SUBJECTHEADINGS
LIKE TAGGING.ONLY BETTER.
WHEN ITEMS AREADDED TO DATABASES
AND LIBRARY CATALOGS,THEY ARE INDEXED.
THIS OFTEN INCLUDES:
BASIC CITATION INFORMATIONABSTRACT/SUMMARY
CALL NUMBERSUBJECT HEADINGS
SUBJECT HEADINGSARE ESSENTIALLY TAGS.
subject
THESE TAGS TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THE ITEM IS ABOUT
Nursing Psychology Education
BUT THEY DON’T USE JUST ANY OLD WORDS
THEY HAVE A
LISTOF SPECIFIC WORDS
BECAUSE I MIGHT TAG AN ITEM WITH
A-bomb
AtomicBomb
SOMEONE ELSEMIGHT TAG IT WITH
AND WE WOULDHAVE CHAOS.
BY USING A
OF WORDS,
LIST
WE CAN EASILYGROUP ITEMS ABOUT
SIMILAR TOPICS.
AtomicBomb
AtomicBombAtomicBomb
AtomicBomb
THE LIBRARYCATALOG USES
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SUBJECT HEADINGS
DATABASES USUALLYHAVE THEIR OWN
SUBJECT HEADINGS.
LOOK FOR WORDS LIKE:
Headings SubjectsDescriptors Thesaurus
YOU CAN COMBINE
WITH
TO CREATE MORE COMPLEXSEARCH STRATEGIES
SUBJECT HEADINGS
KEYWORDS
DON’T FORGET THOSEBOOLEAN OPERATORS!BOOLEAN
ANDOR
NOT
QUESTIONS?ASK YOURLIBRARIAN
gvsu.edu/library
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