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ProQuest has changed, in order to provide you with more power. Here is a summary of the new features, and a description of how the profiles work profiles.

ProQuest Mnemonic Aliases

Here is a table of the new and modified ProQuest mnemonic Aliases:

Newly Added Mnemonics

Other Supported Mnemonics

Field

  • NO
  • PN
  • Accession number

  • AA
  • AUA
  • CS
  • AFF
  • Author affiliation

  • ORG
  • CO
  • COMPANY
  • Company

  • LO
  • LOC
  • Location
  • GC
  • GEO
  • GN
  • Location (formerly “Geographic Name”)

  • IS
  • ISSUE
  • Issue

  • LN
  • LA
  • Language

  • PAG
  • PAGE
  • STARTPAGE
  • Pagination

  • PER
  • NAME
  • NA
  • NM
  • Person (formerly “Personal Name”)

  • PUB
  • SO
  • JR
  • JN
  • JO
  • SR
  • PTI
  • SOURCE
  • Publication title (formerly “Publication Name”)

  • NAICS
  • NAIC
  • SIC
  • NAICS code (formerly “SIC/NAICS Codes”)

  • TX
  • TEXT
  • Article text (formerly “Text”)

  • VO
  • VOL
  • VOLUME
  • Volume (formerly “Page Collection Volume”)


    Wildcard and Truncation Changes

    In order to make ProQuest work according to the industry standards, we have changed the characters used for truncation and wildcard searches. In addition, we have received requests from a large number of customers asking us to make this change.

    ?

    wildcard

    Use the wildcard character, ?, in place of a single character in your search terms, when more than one letter is likely to fit that space.

    Example
    Type educat?? to find articles containing educator and educated. This search will not find education.

    Unlike truncation characters, you can use wildcard characters in the middle of words.

    Example
    Type wom?n to find articles containing the words woman, women, and womyn.

    *

    Truncation

    Use to find articles containing several words with the same root. The * replaces zero or more characters at the end of a word.

    Example:
    Type educat* to find educator, educated, and education.


    PQ Profiles


    Business Databases

    General
    Reference Databases


    National Newspapers


    Local Newspapers


    Topical Databases


    Historical Newspapers

    American Periodicals Services

    Third Party Databases

    Topic Guide

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    No

    No

    No

    No

    Browse Topics

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    No

    No

    No

    No

    Thesaurus

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    No

    No

    Yes (tpd specific)

    Limit searches to Full Text

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    No

    Limit searches to Scholarly Including Peer-Reviewed

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    Yes (CINAHL, PsycINFO)

    Sorting Options for Results

  • Most recent
  • Most Relevant
  • Most recent
  • Most Relevant
  • Most recent
  • Most Relevant
  • Most recent
  • Most Relevant
  • Most recent
  • Most Relevant
  • Oldest First
  • Most recent
  • Most Relevant
  • Oldest First
  • Most recent
  • Most Relevant
  • Most recent
  • Publication Type Tab Groupings on Results

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    No

    Publication Search

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes
    (customized for APS)

    No

    Recent Searches

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Cross searchable with:

  • General Reference
  • National Newsppapers
  • Local Newspapers
  • Topical Databases
  • Business Databases
  • National Newspapers
  • Local Newspapers
  • Topical Databases
  • Business Databases
  • General Reference
  • Local Newspapers
  • Topical Databases
  • Business Databases
  • General Reference
  • National Newspapers
  • Topical Databases
  • Business Databases
  • General Reference
  • National Newspapers
  • Local Newspapers
  • Across multiple Historical Newspapers
  • APS (coming August 2003)
  • Historical Newspapers (coming August 2003)
  • N.A.
  • Includes these databases:

  • ABI/INFORM Global
  • ABI/INFORM Research
  • ABI/INFORM Complete
  • Research Library
  • Discovery
  • PA Library
  • PAR-II
  • Academic Research Library Int'l
  • KidQuest Special
  • KidQuest Magazines
  • KidQuest Magazines 2
  • JuniorQuest Magazines
  • Platinum Periodicals
  • Platinum Full Text Periodicals
  • Gold Periodicals
  • Education Periodicals
  • Career and Technical Education
  • National Newspapers (NA5)
  • National Newspapers (NA9)
  • National Newspapers (NA27)
  • Afro - American Red Star
  • American Banker
  • Amsterdam News
  • The Atlanta Constitution
  • The Atlanta Journal
  • The Atlanta Journal the Atlanta Constitution
  • Barron's
  • Boston Globe
  • Call & Post; State edition
  • Chicago Defender
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • · Denver Post
  • Detroit News
  • The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press
  • The Guardian
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Houston Post
  • The Los Angeles Times
  • Michigan Chronicle
  • Muslim Journal
  • New Journal & Guide
  • New York Times Late Edition (East Coast)
  • New York Times Book Review
  • New York Times Magazine
  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • Sentinel; Los Angeles
  • St. Louis Post - Dispatch
  • Times - Picayune
  • USA TODAY; Arlington
  • Wall Street Journal; Eastern edition
  • The Washington Post
  • ProQuest Newsstand:
    • State Packages
    • Regional Packages
    • ProQuest Selectable FT
  • Newspapers
  • ProQuest Newsstand Int'l Newspapers
  • ProQuest International Newswires
  • ProQuest Canadian Serials
  • ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
  • Pharmaceutical News Index
  • · ProQuest Career and Technical Education
  • ProQuest Computing
  • ProQuest Religion
  • ProQuest Tele-communications
  • Resource/One
  • ProQuest Education Complete
  • ProQuest Medical Library
  • ProQuest Agriculture Journals
  • ProQuest Biology Journals
  • ProQuest Education Journals
  • ProQuest Nursing Journals
  • ProQuest Psychology Journals
  • ProQuest News and Magazines
  • HNP – New York Times
  • HNP – Wall Street Journal
  • HNP – Christian Science Monitor
  • HNP – Washington Post
  • American Periodical Series Online
  • CINAHL
  • ERIC
  • PsycINFO
  • Medline
  • td AGRICOLA
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    Last updated: 1/15/04