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PART 3: UNDERSTANDING HOW FIAFCAT IS ORGANISED
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PART 3: UNDERSTANDING HOW FIAFCAT IS ORGANISED
Structure of FIAFCat: overview of the databases
FIAFCat contains three types of databases:
1. Databases directly linked to the journal issue
Journal Database
Issue Database
Article Database
These databases have a hierarchical structure. The Journal Database is controlled by the P.I.P. office. Indexers can either select or create an issue record, and add article records to an issue record.
2. Authority databases
Author Database
Biographical Database
Corporate Name Database
Film Database
TV Database
Subject Database
Director (Film) Database
Director (TV) Database
Indexer Database
Authority databases are mainly linked to fields appearing in the Article Database. They provide lists of controlled terms or headings. Indexers can select existing headings or create new headings in the authority databases. See ‘How to select a heading’, p. 9 and ‘How to create a new heading’, p. 11.
3. ‘Key’ databases (using abbreviation codes):
Country Database
Language Database
Nature 1 Database
Nature 2 Database
Medium Database
Frequency Database
Current Database
TV Info Database
Yes-No Database
‘Key’ databases are authority databases using abbreviation codes, which are fully controlled by the P.I.P. office. Indexers are not allowed to create new abbreviations in the ‘Key’ databases.
Searching in the different databases
In the opening screen of FIAFCat you can do general searches clicking on the Search button or the Index Search button.
Search
The general search function is automatically activated when you access FIAFCat. You can do a free text search in all databases or select a specific database (for instance Biographical Database). Enter your search term in the Search box. You can either search in all fields (of the selected database) or in a specific field (of the selected database).
Example of a search for ‘welles’ (all fields) in the Biographical Database:
Click on Search and a new window will open which displays the search results.
Click on the  button to open the appropriate authority record:
The search results are listed chronologically. To display them alphabetically, you can select ‘Sort by content’ in the Found box (at the bottom of the screen).
Example of the search for ‘double’ (all fields) in the Film Database (73 records), sorted by ‘Last changed’:
Example of the search for ‘double’ (all fields) in the Film Database (73 records), sorted by ‘Content’:
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