> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 92 18:30:56 CST
> From: L-LOUI@vm1.spcs.umn.edu
> To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: RLIN searching to omit foreign countries
>
> Subject: Re: RLIN searching to omit foreign countries
>
> Scott--
>
> You can use the ALSO qualifier on RLIN to limit your search by place of
> publication (see p.2-20 of the _RLIN Searching Manual_, 1/91). CP, CPR, or PP
> will work to represent place of publication. You have to use the code for the
> U.S. (which you would get from the Library of Congress' _USMARC Code List for
> Countries_. A sample search:
>
> fin sp liquor laws#/als pp xxu
>
> xxu is the code for the U.S. beginning with 3/88 (looks like the code was us
> before 3/88). You can limit by state if the U.S. by using postal
abbreviations
> as in mnu for books published in Minnesota.
>
> There's also a language restriction you can use with the ALSO qualifier
(which
> I've used a lot, though I've never tried the place of publication
> restriction).
> The search would be fin sp liquor laws#/als lg eng. This gives you only
> English language publications (but from anywhere in the world including the
> U.S.).
>
> Good luck. Lyo.
>
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