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