CSA Biological Science Collections Publication Types

Publication Type,  PT=

Records are categorized by the generic type, physical form or medium of the original source document, such as "Journal article," "Conference," and so on. In the CSA databases, the following terms are searchable using PT= . Publication types that are not seen frequently are noted.

Bibliography
Book
Computer file [infrequent]
Conference
Dictionary [infrequent]
Dissertation
Drawing [infrequent]
Film [infrequent]
Journal article
Law or statute
Map
Monograph
Numerical data
Patent
Report
Review
Sound recording [infrequent]
Standard
Summary [i.e., source document is abstract only]
Training manual [infrequent]

There can be more than one publication type listed, so if, for example, you want journal articles that included extensive reviews of a subject, enter:  PT=(JOURNAL AND REVIEW) .