Search Fields Chart

Children's Room :

Click on one age between 0 and 18 in each of the drop-down menus.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in one of the options listed under Note below. Or click checkbox(es) under Audience at the bottom of the search form..

Boolean Search:

Enter ac= followed by one of the options below.

Forthcoming Book Room:

Select one or more audiences from the drop-down menu..

Note:

The options are:

• Adult
• a (for adult)
• College (for books only)
• c (for college books only)
• Young adult
• y (for young adult)
• Children
• j (for juvenile)

  Other ways to select an audience: Use a children's subject among your search criteria. Use titles reviewed in The Horn Book or School Library Journal as one of your search criteria. Choose an MPAA rating suitable to an audience.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in an audiobook subject.

Boolean Search:

Enter as= followed by an an audiobook subject.

Note:

For a list of audiobook subjects, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click Audiobook Subjects.

Author/Contributor

or

Author

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in the author or contributor's name.

Awards Database
Bestsellers Database
Children's Room
Fiction Room
Forthcoming Book Room
In The Media
Quick Search:

Type in the author or contributor's name.

Boolean Search:

Enter au= followed by an author's or contributor's name.

Note:

For a list of authors and contributors, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click Author/Contributor.

What's a contributor?

Take me to tips on entering people's names into search fields.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in an award name.

Awards Database:

Type in an award name or an award year in the appropriate field.

Boolean Search:

Enter aw= followed by an award name.

Children's Room:

Click in the checkbox before "Winners" to find award-winning books, audiobooks, or videos or "Nominees" to find book titles that were nominated for key awards.

Note:

For a list of awards, click AWARDS on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar.

Bestseller List

Bestseller Source

Bestseller Database
Children's Room
Fiction Room:

Click on one or more bestseller list(s) from the drop down menu.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a binding type or code.

You can also select binding type(s) from the drop down menu under Binding in the Limit Your Results area.

Boolean Search:

Enter bd= followed by binding type or binding code.

Forthcoming Book Room:

Type in a binding type or code.

Note:

For a list of binding types and codes, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click Binding.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a BISAC Subject Category.

Boolean Search:

Enter bi= followed by a BISAC Subject Category.

Note:

For a list of all BISAC subjects, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click BISAC Subject.

Advanced Search:

You can click one or more of the following:

• Hardcover
• Softcover
• E-Book
• Large Print
• Illustrated
• Bestsellers

Bowker's Children's Titles

Children's Room:

Click on one or more titles from the drop down menu.

Note:

What is "Bowker's Children's Titles"?

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a children's subject.

Boolean Search:

Enter ch= followed by a children's subject.

Note:

For a list of children's subjects, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click Children's Subjects.

Publisher Search:

Enter a city name from anywhere in the world.

Publisher Search:

Enter a publisher, distributor, wholesaler or book agent company name or the first part of the company name.

Note:

For a list of publishers, publisher's imprints, distributors, wholesalers and book agents, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click Publisher Name.

Publisher Search:

Choose one of the following from the drop-down menu:

• Publisher
• Imprint
• Distributor/Wholesaler
• Agent

Date Mentioned

In The Media:

From the drop down menus, choose a month and year to indicate the timeframe that you're interested in.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a Dewey number (or part of one, as described below).

Boolean Search:

Enter dd= or dd< or dd> followed by a Dewey number (or part of one, as described below).

Note:

You can enter the entire Dewey number or the first numbers followed by a wildcard symbol. For example, you could enter 641.59763 or 641.59$

Tell me about entering ranges of numbers.

Forthcoming Book Room:

Click in one or both of the checkboxes:

• New Works
• New Releases of Previously Published Works

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a character's name.

Boolean Search:

Enter fc= followed by a character's name.

Children's Room
Fiction Room:

Type in a character's name.

Note:

Book, audio and video titles can all be searched by the criterion "fictitious character."

Take me to tips on entering people's names into search fields.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in one of the options listed in Note below.

Boolean Search:

Enter fm= followed by one of the options listed in Note below.

Note:

The options are:

• book
• audio
• video

Children's Room:

Click on one grade level in each of the drop-down menus. The options are preschool (PS) and kindergarten (K) through 12th grade.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type an ISBN number (or part of one -- see notes below).

Boolean Search:

Enter bn= followed by an ISBN number (or part of one -- see notes below).

Quick Search:

Type an ISBN number (or part of one -- see note below).

Note:

ISBNs can be entered with or without hyphens. You can enter the complete ISBN -- or just the first few digits or the first digit(s) followed by a wildcard symbol.

For a list of ISBNs, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click ISBN.

Publisher Search:

Enter the first 5 digits of a publisher's ISBN number.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) in any of the subject categories.

