Search by Subjects
Sometimes you will just want to search for items on a particular subject. You
can do this using a Subject search, which is a search for subject headings. A
subject search will look through an index of subject headings to find the
publications that match your search terms.
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Subject headings are terms which describe the subject content of a
publication. They are added to the Catalogue record by librarians, using a
common international glossary.
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You can browse by subjects or you can search for them using keywords.
A Subject search only looks for the subject headings added to the Catalogue
records by Library staff, and won’t take account of the title or any other
notes in the record. To use it effectively, you need to know the correct subject
heading to search for.
Subject headings also include people, organizations and places.
- Click on the Search button to go to the Quick Search screen.
- Type your subject in the Find This box.
- Select Subject Browse from the Find Results in: box.
- Click the Search button to start your search and display a list of subjects.
- Click on the subject link to display a list of references containing your
subject.
- Click the Search button on the Library Catalogue menu bar to begin a new
search.
- Click on the Advanced Search tab to display the Advanced Search page.
- Type your subject in the first Search For box.
- Ensure that all of these is selected as the search type.
- Select Subject from the Search In drop down list.
- Click Search to start your search and display a list of references containing
your subject.
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Tip
To find out the correct subject heading before doing a subject search, try a
simple Search Everything search. Then look at the Subject(s) links in the
Bibliographic Records for any items that are relevant to your topic.
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Activity: Search by Subjects
- With the Quick Search page displayed, type: World Bank in the Find This
box.
- Click on Subject Browse in the Find Results in: drop down list.
- Click on the Search button to start the search and display a list of
subjects.
- Click on the subject link for any of the subjects listed, to display a
list of publications with World Bank as the subject.
- Click on the title link for any of the items listed to display the brief
bibliographic record for that publication.
- Check that World Bank is listed as one of the headings.
