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Historical Abstracts

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File Description Print Counterparts Special Features Sample Record Sort
Subject Coverage Dialog File Data DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank
Sources Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Predefined Format Options
Tips Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Rates


File Description [top]

Historical Abstracts indexes the world's periodical literature in history and the related social sciences and humanities. The database corresponds to the two companion publications: Historical Abstracts: Part A, Modern History Abstracts (1450-1914) and Historical Abstracts: Part B, Twentieth Century Abstracts (1914 to the Present), produced by ABC-CLIO. Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the U.S. and Canada, which are covered by America: History and Life, File 38.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 39

to search the world's literature of history.

USE HP= AND HS= AND HE=

to search historical periods.

     S HS=1800 AND HE=1900

USE CP=

to search country of publication.

     S CP=GREAT BRITAIN


Subject Coverage [top]

  • Area Studies
  • Bibliography
  • Cultural History
  • Diplomatic History
  • Economic History
  • Historiography and Methodology
  • History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
  • Intellectual History
  • International Relations
  • Libraries and Archives
  • Military History
  • Philosophy of History
  • Political History
  • Social History
  • Social Sciences with Historical Perspectives
  • Teaching of History


Sources [top]

Articles are abstracted from approximately 2,100 journals published in 90 countries in some 40 languages. Collections of essays and papers, such as conference proceedings and festschriften, are also abstracted in this database. Historical Abstracts also cites books that are reviewed in 13 major review journals, and dissertations from Dissertation Abstracts International.



Print Counterparts [top]

  • Historical Abstracts: Part A
  • Modern History Abstracts (1450-1914)
  • Twentieth Century Abstracts (1914 to present)


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: 1954 to 2005 (year of original documents); hardcopy Historical Abstracts volumes published from 1973 to the present
File Size: 659,175 records as of April 2006
Update Frequency: Closed


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Conferences, Symposia, Meetings
  • Journal Articles
  • Theses and Dissertations
  • Books


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
HISTORY History
HUMANIT Humanities
POLISCI Political Science


Contact [top]

Historical Abstracts is produced by ABC-CLIO. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

ABC-CLIO
Electronic Services Coordinator
P.O. Box 1911
Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911

Telephone: 800/422-2546 ext. 118
805/968-1911 ext. 118
Fax: 805/685-9685


Terms and Conditions [top]

Database copyrighted by ABC-CLIO, Inc.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

     File  39:Historical Abstracts  1973-1997/Iss48/B1 
             (c) 2001 ABC-CLIO 
     
  AN=, JA=   1292042    40B-06744 
  /TI    SOVIET DECISION-MAKING AND THE POLISH CRISIS. 
  AU=     Weitz, Richard 
  JN=, PY=     East European Quarterly 1988 22(2): 191-212. 
      NOTE: Based on Soviet press accounts; 83 notes. 
  DT=    DOCUMENT TYPE: ARTICLE 
  /AB    ABSTRACT: Analyzes the struggle among Soviet leaders over the 
       issue of whether or not to invade Poland in 1980 or 1981 to 
       halt the growth of Solidarity.  By looking carefully at a 
       variety of public speeches and newspaper articles in the 
       official soviet press, the author demonstrates that a struggle 
       did occur and that the concern of other satellite states, 
       especially East Germany and Czechoslovakia, probably led to the 
       compromise which required the Polish leaders to impose martial 
       law if they wanted to avoid outside intervention. (C. R. Lovin) 
  /DE    DESCRIPTORS: USSR ; Poland ; Decisionmaking ; 1980-1981 ; 
       Solidarity ; Press ; Intervention 
  HP=    HISTORICAL PERIOD: 1980D 1900H 
  HS=     HISTORICAL PERIOD (Starting): 1980 
  HE=     HISTORICAL PERIOD (Ending):   1981 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
FIELD NAME
INDEXING
SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S POLISH(W)CRISIS
/AB AB Abstract Word S SATELLITE(W)STATE?/AB
/DE DE Descriptor1,2 Word
& Phrase
S SOLIDARITY/DE
S NUCLEAR POWER/DE
/TI TI Title Word S POLISH(W)CRISIS/TI

1 Also /DF.

2 For records from 1975 to the present.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
FIELD NAME
INDEXING
SELECT EXAMPLES
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
AN= AN HA Accession Number Phrase S AN=40B-06744
AU= AU Author Phrase S AU=WEITZ, RICHARD?
CP= CP Country of Publication3 Word
& Phrase
S CP=(SRI(W)LANKA)
S CP=GREAT BRITAIN
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=ARTICLE
HE= HE Historical Period (Ending)2 Phrase S HE=1981
HP= HP Historical Period4 Phrase S HP=1980D
HS= HS Historical Period (Starting)2 Phrase S HS=1980
JA= JA Journal Announcement Phrase S JA=40B
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=EAST EUROPEAN Q?
LA= LA Language5 Word S LA=GERMAN
None NT Note5
PU= PU Publisher Word S PU=(ALLEN(1W)UNWIN)
PY= PY Publication Year Word S PY=1988
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999

3 For records from 1978 to the present. Prior to 1978, country name included only when not in journal title.

4 For records from 1979 to the present.

5 For records from 1980 to the present.


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms may be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /DE, /DF, /TI (e.g., S S3/TI).
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/ABS Abstract S S7/ABS
/ENG English-Language Documents S S6/ENG
/NOABS No Abstract Present S S7/NOABS
/NONENG Non-English Language Documents S S6/NONENG
/YYYY Publication Year S S5/1988


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AU, JN, PY, TI SORT S5/ALL/AU
SORT S1/ALL/PY/D


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: DE RANK DE


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/AU,TI, HP/1-5
DISPLAY S1/AU, TI, AB/ALL
PRINT S2/AU, TI, HP/ALL


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
DIALOGWEB
FORMAT
RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Abstract
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation
4 -- Title and Abstract
5 -- Full Record
6 Free Title and Publication Year
7 Long Full Record except Indexing and Historical Periods
8 Short Title, Indexing, Historical Periods, and Publication Year
9 Full Full Record


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 1292042/5
DISPLAY 1292042/TI,PY
PRINT 1291799/5


Rates [top]

Rates For File: Historical Abstracts[39]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $2.42
Cost per minute:                   $0.71
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
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     2    $0.75    $0.75
     3    $0.75    $0.75
     4    $0.75    $0.75
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     6    $0.00    $0.00
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     8    $0.00    $0.00
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KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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