Bestsellers Database
Children's Room
Forthcoming Book Room
In The Media:

Type in a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) in any of the subject categories.

Boolean Search:

Enter ks= followed by a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) in any of the subject categories.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) in any of the title categories listed below.

Awards Database
Bestsellers Database
Children's Room
Fiction Room
Forthcoming Book Room
In the Media:

Type in a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) in any of the title categories listed below.

Boolean Search:

Enter kt=and a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) in any of the title categories listed below.

Note:

Title categories include:

• title
• title supplement
• subtitle
• series title
• original title
• translated title
• announced title
• title of original source - for audios and video

  What do these title types mean? Take me to the glossary.

  Did you know that keywords can be entered in any order? "Grapes Wrath" and "Wrath Grapes" will both return the title The Grapes of Wrath.

Keyword (any)

or

Keyword

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) anywhere in the record, excluding words that only appear in the synopsis (if present) or review (if present).

Boolean Search:

Enter kw= followed by a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) anywhere in the record, excluding words that only appear in the synopsis (if present) or review (if present).

Children's Room
Fiction Room

Type in a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) anywhere in the record, excluding words that only appear in the synopsis (if present) or review (if present).

Quick Search:

Type in a keyword or keywords and booksinprint.com will search for those term(s) in any index.

 

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a language.

Boolean Search:

Enter la= followed by a language.

Note:

For a list of languages, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click Language.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in an LC Class number (or part of one as described below).

Boolean Search:

Enter lc= followed by an LC Class number(or part of one as described below).

Note:

Also called LC Call Number.

You can enter the full LC Classification/Call number with spaces and punctuation or enter the first characters followed by a wildcard symbol. For example, you could enter Z6944.N39A37 1998 or Z6944.N3$.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in an LCCN (or part of one as described below).

Boolean Search:

Enter ln= or ln< or ln> followed by an LCCN (or part of one as described below).

Note:

You can enter the full LCCN with hyphens or enter the first characters followed by a wildcard symbol. For example, you could enter 85-072417 or 85$

Tell me about entering ranges of numbers.

 

Lexile® Codes

Children's Room:

Click on one or more Lexile Code from the drop-down menu. The options are:

• Illustrated Glossary
• Non-Conforming Text
• Beginning Reading
• Non-Prose
• Adult-Directed

Lexile® Measures

Children's Room:

Click on one Lexile Measure between 100 and 1700 in each of the drop-down menus.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type one of the options listed below under Note.

Or choose a media source from the drop down menu in the Limit Your Search area of the workspace.

Boolean Search:

Enter ms= followed by one of the options listed below.

Forthcoming Book Room:

Type one of the options listed below under Note.

In The Media:

From the drop down menu, choose one or more of the media sources listed below.

Note:

The options are:

• Business Week
• Don Imus Show
• Entertainment Weekly
• Essence
• National Public Radio
• New York Times Book Review
• Notes C-SPAN
• Oprah Book Club
• Oprah Winfrey Show
• Parenting Magazine
• People
• Talk
• Time
• Today (The Today Show)

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in one of the options below.

Boolean Search:

Enter ra= followed by one of the options below.

Note:

The options are:

• G
• General Audiences
• NC17
• No Children Under 17
• NR
• Not Rated
• PG
• Parental Guidance
• PG13
• Parental Guidance for Children Under 13
• R
• Restricted
• X
• Adults Only

  You can also click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click MPAA Rating .

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a performer's name.

Awards Database:

Type in a performer's name.

Boolean Search:

Enter pe= followed by a performer's name.

Note:

Take me to tips on entering people's names into search fields.

For a list of all performers, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then choose Performer.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in dollar amount (e.g., $25 or 25 or $29.95 or 29.95) and booksinprint.com will return titles that cost the exact amount you entered. To search for titles within a certain price range, below a certain price threshold or above a certain threshold, use the drop-down boxes in the Limit Your Results area of the search form.

Boolean Search:

Enter pr= or pr< or pr< followed by a price. For example, pr=29.95 will return titles that cost exactly $29.95 and pr>5 and pr<50 will return titles that cost more than $5.00 but less than $50.00.

Advanced Search
Children's Room
Forthcoming Book Room:

Use the drop-down menu to select prices.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a 4-digit year (e.g., 1954) and booksinprint.com will return titles that were published in that year.

To search for titles within a certain range of years, earlier than a certain year or later than a certain year, use the drop-down boxes in the Limit Your Results area of the search form. Enter a 4-digit publication year into both fields. Example: "from 1999 to 1999" will limit your search to titles published within 1999. Example: "from 1950 to 1954" will limit your search results to titles between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1954.

Boolean Search:

Enter py= or py> or py < followed by a 4-digit year. For example, py=1998 will return titles published in 1998 and py>1930 and py<1960 will return titles published between January 1, 1930 and December 31, 1960.

