Ovid Technologies Field Guide

PAIS International (PAIS)

Scope

PAIS International, produced by the Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., is a bibliographic index with abstracts covering the full range of political, social, and public policy issues. Topics covered include economic, political, and social issues, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, government, political science, and any topics that are or might become the subject of legislation. The PAIS database covers selected journal articles, books, statistics, yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, pamphlets, reports, government documents, microfiche, and some documents from the Internet. More than 1,600 journals and over 8,000 monographs are indexed each year. Coverage includes documents published worldwide in any of six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The subject headings and abstracts are in English.

Go: Table of Contents or Back

General Information

Producer
	Public Affairs Information Service, Inc. 521 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036-4396 (800) 288-7247 (212) 736-6629 (212) 643-2848 (Fax) Website: http://www.pais.org Email: inquiries@pais.org
Years of Coverage
	1972 - Present
Segments
	pais (1972 - present)
	This database does not support Ovid's AutoAlerts. If you want to create a reusable search strategy, save the search as a Permanent Saved Search instead. See the Ovid Web Gateway User Manual for details about permanent saved searches. Saved search information also appears in the Ovid Web Gateway Help System.
Default Fields for Unqualified Searches
	Abstract (AB)	Title (TI)
All Display/Print Fields
	Abstract (AB)	ISBN (IB)	Special Features (SF)
	Accession Number (AN)	ISSN (IS)	Source Fields (SO)
	Authors (AU)	LC Control Number (LC)	Subject Headings (SH)
	Broad Topics (BT)	Language (LG)	Superintendent of Docs Number (DN)
	Document URL (UD)	Peer Reviewed (PR)	Title (TI)
	E-Mail (MA)	Primary URL (UR)	Update Code (UP)
	Government Level (GL)	Publication Type (PT)	Website Special Features (WF)
	Government Pinting Office Stock Numbers (GN)	Publication Year (YR)
	Institution (IN)	Publisher Abbreviation (PA)
	Institution Type (IT)	Series Statement (SE)
Default Display/Print Fields
	Abstract (AB)	Institution Type (IT)	Series Statement (SE)
	Accession Number (AN)	ISBN (IB)	Special Features (SF)
	Authors (AU)	ISSN (IS)	Source Fields (SO)
	Broad Topics (BT)	LC Control Number (LC)	Subject Headings (SH)
	Government Pinting Office Stock Numbers (GN)	Language (LG)	Superintendent of Docs Number (DN)
	Institution (IN)	Publication Type (PT)	Title (TI)
Elements of the Source (SO) Field
	Journal Name (JN)	Book Publisher (PB)	Source Description (SD)
Update Frequency
	Monthly

Go: Table of Contents or Back

Searching the PAIS Fields

The following list is sorted alphabetical by field alias. Click a field name to see the description and search information.

Go: Table of Contents or Back

The following list is sorted alphabetically by the two-letter label, and includes the relevant alias, at least one example for all searchable PAIS fields, and a description of the field.

Go: Table of Contents or Back

Stopwords

Words of little intrinsic meaning that occur too frequently to be useful in searching text are known as stopwords. You cannot search for the following stopwords by themselves, but you can include them within phrases by placing the entire phrase within quotation marks.

Go: Table of Contents or Back

PAIS Limits

• Full Text
• Latest Update
• English Language
• Journal Articles
• Books and Monographs
• Website Records

Popular Command and Sentence Syntax for Limits:

Go: Table of Contents or Back

Change to PAIS from Another Database

Go: Table of Contents or Back

Sample PAIS Documents

<1>
Database Copyright (c) 2002 by Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.
Accession Number
	2002-0590093
E-Mail
	webmaster@csc.noaa.gov
Title
	National Hurricane Tracks.
Document URL
	World Wide Web: <URL:http://hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/index.htm>
	[cited 22 May 2002].
Primary URL
	hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/index.htm
Abstract    ¦
	Provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
	Coastal Services Center, the Tracks tool is an interactive mapping
	application allowing searching and display of 150 years (1851-2001) of
	Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone data; storm reports, sample storm tracks,
	related links, and coastal population data.
Subject Headings
	Storms
	Hurricanes
	Weather
	Tropics
	Atlantic ocean
Broad Topics
	Environment and environmental policy
Language
	English (eng).
Publication Type
	Website.
Website Special Features
	Interactive features
	Maps, plans, geographic information
	Gateway site; links to subject area Internet resources
	Full text publications online; original materials
	Statistics
Government Level
	National
Update Code
	200205
 
<2>
Database Copyright (c) 2002 by Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.
Accession Number
	1999-1211200
Title
	Peterson's graduate programs in the biological sciences, 2000.
Source
	Peterson's Guides U.S. $49.95; Can. $73.95; Gt. Brit. L39, 2000 34th ed.
	vii+2293p.
Series Statement
	Peterson's an. guides to graduate study: bk. 3
Abstract
	United States, chiefly.
	Cover subtitle: More than 3,800 graduate programs in 40 disciplines;
	entrance and degree requirements, expenses and financial aid, programs of
	study, faculty research specialties, academic centers, and institutes.  
	Also available online and on CD-ROM.
Subject Headings
	Colleges and universities -- Graduate work -- Directories
	Science -- Study and teaching -- Directories
	United States -- Educational sector
	Biology -- Study and teaching -- Directories
	Biological research -- United States -- Directories
Language
	English (eng).
Publication Type
	Book or Monograph.
Special Features
	il(s). index(es).
ISBN
	0-7689-0283-5
Year of Publication
	2000
Update Code
	199912
 
<3>
Database Copyright (c) 2002 by Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.
Accession Number
	1999-1211350
Author
	Laroche, Beatrice; Woodman, Sophia.
Title
	International scrutiny in action: CEDAW reviews report from China.
Source
	China Rights Forum, p 34-7,73 Spring 1999.
Journal Abbreviation
	China Rights Forum.
Abstract
	Assesses the Report of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination
	Against Women.
	Includes government responses to women's rights questions.
Subject Headings
	Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Human rights -- China (People's Republic)
	United Nations -- China (People's Republic)
	China (People's Republic) -- Social policy
	Human rights -- International aspects
Language
	English (eng).
Publication Type
	Journal Article.
Special Features
	il(s).
ISSN
	1068-4166
Year of Publication
	1999
Update Code
	199912

Go: Table of Contents or Back

PAIS Producer Copyright Information

The PAIS International Database is copyrighted and is the property of Public Affairs Information Service, Inc. Users of the database may view screen displays of the data and may make up to five (5) copies per screen display of any portions of such data for internal or personal noncommercial purposes. Such copies of limited portions of such data may be transferred or sold as an incidental part of the attorney-client, consultant-client, or other similar relationship where the principal purpose of the relationship is not the distribution of data. Screen displays of such data may be electronically downloaded in machine-readable form solely for temporary storage as required for permitted use provided that such machine-readable copies of data shall be erased after such temporary use. Users do not acquire ownership rights to any data or portions thereof when they print out or download the data and the data may not be duplicated or distributd for commercial purposes without written permission from the producer except as indicated above.

Go: Table of Contents or Back

Field Guide Revised May 31, 2005

Go: Table of Contents or Back