Slavic Literature Guide  Tags: slavic research_methods russian east_european literature  

Examples of Library of Congress subject headings

1. Literature and folklore--Balkan Peninsula
2. Literature and globalization
3. Literature and history--Europe, Eastern
4. Literature and history--Poland
5. Literature and medicine
6. Literature and revolutions--Soviet Union
7. Literature and science
8. Literature and society--Bulgaria
9. Literature and society--Russia (Federation)
10. Literature and society--Russia (Federation)--History--20th century
11. Literature and society--Russia (Federation)--Siberia
12. Literature and society--Russia (Federation)--Study and teaching (Higher)
13. Literature and state--Soviet Union
14. Literature, Comparative--American and Russian
15. Literature, Comparative--Azerbaijani and Kazakh
16. Literature, Comparative--Bulgarian and Slavic--History and criticism.
17. East European literature
18. East European literature--19th century--History and criticism
19. East European literature--Bibliography
20. East European literature--Congresses
21. East European literature--Encyclopedias
22. East European literature--Jewish authors
23. East European literature--Political aspects
24. East European literature--Women authors

Why bother with subject headings in the online catalog when you can do keyword searching? It’s true that developing facility with subject headings was more critical in the era of card catalogs.  But if you limit yourself to keyword searching, you are likely to miss important material on your topic that uses other terms.  A systematic, comprehensive subject search requires searching with subject headings as well as with keywords.

The collection here is classified using the Dewey Decimal system.  In Dewey, the first three numbers indicate the main subject, and additional numbers are added after a decimal point to narrow the subject. Books and journals on literary topics are usually classified in the 800s, although much of folk literature can be 390 and the fine arts are in the 700s.

Use the library catalog to find books, journals, films, and more

Step One: Online Library Catalog

Quick Search

The Quick Search option in the library catalog is useful for finding items by title, journal title, author, subject heading, call number, or keywords. Use Quick Search if you know the exact title or author that you are looking for.

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Advanced Search

Advanced Search is a good option when you are searching for an item for which some combination of information is known, but things like exact author name and exact title are not known. You can search by just the last name of the author and a part of the title or you can search by subject.

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