Fields in PsycINFO

Records in PsycINFO are divided into the following fields. Highlighted fields are limit fields.

AB      Abstract

AF      Author Affiliation

AG      Age Group

AN      Accession Number

AT      Audience Type

AU      Author

BK      Book Source*

CA      Corporate Author

CC      Classification Code

CD      Correction Date

CF      Conference Information

COR      Correspondence Address

CRN      Number of References

DE      Descriptors

DOI      Digital Object Identifier*

DT      Document Type

IB      ISBN

IS      ISSN (Print Version)

ISE      ISSN (Electronic Version)

KC      Key Concepts

LA      Language

LO      Population Location

MJ      Major Descriptors

MN      Minor Descriptors

MT      Media Type

NT      Notes*

PB      Publisher

PO      Population

PT      Publication Type

PY      Publication Year

RAI      Reference Author Index**

REF      References*

RSI      Reference Source Index**

RTI      Reference Title Index**

RYI      Reference Year Index**

SE      Series Title

SF      Special Feature

SI      Special Issue

SO      Source

SU      Subject

TC      Table of Contents

TI      Title

UD      Update Code

UM      UMI Order Number

URL      Access URL

URLJ      URL Journal

URLP      URL Publisher

XURL      URLs, etc.

* This field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.

** This field is for searching only; it does not display in the record.

There is also a special subset of fields, Citation (CITN), which consists of the AN, AU, BK, CA, DT, IB, IS, PB, PY, SE, SO, TI, and UM fields. Use the citation to display, print, or save only these fields for a set of records.