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Sample Searches
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SuDoc Class Number | Item Number | Fielded
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Topic
A search by topic can be useful when the subject of a particular document
is known, but the title is not. The search can be one or more words, and will
retrieve all documents that pertain to a particular subject. It is important
to remember that broad search terms will yield more results than a more
specific search.
| Query: |
"military
history" AND battlefields |
| Results: |
American Armies
and Battlefields in Europe: A
History, Guide, and Reference Book
United States Army in World War 1 (CD-ROM)
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia |
Title
When searching by title, it is usually not necessary to key in the
complete title of the publication. Important words or phrases will usually
bring up the desired title. Searching a subtitle should also retrieve the
full title.
| Query: |
"IRS Form
1040EZ" |
| Results: |
Income Tax Return
for Single and Joint Filers With No
Dependents, IRS Tax Form 1040EZ, 1998
Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers With No
Dependents, IRS Form 1040EZ, 1999
Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers With No
Dependents, IRS Form 1040EZ, 2000 |
Agency
To search for publications offered for sale by a specific agency, key in
the name of the agency, either in its entirety or using its acronym.
| Query: |
"bureau
of labor statistics" OR "bls"
OR "labor statistics bureau" |
| Results: |
BLS Reader on
Productivity
BLS Handbook of Methods
Employee Benefits Survey: A BLS Reader |
Author
To search by author, key in the last name of the author, followed by the
first name. For example, if performing a search for publications authored by
Al Gore, use the search: "Gore, Al". Keying "Al Gore"
will run a search for publications authored by an author with the last name
Al.
| Query: |
"Gore,
Al" |
| Results: |
Creating a
Government That Works Better & Costs
Less, Report of the National Performance Review,
September 7, 1993
Federal Welfare-to-Work Commitments: A Report to
President Bill Clinton by Vice President Al Gore
Getting Results Through Learning |
Stock Number
A search for a GPO sales stock number is a very specific search. The
search should retrieve only one record and a query result. It may be
preferable to search for stock number in the full text search box in case a
new edition is superseding a government information product. When this
happens, the new stock number will appear in the note field and often in the
cross-reference stock number fields. It is also possible to search stock
numbers in the note field.
| Query: |
"040-000-00728-8" |
| Results: |
Economic Report
of the President, 2000 |
It is also possible to search by ISBN or ISSN
numbers in the SPC:
| Query: |
"0-16-050275-6" |
| Results: |
Economic
Report of the President, 2000 |
SuDoc
Classification Number
The Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) classification system is designed
to group together Government information products by the same government
corporate author. Within an agency or Department, Government information
products are grouped according to subordinate organizations. The purpose of
this system is to identify uniquely, logically relate, and physically arrange
each Government information product so that all Government information
products of a single agency or department may be found together.
| Query: |
"C
1.1/8:2000" |
| Results: |
Budget and Annual
Performance Plan of the United
States Department of Commerce, Fiscal Year
2000 (CD-ROM) |
Item Number
Depository Library item numbers can also be searched in the SPC. It is
important to point out that not all citations in the SPC have item numbers,
so this search works best when looking for specific documents. It is
important for item number queries to be enclosed in quotation marks.
| Query: |
"0327-J" |
| Results: |
Pakistan: A
Country Study
Greece: A Country Study
Syria: A Country Study
Cambodia: A Country Study
Sri Lanka: A Country Study |
Fielded Search
Fielded searching allows the user to make searches more specific by
limiting results to one or more of the following pre-selected elements: stock
number, title, author, publisher, year/pages, key phrases, note, and
description.
| Query: |
Author:
"Gore Al"
Year: 1997
Key Phrase: welfare |
| Results: |
Federal
Welfare-to-Work Commitments: A Report to
President Bill Clinton by Vice President Al Gore |
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