Making the Most of Subject Searching

Image of a smile The advantage of a subject search is that it provides a more focused search.
Image of a frown Its disadvantage is that it's hard to know what LCSH term is used for a topic.



A good strategy is:
  1. First, use your own terms in a Words or Phrase search.
  2. Then look at the records for books that are on your topic.
  3. Jot down any good subject terms that are listed and use them later in subject searches

  4. OR:
    Click on any of the linked subject terms.
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