The Current Contents Search* (CC Search* ) database provides access to the tables of contents and bibliographic data from current issues of the world's leading scholarly research journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Cover-to-cover indexing of journal articles, reviews, meeting abstracts, editorials, etc., is provided for each of the 6,600 journals covered. Complete bibliographic information, including English-language author abstracts (for approximately 85% of articles and reviews in the science editions), author keywords, KeyWords Plus*, and ISSNs are provided.
CCALL includes the following subsets, each of which may be searched individually:
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each Current Contents field.
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Label Name/Example
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ab Abstract
example: signal transduction.ab.
an Accession Number
example: HL489-0002.an.
au Authors
example: smith ab.au.
cc Categories
example: reproductive medicine.cc.
dd Document Delivery
[this field is display only]
ew Entry Week
example: 1993 week 17.ew.
in Institution
example: johns hopkins.in.
ip Issue/Part
example: 12.ip.
is ISSN
example: 0098-7484.is.
jn Journal
example: gene.jn.
jw Journal Word
example: gene.jw.
kp Keywords Plus
example: blood coagulation.kp.
kw Author Keywords
example: protein synthesis.kw.
sb Edition Subset
example: agri.sb.
example: arts.sb
example: beha.sb
example: clin.sb.
example: tech.sb.
example: life.sb.
example: phys.sb.
ti Title
example: protein kinase.ti.
tw Textword [TI, KW, KP, AB fields]
example: mitral valve prolapse.tw.
vo Volume
example: 12.vo.
yr Year
example: 92.yr.
The following are the Ovid limits for the Current Contents databases. Both forms of syntax for applying the limit directly at the command line are given where relevant.
Limit Name Example
Abstracts
Command Syntax: ..l/1 ab=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to abstracts
Articles
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to articles
CC Edition Subsets
Command Syntax: ..l/1 sb=agri
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to agri
English Language
Command Syntax: ..l/1 en=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to english
Languages...
Command Syntax: ..l/1 lg=fre
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to french
Latest Update
Command Syntax: ..l/1 up=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to latest update
Publication Types
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to article
Review
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to review
Change to a Current Contents subset from another database
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Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences
Command Syntax: ..c/agri
Sentence Syntax: use agri
Arts & Humanities
Command Syntax: ..c/arts
Sentence Syntax: use arts
Clinical Medicine
Command Syntax: ..c/clin
Sentence Syntax: use clin
Engineering, Computing, & Technology
Command Syntax: ..c/tech
Sentence Syntax: use tech
Life Sciences
Command Syntax: ..c/life
Sentence Syntax: use life
Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
Command Syntax: ..c/phys
Sentence Syntax: use phys
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Command Syntax: ..c/beha
Sentence Syntax: use beha
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Field Name/Example
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tc TOC Categories
example: reproductive medicine.tc.
te TOC Entry Week
example: 1993 week 12.te.
tj TOC Journal Name
example: irrigation science.tj.
tv TOC Volume/Issue
example: "agri vol.23(17)".tv.