Cold Regions Bibliography

Search Help: STAR Field Tags

In the DOS version of STAR, there are 2 types of field tags, one for searching and the other for the record entry form. The fields in the order they appear in a record entry form are as follows. The search tag is listed first, followed by the field label seen on the entry form. We have added a brief explanation of the field (if needed).

SEARCH TAG
      Field Label
      Brief explanation

MTYPE
      Main Entry Type
      Is the item listed under a personal name, meeting name, corporate body, or title?

PCODE
      Pert. Code (a/c/b)
      Pertinancy code; classifies item as a=antarctic, c=crrel, or b=both

CRREL
      CRREL Acc. No.
      CRREL accession number

ACNO
      Ant. Acc. No.
      Antarctic accession number

NAME
      Personal Name

ROLE
      Editor, Compiler, etc

AUAFF
      Author Affiliat.
      Affiliation and/or address; in the case of multiple authors, given for 1st author only

CORP
      Corporate Author

MEET
      Meeting Name

FTI
      Foreign Title

TI
      Title
      English language title

ABTI
      Abbrev. Title
      Abbreviated or clarified title

JTI
      Publication Ti.
      Title of journal, etc.

PG
      Pages
      Pagination; also includes any special features such as folded maps, appendixes, computer disks

VOL
      Volume and Issue

PDATE
      Pub. Date
      Publication date of the specific volume cited

SER
      Series
      Title of a series; e.g., conference proceedings

PLACE
      City of Pub.
      Place of publication; used for monographs

PUB
      Publisher
      Used for monographs

PY
      Publication Year
      Used for monographs

NOTES
      Notes
      Lists the language of the text, the number of references, general explanatory notes

AVOL
      Antarctic Volume

PCAT
      Primary category
      Antarctic primary subject category

SCAT
      Secondary category
      Antarctic secondary subject category

SUBAN
      Antar. Term
      Antarctic subject term

THES
      CRREL Term
      CRREL subject term

OPEN
      Open Term
      Used for a CRREL item; a subject term not on authority list of CRREL terms

GEOG
      Geographic Term

AB
      Abstract
      Provided for all a and b items as well as many c items written by CRREL authors

LANG
      Language
      Language of text

SLANG
      Summary Language

TRANF
      Translated From
      Language in which item originally appeared

GRANT
      Grantee
      Grantee of the National Science Foundation; used for Antarctic items

RNO
      CRREL Report No.

LC
      LC Call No.
      Library of Congress Call Number

OLC
      Non-LC Call No.
      Non-Library of Congress Call Number

ORNO
      Originator Number
      Used for patent numbers, technical series report numbers, etc.

FORM
      Form of Item

FORMB
      CRREL Author?
      Is the author or one of the co-authors a CRREL employee or contractor?

ACQ
      Method of Acq.
      Method of acquisition

ACQB
      1st Au/Am?
      Is the first author American? used for Antarctic items

CNF
      Conference?
      Is the item a collection of papers from a conference?

DATEP
      Date of Pub.
      Date of source publication; appears in the form yymm

CNTRY
      Country
      Country in which item was published; name appears in full, followed by a 2-letter code for that country

REF
      20+ References?
      Are there 20 or more references?