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Originator: Bath Profile Meeting
Origination Date: 2001-10-03
Status: Endorsed by Bath Profile Developer Group 2001-12-06

Preamble:

The U.S. National Profile proposed to the Bath Profile Meeting that a new author search be defined which would provide some of the functionality represented in the existing Precision Match Searches.

Amendment:

Author Search - First Characters in Field

Use: Searches for the specified character string in author fields.  The field must begin with the specified character string.  This search is useful when the searcher wants to retrieve all names beginning with a common stem or when a partial name is known (e.g., complete last name, first initial or other name).

Status:

• Recommended by Bath Profile Developer Group   2001-10-03
• Listserv discussion until 2001-12-01
• Endorsed by Bath Profile Developer Group 2001-12-06