Book Search By Subject LIBRARY LESSONS From the Research helpdesk August 2011 “Book Search by Subject ’ is licensed by NJIT Library under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerical-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Keywords vs. Subjects Keywords are any words matches your words may have more than one meaning and so may return many irrelevant results (like Apple…) Subject headings are assigned by a human being Come from a standardized list of terms Indicate what the book/article is about.
Best way to find subject headings 1. Start with a keyword search.
Best way to find subject headings 2. Click on the title of a relevant record.
Best way to find subject headings 3. Identify the subject used for this item 4. Click on the link to search for other books/articles like this one
Subject Headings Click on a link to search for books assigned with this subject heading
Subject Headings All of these books have this subject heading assigned by a professional. Sort By This list is by Title. Change to Pub Date?
Call Number: unique number to each book (like an address use this to find it) Location: will first direct you to a specific section of the library. Stacks (lower level) Circulation Desk (usually Reserve material) Disk (ask at the Circulation Desk) Reference stacks (main floor, southeast corner) ArchLib stacks (aisles 2 through 9) Temporarily Shelved at Arch Desk Status: Available, Borrowed, Missing, Lost, etc. Subject Headings