Description of metadata and other item fields

Full text file. This must be a PDF file. Uploaded files will be renamed and stored under I, Librarian directory. The original file is copied, not moved, therefore you need to dispose of the original file yourself. PDF files are indexed during recording, in order to enable full text search.

Authors. I, Librarian natively works with Medline author format: last name first, then initials, no dots or commas in the author name. Author names are separated with comma. Other formats may work, but commas within author names are detrimental. Diacritics can be used here and are searchable in a diacritics neutral manner as far as they are of latin origin. Example: Smith JP, Carpenter RA. Bad author name example: Smith, JP

Title. Title of the recorded item. There are no special limits. Title may or may not end with a punctuation mark. Diacritics can be used here and are searchable in a diacritics neutral manner as far as they are of latin origin.

Journal abbreviation. This should be a standard journal abbreviation.

Secondary title. This can be a full journal name, or a book title.

Publication year. Date when the item was published. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.

Abstract. There are no special limits for abstracts. Diacritics can be used here and are searchable in a diacritics neutral manner as far as they are of latin origin.

Keywords. This field is used for metadata keywords provided by various databases. For your own keywords, please explore the Category feature. Keyword separator: space-forward slash-space, " / ". Example: Antifungal Agents / Candida albicans / Farnesol / Inhibitory Concentration 50 / Molecular Structure.

Database UID. Unique identifiers from the database of origin. Separator: vertical bar, "|". Various prefixes are used to differentiate the origin: PMID: PubMed, PMC: Pubmed Central, NASA: NASA ADS, ARXIV: arXiv, JSTOR: JSTOR.

DOI. Digital object identifier. If provided, the recorded item will display a link to the publisher as well.

URL. These are various web addresses to the item metadata on the Web. Separator: vertical bar, "|".

Publication type. This is the type of the recorded item as provided by the database of origin. Since there is no unified concept for this feature, its usefulness is approaching zero.

Categories. Consider these your custom keywords, or tags. You can add as many as you want to each item. But I recommend to keep the overall number of categories below 100. Categories can be explored as networks without hierarchy. However, you may add categories with different degree of specificity. First one very general: cancer. Second more specific: aneuploidy. Next something really specific, a protein name. You can use generic categories, like: manuals, techniques, reviews. Categories are common for all users of I, Librarian.

Notes. These are your personal notes about a record. There are no special limits.

Rating. You can rate an item from 1 (a specialized item) to 3 (highly interesting for everybody using the library).