Search by field tag

In addition to using Advanced Search it is also possible to use field tags (or codes) to search specific database index fields. For example to search for a title in the publication source field search:

do:"animal feed science and technology"

Or to search for an indexing term from CABI's Thesaurus:

indexingterm:"holiday"

It is recommended that phrases are placed in quotes for exact matching when searching using field tags.

List of all index field names and field tags

The list shows all index field names, their tag codes and the corresponding field to use in Advanced Search.

Compound fields

Database field name	Field Tag that can be used to search this field	Advanced Search Field
All	n/a	‘All fields’ searches across all database fields in one go
Title	title	'Title' field searches across ET, AT in one go
Authors/Contributors	author	'Authors/Contributors' searches across AU, ED, CA, combined
Indexing Term	indexingterm	'Indexing Term' (combined Index information field which searches across DE, ID, OD, UP, GL)

Regular fields

Database field name	Field Tag that can be used to search this field	Advanced Search Field	Notes
Abstract	ab	Abstract
Additional title	at	Title
Author	au	Authors/Contributors
Author Affiliation	aa	Affiliation
Author email	em	Not available in Advanced Search
Broad terms	up	Indexing Term
CABICODE	cc	CABI Code
Conference Location	cl	Not available in Advanced Search
Conference Title	ct	Conference Title
Corporate Author	ca	Authors/Contributors
Country of Publication	cp	Not available in Advanced Search
Descriptor	de	Indexing Term
Document Editor	ed	Authors/Contributors.
DOI	oi	DOI
English title, article	et	Title
Geographic location	gl	Indexing Term
Identifier	id	Indexing Term
ISBN	bn	ISBN
ISSN	sn	ISSN
Item Type	it	Publication Type of Abstract record
Language of summary	ls	Language of Summary
Language of text	la	Language of Text	Use ISO 639 language codes instead of language names
Location of Publisher	lp	Not available in Advanced Search
Organism descriptor	od	Indexing Term
Publication title	do	Publication Title	This is phrase-indexed - Use full source publication title rather than individual words from the title
Publisher name	pb	Publisher Name
Record number/PAN	pa	Record number/PAN
Sequence Code	sc	CABI Product (sc code) (See full list here)
Web URL	ur	Not available in Advanced Search
Year of Publication	yr	Year