Children's Room and Fiction Room:

Enter a 4-digit publication year into both fields in the Limit Your Results area.

Forthcoming Book Room:

Pick one timeframe from the drop-down menu..

Publisher Search:

Choose one of the following from the drop-down menu:

• Children's
• Legal
• Medical
• Sci-Tech

.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in the publisher name. If you don't know the exact or complete publisher name, you can either type in part of the name (and booksinprint.com will search for publishers that begin with the letters you've typed).

Awards Database
Forthcoming Book Room:

Type in the publisher name. If you don't know the exact or complete publisher name, you can either type in part of the name (and booksinprint.com will search for publishers that begin with the letters you've typed).

Boolean Search:

Enter pu= followed by the publisher name. If you don't know the exact or complete publisher name, you can either type in part of the name (and booksinprint.com will search for publishers that begin with the letters you've typed).

Note:

For a list of all publishers, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then choose Publisher Name.

Tell me how to search for a publisher.

Publisher Search:

Choose one of the following from the drop-down menu:

• Small (less than 10 active and/or inactive titles)
• Medium (10 to 199 titles)
• Large (200 or more titles)

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in the name of the review source.

Boolean Search:

Enter rv= followed by the name of the review source.

Note:

For a list of review sources, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then choose Review Source.

Advanced Search
Children's Room
Fiction Room
Forthcoming Book Room:

Choose one or more review sources from the drop down menu. Click to select.

Publisher Search:

Enter the publisher's entire SAN number or enter the first few digits followed by a wildcard.

 

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a series title name.

Boolean Search:

Enter se= followed by a series title name.

Note:

For a list of series names, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then choose Series Title.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in the place name of a real or imaginary setting/location of a work of fiction -- - e.g., Shangri La or London.

Boolean Search:

Enter lo= followed by the place name of a real or imaginary setting/location of a work of fiction -- - e.g., Shangri La or London.

Children's Room
Fiction Room :

Type in the place name of a real or imaginary setting/location of a work of fiction -- - e.g., Shangri La or London.

Advanced Search:

You can check one, two or all three boxes under Status. Click again to uncheck a box. (The default is that all three are checked.)

In a Search For field, you can also type in one of the options listed below under Note.

Boolean Search:

Enter st= followed by one of the options listed below under Note.

Children's Room:

You can check one, two or all three boxes under Status. Click again to uncheck a box. (The default is that all three are checked.)

Note:

The options are:

• in print
• out of print
• forthcoming.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in a subject category.

Boolean Search:

Enter su= followed by a subject category.

Note:

For a list of subjects, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then choose Subject (All).

Advanced Search
Children's Room:

Click one or more of the following:

• Fiction
• Non-fiction

Title (Exact)

or

Title

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type the title name. Leading articles (such as A, An or The) are not necessary.

Boolean Search:

Enter ti= followed by the title name. Leading articles (such as A, An or The) are not necessary.

Fiction Room
Quick Search:

Type the title name and booksinprint.com will perform a "keyword in title" search.

Note:

For a list of titles, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then choose Title (Exact).

Take me to tips on entering title names.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type a UPC number (or part of one -- see notes below).

Boolean Search:

Enter upc= followed by a UPC number (or part of one -- see notes below).

Quick Search:

Type a UPC number (or part of one -- see note below).

Note:

You can enter the entire UPC number with or without spaces. Or enter the first characters followed by a wildcard symbol. For example, you could enter 0-18713-74055-7 or 0-18713*.

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type one of the options listed below.

Or choose a vendor or multiple vendors from the drop-down menu in the Limit Your Search area of the workspace.

Boolean Search:

Enter vd= followed by one of the options listed below.

Note:

The options are:

• Appalachian
• Baker & Taylor
• Book Express
• Bookmen
• Bookpeople
• The Distributors
• Ingram Book
• J A Majors
• Koen Book
• Koen Pacific
• Login Brothers
• MBS Textbook Exchange
• NACS Corp
• NBN
• Partners
• Partners West
• Raincoast
• Rittenhouse
• Riverside
• Whitaker/Anchor

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type in one of the video hues listed below.

Boolean Search:

Enter vh= followed by one of the video hues listed below.

Note:

The options are:

• color
• black&white (with no spaces)
• color and black&white (no spaces between black&white)
• colorized

  Or enter one of these letter codes: B, C, D (for titles that are doubly in black and white and color) or Z (for colorized).

Advanced Search:

In a Search For field, type a video subject term.

Boolean Search:

Enter vs= followed by a video subject term.

Note:

For a list of video subjects, click BROWSE on the top navigation bar or bottom navigation bar. Then click VIDEO SUBJECTS.