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Editing a Search for Publication Link
There are four parameters that you can add
directly to a captured Search for Publication link or to a master
Search for Publication link: Qry,
Pub, Iss, and Num. The following table
describes what they are and how to use them in ProQuest Direct link syntax.
Note—If you add a parameter that already has
an assigned value in the Link Editor, the value in the Link Editor will override the value
in your manual addition. To manually add a parameter value, first make sure that the
parameter's value displayed in the Link Editor is either blank or set to (decide
later).
| Parameter |
It Stands
for... |
Example |
What it
Means |
| Qry |
search query |
Qry=medicine
or
Qry=medic%3f
or
Qry=journal%medicine
(See character substitutions below.)
or
Qry=American Journal of Law and Medicine |
Find publications whose titles contain the word medicine,
or
...titles that contain a word beginning with medic, such as medicine or medical,
or
...journal and medicine.
or
...find the specific publication. |
| Pub |
publication ID |
Pub=1200345 |
Return the list of available issues for the
publication corresponding to publication ID 1200345.
*The UMI website provides title lists for
databases available through ProQuest Direct. Publication ID is available as an included
column when you create your customized title list. |
| Iss |
issue ID |
ISS=1000023 |
Return the list of available articles in the
publication issue corresponding to issue ID 1000023. |
| Num |
number |
10 |
The maximum number of articles to return. The
limit is 40. |
Notes About Using the Search Query
Parameter
 |
The Qry parameter can contain a single word that
appears in the title, such as medicine; several words that
appear in the title, such as journal medicine; or a cohesive
phrase that appears in the title, such as journal of medicine. |
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Search for Publication does not support the use
of operators, such as OR. For example, if you search on american medicine, one of the publications you might find is the American
Journal of Law and Medicine.
However, if you search on american OR medicine, will not find
any publications since no titles contain the phrase American or
Medicine. |
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Search for Publication supports the use of the
question mark character (?) to search for titles that contain words
sharing a common root or stem. For example, searching on educa?
will return publications whose titles contain such words as education,
educator, and educating. When
you add the Qry parameter to a link, substitute (type) %3f instead
of ?. For example, instead of Qry=educa?,
type Qry=educa%3f. See the next bullet point for other
required substitutions. |
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Make the
following substitutions when specifying a value for the Qry parameter:
instead of a space, type %20
instead of a #, type %23
instead of a /, type %2f
instead of a :, type %3a
instead of a ?, type %3f |
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