| Name |
Prefix |
Field(s) Searched |
Examples |
| Company Symbol (i.e., Dow Jones ticker symbol) |
co |
company symbol |
co=f
co=liz
(will retieve articles with the company symbol liz in the company symbol field) |
Descriptor
(i.e., Subject) |
de |
Organization name, Market sector descriptor, Product code descriptor, and Region descriptor |
de=mergers
de=acquisitions, mergers & takeovers
de=south korea |
| Headline (i.e., title of article) |
hd |
Headline (only) |
hd=gates
(will retieve articles with the word gates in the headline) |
| Headline Group |
hl |
Section, Column, Headline, Byline,
Credit |
hl=hilary w/2 clinton
(will retieve articles with the word hilary within two words of clinton in the headline group) |
| Headline or Lead Paragraph |
hlp |
Section, Column, Headline, Byline, Credit, Lead paragraph |
hlp=recycl$3 and plastic$1
(will retieve articles with words like recyle, recyling, recyler, and words like plastic or plastics in the headline or lead paragrph) |
| Lead Paragraph (i.e. first one or two paragraphs of article) |
lp |
Lead paragraph (only) |
lp=ebay
(will retieve articles with the word ebay in the lead paragraph) |
| Text |
td |
Text of the article |
tx=Atleast5 Microsoft
(will retrieve articles with at least five mentions of Microsoft) |
| Byline (i.e., author) |
by |
Byline (only) |
by=walt$2 near2 mossberg
(will retrieve articles written by Mossberg within two words of Walt, Walter, etc.) |
| Source Name (i.e., jounal, newspaper, etc. name) |
sn |
Source name |
sn=wall street journal
(will retieve articles with the words wall street journal in the source name field) |
| Word Count |
wc |
Word count (i.e., number of words in an article) |
wc=500
wc>500
wc<500
wc<=500
wc>=500
gourmet coffee and wc>500
(will retieve articles about gourmet coffee that are greater than 500 words in length)
|
| Images -- Text and Graphic |
fmt=tg |
images indicators |
lp=clinton and fmt=tg
(will retieve articles on Clinton that include text and graphics) |
| Images -- Full-image (i.e., PDF) |
fmt=fi |
format indicators |
lp=clinton and fmt=ft
(will retieve articles on Clinton that are available in full-image PDF format)) |