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Expert Command Language searching supports all of the codes listed below. Searches can be combined with search connectors (and, or, not).

Examples:
Searching for all records with the word baseball that are not in book format:
wrd=baseball not wtp=BK
Searching for all records with the subject of Shakespeare and either the words gender or feminis?
wsu=shakespeare and (wrd=gender or wrd=feminis?)
Searching for all comics or book art with the word disney in the record:
(wtp=co or wtp=ba) and wrd=disney

Codes

Authors

WAU  Words in author
WAC  Words in corporate name
WAN  Words in conference
WAP  Words in personal name
AUT  Author in exact order of heading
APN  Personal author in exact order of heading
ACO  Corporate author in exact order of heading
ACN  Conference author in exact order of heading
ACD  Conductor in exact order of heading
ALB  Librettist in exact order of heading
APF  Performer in exact order of heading
MAD  Author/Title/Series/Subject in exact order of heading

Other

WRD  Words in all indexed fields
WIT  Words in all fields not in WRD
WNC  Words in contents notes
WNR  Words in credit note
WNO  Words in notes
WNT  Words in thesis notes
WTP  Type
WDT  Date
WYR  Year
URL  URL in exact order of heading
WUR  Words in URL
WLA  Language code
WPB  Publisher
WPC  Country of publication (use country code)
WPP  Place of publication
W43  Geographic area
WST  Status of record
WLC  Collection
WLO  Sublib/collection
WLS  Sublibrary
WFM  MARC format

Formats (WTP)

WTP=(AS or AU or CD or PH or SR or IA)  All Sound Recordings
WTP=AM  Archival Material - Manuscript
WTP=EC  Art Exhibition Catalog
WTP=AU  Audiocassette
WTP=BK  Book
WTP=BA  Book Art
WTP=CC  Closed Captioned SDH
WTP=CD  CD
WTP=CO  Comics
WTP=CS  Computer Software
WTP=CM  Curriculum Materials
WTP=DV  DVD Video
WTP=(DV or LD or FR or SV or VC or IV)  Film - All Formats
WTP=FR  Film - Reels
WTP=DB  Blu-ray DVD
WTP=FS  Filmstrip
WTP=(IR or IB or IS or IV or IA)  Internet Resource
WTP=IA  Internet Resource - Audio
WTP=IB  Internet Resource - Book
WTP=IS  Internet Resource - Serial
WTP=IV  Internet Resource - Video
WTP=JL  Juvenile Literature
WTP=LD  Laserdisc
WTP=MP  Map
WTP=MF  Microform
WTP=MS  Musical Score
WTP=NE  Newspaper
WTP=(FS or PP or SL or RL)  Other Visual Media
WTP=PE  Journal (Periodical)
WTP=PH  Phonograph
WTP=PP  Posters and Prints
WTP=RL  Realia
WTP=(SE or PE or IS)  Serial
WTP=SL  Slides
WTP=SR  Spoken Recording
WTP=TD  Thesis - Dissertation
WTP=GD  US Government Document
WTP=VC  Videocassette
WTP=VA  Virginia Document

Titles

WTI  Words in title
WTS  Words in journal title
WUT  Words in uniform title
WTJ  Words in abbrev. journal title
WER  Words in series
TTL  Title in exact order of heading
TUT  Uniform title in exact order of heading
TRT  Title/Related title in exact order of heading
TAJ  Abbrev. journal title in exact order of heading
SRS  Series in exact order of heading
MAD  Author/Title/Series/Subject in exact order of heading

Subjects

WSU  Words in subject (all)
WSL  Words in subject-LC
WSM  Words in subject-MeSH
WSN  Words in subject-NASA
WS4  Words in subject-local
WSZ  Words in geographic subdivision
WSG  Words in Form/genre
SUB  Subject-All in exact order of heading
SUL  Subject-LC in exact order of heading
SUM  Subject-Mesh in exact order of heading
SUN  Subject-NASA in exact order of heading
SDL  LCSH subdivision in exact order of heading
SDM  MeSH subdivision in exact order of heading
SGN  Genre form heading in exact order of heading
MAD  Author/Title/Series/Subject in exact order of heading

Numbers

010  Library of Congress control number
020  ISBN
022  ISSN
ISN  ISBN/ISSN expanded
OSN  Other standard #
035  System control number
OCL  OCLC #
OCC  Related OCLC #
CNO  Notis number
BAR  Barcode
CND  Call number
SYS  System id number
CDL  LC call #
CDA  Accession call #
CDS  SuDoc Number
CDV  VaDoc call number
CDO  Other call number
CTA   LC call#/Author/Title
CNS  LC call#/Subject
WEV  Series number
WTR  Technical report number

Locations (WLO)

WLO=(JBCL or MRS)  Cabell Library
WLO=MRS  Cabell Media
WLO=TML  Tompkins-McCaw Library
WLO=CHEC  Community Health Education Center
WLO=MCRC GEN  Multicultural Research Center
WLO=WHRC  Women's Health Resource Center
WLC=STOR*  Compact Shelving Storage