Searching by Subject
While your default in searching may be to search using keywords, you may find that your results are either too numerous or not specific enough.
To help you run targeted searches on particular topics, library catalogs and databases frequently include subject headings (also known as descriptors or tags) to describe the intellectual contents of a particular book, article, or film.
Ultimately, knowing how to search with subjects will both save you time and produce more relevant results.
The subject headings listed below include some of the most important types of subject headings for literary studies.
Sample Subject Headings
Type
Form
Example
Author as Subject
Last name, First name
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
National/Regional Literature
Nationality/Region + Literature
English literature
Irish literature
African literature (English)
Caribbean literature (English)
Literary Themes
Theme + in literature
Psychoanalysis in literature
Literature + theme
Literature - psychology
Theme + and literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
Literary Genre
Nationality + genre
English drama
English fiction
English poetry
English prose literature
Period History
Nation + history + time period
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
Reading Call Numbers
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PR 851 .P74 Note: Some call numbers have more than one combination letter-number line. 2000 |
Book title: The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel: From Richardson to George Eliot Author: Leah Price In the catalog: PR851 .P74 2000 On the book spine:
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