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Field:
A subdivision of a computer record.  A collection of fields make up a record.  For example, records in a periodical index might include an author field, a title field, a publisher field and a date field. What fields are called and what is in them can vary from database to database.

Field Searching:
A search that looks for the occurrence of a term or terms  in a specific field.  Searching a specific field is more precise than searching all fields of the database.  A title or title keyword search in The library catalog is an example of field searching. 

Full Display:
The Library Catalog search results display that is available from Brief Display by selecting its entry number. The Full Display provides complete information for bibliographic citation and includes co-authors, editors, series titles, subjects, contents, notes, and locations. 

Full text
A full text resource provides access to the complete text of an item. In a full text periodical index, both the bibliographic citations and the articles themselves will be available.  Lexis-Nexis is an example of a full text resource.

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