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