 1996 Mar. Subject Headings Automobile industry. Product development. Company Name Ford Motor Co (DUNS: 00-134-4746; Ticker: F). Classification Codes United States [9190]. Short articles [9000]. Transportation equipment industry [8680]. Product planning & development [7500]. Geographic Location US. Abstract Ford Motor Co. will emphasize value as it introduces its latest Taurus sedan in April 1996. It is also investing $500 million to offer a driver's side sliding door on its Windstar minivan by 1999. Full Text From $600 rebates to the new no-frills Taurus and Sable, Ford is finally getting the message about affordability. The bare-bones midsize sedans, both available in April, will come without cruise control, floor mats, power door locks or a cassette player. All interiors will be gray. You can have any exterior color you want as long as it's white, red, gray, silver or green. The Taurus G will be stickered at $18,545 and the Sable G at $18,910, both including delivery and destination charges. Meanwhile, to catch up with Chrysler, which introduced its current generation of minivans with sliding doors on both sides, Ford this fall will introduce a "superdoor" on the driver's side of its Windstar minivan. Retooling for the change will cost an estimated $115 million. Combined with a driver's seat that flips forward, the larger door will allow children to slip through to the middle bench behind the driver's seat. General Motors Corp. will have two sliding doors on its new minivans coming later this fall. Ford is investing an additional $500 million to give Windstar a driver's side sliding door by the 1999 model year. Chrysler officials say about 85% of their minivan customers order the $500 option. (Copyright Ward's Communications 1996) ISSN 0043-0315 Document Delivery Fulltext online. Photocopy available from ABI/INFORM. Entry Week 9615 Accession Number 01299396 Author Anonymous. Title Ovid has Biomedical Collection, BIOSIS GenRef CD. Source Information Today. 13(8): 27. 1996 Sep. Subject Headings Health care. CD-ROM. Product introduction. Company Name Ovid Technologies Inc. Classification Codes Short articles [9000]. United States [9190]. Software & systems [5240]. Health care industry [8320]. Product specific treatment [9120]. Geographic Location US. Abstract Ovid Technologies has announced Ovid Biomedical Collection II a new product that allows physicians, librarians, and researchers to procure critical health-related literature from their desktops. The title complements Ovid Core Biomedical Collection, which features the full text and graphics from 15 core journals. Full Text Ovid Technologies has announced Ovid Biomedical Collection IH-a new product that allows physicians, librarians, and researchers to procure critical health-related literature from their desktops. The title complements Ovid Core Biomedical Collection, which features the full text and graphics from 15 core journals. The new product adds the content of 15 additional journals as well as links to the original collection. Ovid also plans to release Biomedical Collection III, which will include links to its sister collections and add an additional 15 core journals. The products are available on CDROM for networked or standalone use, magnetically for storage on a local server, and remotely via Ovid Online and the Web. Source: Ovid Technologies, New York, 800/950-2035, ext. 400; Fax: 212/563-3784; http://www.ovid.com. In related news, Ovid has collaborated with BIOSIS to make BIOSIS GenRef on CD, a comprehensive bibliographic database covering multiple genetics disciplines. It includes records selected from 6,000 scientific journals, 300 business and industry publications, and the proceedings of nearly 2,000 meetings. Source: BIOSIS, Philadelphia, 800/ 532-4806; e-mail: info@mail.biosis.org. (Copyright Information Today Inc 1996) ISSN 8755-6286 Document Delivery Fulltext online. Photocopy. Photocopy available from ABI/Inform. UMI Article Clearinghouse Number: 16322.00. Entry Week 9642
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Revised 25 February 1997