Field searching can improve search results by allowing the searcher to look in specific parts of a story such as headline, lead, byline, etc.

The format for entering a field search is: field:"term"

Field type definitions are listed below followed by examples of how to use them.

Searchable Fields:

TITLE	the headline or title of the story
LEAD	the headline and the first 500 characters of body text
CONTENT	the full text of the story, title, body, dateline, corrections, illus, byline, column, and notes
BYLINE	the writer's name
PUBNAME	name of the publication or source where this story was published
DATELINE	where the story originated
SOURCE	the source of the information
SECTION	the section of the paper the story appears in
PAGE	the page number the story appeared on
EDITION	indicates a specific edition of the paper
COLUMN	title of a regular column
NOTE	editorial notes, including name of a series
ILLUS	the description of the illustration
STOTYPE	story type (see below for list)
CORRECT	corrections to the original story
LENGTH	number of words in the story

Common story types (STOTYPE):

NEWS
BRIEF
ANALYSIS
BUSINESS
CAPTION
CHRONOLOGY
COLUMN
CORRECTION
CRIME
EDITORIAL
EXCERPT
FEATURE
GLOSSARY
INTERVIEW
LETTER
OPINION
PROFILE
REVIEW
RECIPE
SERIES
SPECIAL REPORT
SPORTS
STATISTICS

Field Search Examples:

lead:"paul martin"

byline:"duncan stewart"

"molson" ANDNOT section:"sport*"

lead:"imax" AND section:("business" OR "financ*")

("bank*" AND "merger") AND source:"canwest news service"

"olympic*" AND page:"A1"

"blackout" AND edition:"final"

illus:near (gordie, howe, n=2)

illus:"dog*"

series:"troubled kingdom"

"spiderman" AND stotype:"review"

For a complete guide to Expert Searching, please see our Expert Search Guide (PDF).

Related Topics:

• General Guidelines
• Booleans (AND, OR, ANDNOT)
• Adjacency (NEAR, ONEAR)
• Truncation and Wildcards