Searching:

• UN materials only
  Non-UN materials only
  UN and non-UN materials
  Thesaurus (subject list)
  Name authority list
  Geographic list

• Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired option and press Enter;
• or press Alt and the highlighted letter, eg. Alt-U.

• Keyword fields
  Permits: Truncation - Combination of Search Terms - Proximity Searching - Adjacency Searching
• Keyword fields can be searched with individual words or numbers by typing the pertinent word(s) directly into the box, or by selecting a word from a Browse Index.
  
  
• Phrase Fields
  Permits: Truncation - Combination of Search Terms
• As soon as the first letters are entered in a phrase field, an alphabetical browse index opens up. Highlight a phrase using the arrow keys and press Enter to enter the phrase into the search box.
  
  
• Date Fields
  When the highlight in a search screen is moved to a date field, the following prompt appears:
  
  From YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD
  Use the arrow keys to move between the From and To prompts. To delete a value, use the Backspace or Delete keys.
  Valid dates have to be entered in one or both prompts.
• Valid entries consist of:
  • just the year,
  • the year and the month,
  • the year, month and day.
• Values in a date field are inclusive. If the search is for a single year, the same year has to be entered in both prompts.

Browse Indexes

View Results:

• Summary of Matches
  
  
  To view the results of a particular search
  1. Highlight on the search in the List of Searches.
  2. Press Enter to open the Summary of Matches screen.
  3. All the summary citations for the records retrieved by the selected search are displayed.
  
  To scroll through the list of summary citations, use the arrow, PGUP or PGDN, HOME or END keys.
  
  To go to a specific summary citation, press ALT-G, type the number of the desired summary citation, and press Enter.
  
  
• Full Records
  The full record displays all available information about a specific record retrieved by a search. To display the full record from the Summary of Matches screen, highlight the desired summary citation and press Enter.
  
  In some databases, the full record can be viewed in more than one format. To change the Full Record display format, press ALT - F, then highlight the desired format option and press Enter.
  
  Note: The summary citation format of search results in the Voting Information database provides a summary of the voting on a particular resolution. To display the the voting of a particular country, press F9 and select the country from the List of Countries window. To return to the summary voting record, press F9 again.
  
  
• List of Selections
  During a search, records of particular interest can be collected in a List of Selections. Add a record to this list by either:
  • Highlighting it in the Summary of Matches screen and pressing ALT-T or;
  • When looking at a Full Record, press ALT-T to add it to the List of Selections.
  
  
  In order to view the records in the List of Selections, press F8.
  
  To delete records from the List of Selections, highlight the record in question and press the DEL key. To delete all records in List of Selections, press ALT-DEL.

Printing:

Save to Disk:

• Add data to the file a:unbis.exp
• Change export filename

• Keyword truncation example EDUC* searches for terms "education", educational", "educators", etc.
• Phrase truncation example UN Regional Cartographic Conference* retrieves records relating to all UN Regional Cartographic Conferences.
• Numerically-sorted fields truncation example
  A/48/13* retrieves
  A/48/13/Add.1 and
  A/48/13/Add.1/Corr.1, but not A/48/130 or A/48/131.

• AND narrows the search by looking for records which contain both terms (eg. Fruit AND Apple);
• OR widens the search by looking for records with either of the two search terms (eg. Fruit OR Apple);
• NOT narrows the search by looking for records which contain the first term but not the second one (eg. Fruit NOT Apple).

1. Type search term in appropriate box or select a search term from a Browse Index.
2. Type one of the operators.
3. Type the second search term or select the second search term from a Browse Index.

1. Type the number of the first search in the Combine box at the bottom of the List Searches screen.
2. Type one of the operators listed above.
3. Then type the number of the second search and press Enter.