How Do I Limit a Search By Record Type?

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Limit a Search By Record Type?

TOPIC: A copyright is defined as the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, and sell the matter and form of a literary, musical, or artistic work. There are three types of copyright records:

1. monograph records (/C)
2. serial records (/S)
3. legal document records (/D)

The Dialog copyright file lets you limit the search to the particular type of record you want.

U.S. Copyrights (File 120) provides access to registration details for all active copyright and mask-work registrations or renewals granted by the U.S. Copyright Office from January 1, 1978 to the present. The database is a fast screening tool for checking the ownership and registration status of a particular work, as well as a particular individual's or entity's portfolio of registered works.

In this example you will search for a song title both as an initial registration or renewal (/C) and as a legal document (/D), limiting each search by record type. If this were a serial publication, you could limit using /S.

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 120
SELECT ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE/TF,NF
SELECT S1/C
SELECT S1/D
TYPE S3/2/2

HOW TO...

1. BEGIN in the copyright database (File 120).

2. SELECT the song title in the title (/TF) and named title (/NF) fields.

Note: Delete punctuation from any words (It's) and do not use proximity connectors as you are searching a phrase.

3. Limit the search (S1) to initial registrations and renewals (/C).

4. Limit the search (S1) to legal documents (/D).

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5. TYPE the set (S2) containing initial registrations and renewals.

Note that this is an unpublished, registered work. The Registration Number begins with the Class code (PA) for Performing Arts and "U" for unpublished.

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6. TYPE set (S3) containing legal documents using Format 2 to eliminate 6458 song titles from the results.

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