Metadata fields and values can be used to increase the relevancy of your searches. The metadata fields available for Congressional Directory are listed in the table below. Metadata fields and values are used throughout FDsys for
Additionally, some of these metadata fields are made available for use on the Advanced Search page. The metadata values can be entered in the same format for the fields available on the Advanced Search Page. How to Use Advanced Search
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Metadata Field Display Name
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Metadata Field Definition
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Field Operator
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Field Operator Example
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Notes
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Collection
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The collection to which the document belongs. Typically the same as the publication or series.
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collection:
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collection:cdir
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"cdir" is used for Congressional Directory
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Government Author
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The names of the Government organizations responsible for authoring or assembling the document.
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governmentauthor:
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governmentauthor:congress
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Publication Date
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The date the document was first made available to the public.
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publishdate:
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publishdate:1997-12-01
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Date format is YYYY-MM-DD
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Language
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The language code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard.
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language:
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language:en
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Former Package ID
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The document ID of the "package" as originally specified on www.gpoaccess.gov.
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mods:identifier:(@type:"former package identifier":______)
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mods:identifier:(@type:"former package identifier":"cd07ja97_frt")
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Former Identifier
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The document ID of the article on the former www.gpoaccess.gov website.
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formerid:
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formerid:pd05jy93_txt
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SuDoc Class Number
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The SuDoc class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents which classifies Government publications by publishing agency.
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sudocclass:
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sudocclass:"Y 4.P 93/1:1"
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Ingestion Date
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The date the document was ingested into the FDsys preservation repository.
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ingestdate:
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ingestdate:2009-08-01
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Date format is YYYY-MM-DD
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Electronic Location (URL)
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The URL where the document or the document in context (the content detail page) is located.
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url:
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url:"http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDIR-2008-01-01/pdf/CDIR-2008-01-01-AL.pdf"
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Publisher
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The government organization who publishes the document or publication. Not typically the Government Printing Office (who serves as the printer and distributor), except in the case of Congressional publications.
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publisher:
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publisher:"u.s. government printing office"
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Branch
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The branch of Government responsible for the document's contents.
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branch:
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branch:legislative
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Possible Values:
executive
legislative
judicial
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Type of Resource
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The media type for the document, typically "text". Defined as part of the Library of Congress MODS standard.
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typeofresource:
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typeofresource:text
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WAIS Database Name
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The name of the WAIS database to which the document belonged in the former GPO Access system.
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waisdbname:
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waisdbname:110_congressional_directory
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Record Origin
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How the record was originally generated. Typically "machine generated."
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recordorigin:
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recordorigin:"machine generated"
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Publication Title
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The title of the publication. Individual documents can be searched using the title field operator.
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title:
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title:alabama
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Close Date
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The final date in which all information used in the Congressional Directory can be submitted for the first publication.
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closedate:
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closedate:2007-12-07
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Congress Number
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The number of the Congress responsible for the document. Congresses last for two years, so for example, the 110th Congress was in session from 2007 through 2008.
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congress:
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congress:108
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Section
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The section of the Congressional Directory to be searched.
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section:
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section:senatecommittees
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Possible Values:
See Table below
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Congress Member Name
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Congress member name. For example, "Barbara A. Mikulski" or simply "Mikulski".
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member:
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member:reid
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State, Territory, or District
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The state or territory appropriate to the section for congress member biographies and district maps.
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state:
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state:IL
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Use two letter state abbreviation
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Congress Member Type
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Type type of congress member. Either a Delegate, Resident Commissioner, Senator, or Representative.
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membertype:
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membertype:senator
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Possible Values:
senator
representative
delegate
residentcommissioner
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Congress Member Zip Codes
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The five digit zip code represented that represents the district which a House member represents.
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zipcodes:
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zipcodes:90503
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District Number
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The congressional district of the house member, such as "5" if they represent the fifth district in their state.
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district:
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district:5
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The table below lists the metadata values which can be used when limiting your search using the Section advanced search field or the section: field operator.
