Subject Browse
This search is available from the Basic Search screen. The Subject Browse search will always result in an alphabetical list of Library of Congress subject headings
starting with the word or words being searched. You can move forward and backward in the alphabetical list by clicking the Previous
or Next 
icons.
For each subject heading, the number of titles associated with that specific heading is listed to the left of the heading.
Example: Wolves
| # | Titles | Headings | Headings Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| [ 1 ] | 27 | Wolves | Library of Congress |
| [ 2 ] | 2 | Wolves. | LC subject headings for children |
| [ 3 ] | 1 | Wolves Alaska Congresses. | Library of Congress |
| [ 4 ] | 1 | Wolves Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve. | Library of Congress |
| [ 5 ] | 1 | Wolves Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve History. | Library of Congress |
The search results show 27 titles with the Library of Congress subject heading "Wolves".
When a heading is underlined, clicking on that heading will take you to a list of titles associated with the subject heading. If there is only one title associated with the heading, clicking on it will take you directly to the title's detailed display.
If the list of subject headings includes one or more with an "Info" icon next to the number in the far left column, this links to another related subject heading in the catalog.
Example: Family life
| # | Titles | Headings | Headings Type |
|---|---|---|---|
 [ 1 ] |
0 | Family life | Library of Congress |
| [ 2 ] | 1 | Family life British Columbia Fiction. | LC subject headings for children |
| [ 3 ] | 1 | Family life China Fiction | LC subject headings for children |
| [ 4 ] |
18 | Family life education | Library of Congress |
| [ 5 ] | 2 | Family life education Bibliography. | Library of Congress |
In this search, both headings #1 and #4 include the "Info" icon. The heading for "Family life" has no associated titles and is not underlined. Clicking on the "Info" icon next to the first heading will show::
| References for: Family life |
| Reference Info |
|---|
| See:Family |
In this case, the subject heading "Family life" is not a valid Library of Congress subject heading. The correct heading to use is "Family". Clicking on "Family" will automatically do a subject browse on this term and return a new list of subject headings starting with "Family"..
In the above search for "Family life", the fourth heading listed is "Family life education". This heading has 18 associated titles and is underlined. Clicking on the heading will take you to the title list. In addition, clicking on the "Info" icon next to this heading will show:
| References for: Family life education |
| Reference Info |
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| Narrow Term:Home economics |
| Narrow Term:Parenting Study and teaching |
| Narrow Term:Sex instruction |
In this case, clicking on the "Info" button will result in additional related (narrower) subject headings which may be searched. This can help to refine and narrow your search. Clicking on any of these subject headings will result in a new search list
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| Search Tips: | Limits | Limits may only be used with Keyword, Title, Journal Title, and Author (Personal or Corporate) searches. Limits are retained between searches until they are removed. Use Quick Limit to apply a single, commonly-used limit to your current search. Use Limits to apply one or more limits (such as years, languages, locations, etc.) to a search. Quick Limit and Limits cannot be used simultaneously. |
| Keyword | The default Keyword search is a relevance search that combines terms with 'and'. To truncate, use a question mark. For example: child? will retrieve child, child's, children, childhood, etc. To search phrases, use quotes. For example:"French Revolution" |
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| Title and Journal Title | Omit initial articles (a, an, the, el, la, etc.) when doing a title search: lewis and clark journals rather than the lewis and clark journals |
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| Author (Personal or Corporate) | For individuals, enter last name first, followed by first name, if known: shakespeare william Enter names of organizations or groups: american psychological association |
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| Subject Browse | Searches Library of Congress Subject headings. For this search to work, terms must be entered in exact order. Example: united states history rather than history united states If the search does not work, try a Keyword or Keyword Within Subject search where word order does not matter. |
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| Call Number Searching | Albertsons Library uses several types of call number searches. Call Number Browse will search any of these types.
For all, type as much of the call number as you know, including spaces and punctuation.
a. MATH Elem. Allyn (for CRC textbooks) b. MICROFICHE 123 c. M 1183 (for phonorecords) d. MSS 021 (for manuscript collections) |
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This file last modified 02/20/09