Searching Tips on Bibliographic Utilities oclc—Mikyung Kang

3. Author Search (Personal/Corporate Name)
**If you know the the author of the material, use the following in this preferred order**

*** Treat hyphenated words (such as Korean first name) as one word ***

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  Name Keyword Search:
  

Type au and a word from the name, then type and au and another word. For a corporate name, use 3-5 key words. Be sure to combine the keywords with and. Finally, click to start the search.

Example: au kang and au man-gil

Search results (65 records retrieved as of 9/1/00):

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  Search with Korean characters for personal names (Han’gul or Hancha):
  

Type vp , click on the botton, then type the last name and then first name, up to four characters. Click
** Korean characters search keys will not retrieve records without vernacular fields; Han’gul search keys will retrieve records only with Han’gul vernacular fields; Hancha search keys will retrieve all those CJK records with the same Chinese characters in vernacular fields **

Example: vp 강만길

Search results (16 records retrieved as of 9/1/00):

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  Search with Korean characters for corporate names (Han’gul or Hancha):
  

Type vc , click on the button, then type the first four characters of the corporate name. If the name has fewer than four characters, enter as many characters as it has, then type a circumflex (^) after the last characters. Click to start the search.


Example: vc 서울대학

Search results (more than 99 records retrieved):