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Searchable Fields

The following chart lists the searchable fields available in Advanced Search in Business InSite.

Article Type Enter one or more article types. For a list of valid article types, see the drop down menu in the field form.
Author Enter all or part of an author's name, last name first.
Company Name Enter all or part of one or more company names.
Industry Category Select one or more industry category names. Note: Industry categories are assigned at the publication level rather than the article level. Use this field to ensure your results are from the industry you intend. For example, a Words Anywhere search on JAVA and the Industry Category Computers and Office Automation will ensure you get articles about the programming language, JAVA, rather Java, America's favorite wake-up beverage.
Keyword Enter a word or phrase. Note: Keyword searches article keywords assigned by Gale Group editors, bibliographic information such as the title and author, and the summary field.
Person Discussed Enter all or part of a person's name, last name first.
Product Category Enter one or more product category names.
Publication Date Enter dates in MMDDYYYY format (e.g. 01031997). For additional assistance searching publication dates, see Publication Date Search Guidelines.
Publication Name Type the name of one or more publications. See the publication list for a complete list of titles. Note: The publication lists only include titles actively indexed at Gale Group. Titles no longer being indexed remain in the product, but are not reflected in the publication lists.
SIC Code Enter one, two, three, or four digits from a SIC code.
Ticker Symbol Enter one or more ticker symbols.
Topic Type in a subject-oriented term. If you are unfamiliar with Gale Group's subject terms, you might try a Topic Search in Easy Search and browse the list of subject terms related to the topic you're interested in.
Trade Name Enter one or more trade names.
Words Anywhere Enter a word or phrase. Note: Words Anywhere searches article keywords assigned by Gale Group's editors, bibliographic information such as the title and author, the summary, and the full text of the document. Words Anywhere does not search the publication name field.
Words in Title Enter all or part of an article's title.

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Margin Links

Articles in Business InSite can have the following margin links:

Directory Records of Companies in this Article Links to a company directory record for the selected company.
Companies Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same company name.
Product Categories Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same product category.
Topics Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same subject term. The subject field contains sub-topics. Clicking on a subject term and its accompanying sub-topic will take you to the sub-topic level in the citation list. You can then view other articles indexed with the same subject term and sub-topic, or you can click on the subject term above the bulleted term and view other articles indexed with other sub-topics.
SIC Codes & Descriptions Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same Standard Industrial Classification code.
Trade Names Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same trade name.
People Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same person's name.
Article Types Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same article type.
Ticker Symbol Links in this category take you to more articles indexed with the same ticker symbol.
Publication Information Links to information about the publication the article is from.

Company directory records can have the following margin links:

Articles about the Company Link to articles about the company
Investext Analyst Report about this Company Links to an Investext company report
Subsidiary Directory Records Link to a list of subsidiary companies.
SIC's for the Company Links to a list of SIC codes for the company.
Investext Analyst Report about this Company's Industry Links to an Investext industry report

SIC Descriptions can have the following margin links:

Companies
in this industry
Links to a list of companies in the industry. Companies are ranked by revenue, largest to smallest.
Articles about this industry Links to articles about the industry.

Investext company reports can have the following margin links:

Articles about this Company Links to articles about the company.
Directory Record for this Company Links to a directory record for the company.

Investext industry reports can have the following margin links:

Articles about this Industry Links to articles about the industry.
SIC Description Record for this Industry Links to an SIC description record.
Directory Records for Companies in this Industry Links to a list of companies in the industry. Companies are ranked by revenue, largest to smallest.

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