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Birding Index HelpGeneralThis index search is designed to allow you to locate articles from Birding based on the author of the article, a subject of the article, or the title of a book/media review. The search screen has three input areas corresponding to these three types of search. Only one search type can be processed at a time. For searches on authors and species (in the subject search), the index has been created to mimic a printed index, with primary and secondary index words. Thus, Brian Small will be found under 'Small' (not Brian) and Ivory-billed Woodpecker will be found under 'Woodpecker' (not Ivory-billed). Search results can be limited to more-recent issues by using the drop-down list called 'Issues to Search.' Search results can also be displayed in several different sequences, depending on the type of search. Use the 'Sort Result By' drop-down list to select a desired sequence. The search database has been designed to reflect the same information as the prior three printed indices, published by ABA in 1991, 1993, and 1997. It does not provide abstracts, full text of article, or full scientific citation information. Author Search Authors have been placed in the index using the format Lastname, Firstname. You may enter all or part of an author's last name and optionally, a comma and a space and then the first name. Some examples: Baicich, Paul (Everything written by Paul Baicich) Dunne (Everything written by Pete Dunne) Eckert (Everything written by Cameron Eckert, Kim Eckert, and Thomas Eckert) Eckert, K (Everything written by Kim Eckert) All authors of each article are shown separately in the Author Index, using the most complete form of their name. Subject Search Unlike some of the earlier printed index publications, which had separate sections for species and location entries, all entries now have been merged alphabetically into a single Subject Index. Cross reference entries ('See' and 'See also') have been included where appropriate, and have been made into clickable links to initiate a new search on the referenced term. Subjects include: Common species names, entered as Family, Species. Thus, a search on 'Ani' will show all articles about Smooth-billed Anis and Groove-billed Anis; a search on 'Ani, G' will show only the Groove-billed Ani articles; a search on 'Groove-billed Ani' will NOT show any results. Common family names such as warblers, flycatchers, etc. Geographic names. Included (if ever referenced) are all states and provinces, countries, and some regions. Names of people, when they are the subject of an article, entered as Lastname, Firstname. General Subjects such as 'Telescopes', 'Vagrants', 'ABA Checklist', 'Big Day', etc. Book (and Media) Review Search The Book Review Index contains entries for books, games, journals, multimedia, software, tapes, CDs, and videos which have been reviewed in Birding. The search will find any word or words in the title of the reviewed publication. Thus, a search on 'Africa' will find all the reviews of publications which have the word Africa in the title. A search on 'America Egg' will retrieve all the reviews of books which have both 'America' and 'Egg' anywhere in the title. General Notes Department Codes used for Reviews: BR Book Reviews GR Game Reivew JR Journal Review MR Multimedia Review SR Software Review TR Tape/CD Review VR Video Review Birding Department Codes: BB Basic Birding / Building Birding Skills BC Bird Conservation Regions BI Birding the Interstate CL Closer Look CM Commentary (selected Letters to the Editor) ED Editorial and Perspective FF Feathered Funnies FP Flight Path GL Gleanings from the Technical Literature JB Joy of Birding NN Next New (ABA-Area Species) OO Observatory Outlook PA Possible Anywhere PC Point/Counterpoint PQ Photo Quiz PS Photo Showcase TT Tools of the Trade Reference Syntax: 23(4):266 means Volume 24, Issue number 4, Page number 266. fc as a page number means Front Cover bc as a page number means Back Cover Double Issues: Volume 14, Numbers 3 and 4 indexed as 14(3) Volume 15, Numbers 4 and 5 indexed as 15(4) Volume 17, Numbers 2 and 3 indexed as 17(2) Volume 21, Numbers 1 and 2 indexed as 21(1) Volume Number Chart: Vol I volume 1 1969 Vol II volume 2 1970 Vol III volume 3 1971 Vol IV volume 4 1972 Vol V volume 5 1973 Vol VI volume 6 1974 Vol VII volume 7 1975 Vol VIII volume 8 1976 Vol IX volume 9 1977 Vol X volume 10 1978 Vol XI volume 11 1979 Vol XII volume 12 1980 Vol XIII volume 13 1981 Vol XIV volume 14 1982 Vol XV volume 15 1983 Vol XVI volume 16 1984 Vol XVII volume 17 1985 Vol XVIII volume 18 1986 Vol XIX volume 19 1987 Vol XX volume 20 1988 Vol XXI volume 21 1989 Vol XXII volume 22 1990 Vol XXIII volume 23 1991 Vol XXIV volume 24 1992 Vol XXV volume 25 1993 Vol XXVI volume 26 1994 Vol XXVII volume 27 1995 Vol XXVIII volume 28 1996 Vol XXIX volume 29 1997 Vol XXX volume 30 1998 Vol XXXI volume 31 1999 Vol XXXII volume 32 2000 Vol XXXIII volume 33 2001 Vol XXXIV volume 34 2002 Excluded Material: Advertisements, Some Letters to the Editor, Announcements, Miscellaneous, Twenty Years Ago in Birding (most), Supplements Cover Photos: Indexed with a subject of the species shown; an Author entry is also included for the photographer/artist. Photo Quiz: Referenced to the issue containing the answers or captions. Quizzes are indexed by species and are also found under the subject heading Quizzes. Corrections/Errata: These are indexed the same as the original article and include a reference to the original article's location. Letters to the Editor: Recent practice finds many letters now conveying substantive supplementary material or commentary on earlier articles. Therefore, most letters are now indexed by subject and author. All such letters will be coded CM and provide a reference to the earlier article. The compilers reserve the right to decide which letters to index. |
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