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

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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 beingCome from a standardized list of terms Indicate what the book/article is about.

Best way to find subject headings1. Start with a keyword search.

Best way to find subject headings2. Click on the title of a relevant record.

Best way to find subject headings3. Identify the subject used for this item4. Click on the link to search for other books/articles like this one

Subject HeadingsClick on a link to search for books assigned with this subject heading

Subject HeadingsAll of these books have this subject heading assigned by a professional.

Sort ByThis 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