The EconLit Thesaurus is used to index the EconLit subject field. Subject terms are found in the subject field and this field is part of the searchable fields table to the right. Subject terms are also commonly known as descriptors, controlled vocabulary, and sometimes classification terms.
The thesaurus allows you to find subject terms to narrow or broaden your search and is available from the Advanced, or Command Line Search. If you want to run a search on a subject, but you do not know what term to use, use the thesaurus to search the controlled vocabulary. A hierarchical display is available and will give suggestions on the appropriate subject terms to add to your search.
To use the thesaurus, select the Thesaurus link from the Advanced, or Command Line Search, then browse or search for subjects containing the word or beginning with the word. Mark the items that you would like to search and then select the appropriate Boolean operator to combine your items. Click the Add to search button and your terms will be placed into the search form. From there, run your search to include the subject terms (adding additional search fields and terms if needed).
An accessible version of the Searchable Fields table is available below.
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Field Name |
Label |
Search Examples & Explanation |
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Abstract
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AB |
AB(econometrics) We use the journal-provided abstract with little or no modification, or have members from our editorial team write an abstract from scratch, drawing on the article’s text and concepts. Our team’s goal is to make the article’s point as clearly and succinctly as possible. |
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Accession number |
AN |
AN(1395488) Search the unique number for articles and documents. |
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Anywhere except full text |
NOFT |
NOFT(Ben Bernanke) Search in all fields in the citation and abstract. |
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Author |
AU |
AU(Mossberg Walt) Use to find documents written by a particular author. All Authors are indexed as they appear in the journal. Use the Author Name lookup to locate variations on the author's name or manually enter an Author search query for both the full first name and the initials in order to retrieve all publications by a specific author. A query can be structured as (last name, first name) or (first name last name). |
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Author affiliation |
AF |
AF(Yale) Search by affiliation |
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Copyright |
CY |
CY(2003) The year a resource is copyrighted for publication. |
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Document text |
FT |
FT(Econometric models) Search for keywords in the body of the article. |
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Document title |
TI |
TI(BRIC) Locates the occurrence of search words in the title of the article. |
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International Standard Book Number |
ISBN |
ISBN(9780199553433) This search field looks for the 12 and 13 digit International Standard Book Number (ISBN), where available. Hyphens are optional. |
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International Standard Serials Number |
ISSN |
ISSN(0022-0515) This search field looks for the eight digit International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), where available. Hyphens are optional. |
| Issue | ISS |
ISS(8368) Searches the issue number of a resource. |
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Language |
LA |
LA(Chinese) Use to locate the original language of the document. |
| Location | LOC |
LOC(Austin) Specific geographic area or location. |
| Publisher | PB |
PB(The Economist) Specific publisher. |
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Publication Date |
PD |
PD(20171201) Specific publication date. |
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Publication title |
PUB |
PUB(Journal of Economic Literature) Used to retrieve documents from a specific publication title. |
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Source Type |
STYPE |
STYPE(working paper) Finds pecific source types such as books, dissertations or scholarly journals. |
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Subject Heading (All) |
SU |
SU(Accounts) Look for articles about a specific subject. A search for the subject heading “accounts,” will find articles with the subject accounts, health savings accounts or checking accounts. To run an exact subject search where only “accounts” is retrieved and not subject terms that contain additional terms, search using EXACT. SU.EXACT(accounts) |
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Volume |
VO |
VO(100) Volume of a resource. |