Sources from 40 countries monitor articles of technological importance. A field is a distinct part or section of a record. Typical fields include title, author, journal name, and publication date. In a business directory database, fields include company name, city names, zip codes, sales figures, to name a few. Check the Bluesheet since fields vary according to the database.
Formats determine the amount of information displayed for each record.
The Format list box lists the basic format options. The format we select is used for the records retrieved when we click Display in the Search History table. They are used for the records retrieved when we click the Display button. Identifiers are index terms assigned to a record by an indexer but are generally not from a controlled vocabulary. Identifiers frequently are proper names, geographic locations, or terms that have not yet been added to the thesaurus.