{"id":692,"date":"2019-12-17T12:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T17:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/?p=692"},"modified":"2019-12-17T12:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T17:58:58","slug":"using-subject-terms-for-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/2019\/12\/17\/using-subject-terms-for-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Subject Terms for Research"},"content":{"rendered":" Written By: Emily Cornell <\/strong>\r\n
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\r\nAt the beginning of your research, you may simply have a subject. You\u2019re writing a paper on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley or sustainable tourism\u2014but you\u2019re not sure what\u2019s exactly out there in terms of information resources. Besides utilizing keyword searching, executing a subject term search can help you locate all the resources UNT has cataloged under a specific subject, since the associated subjects are assigned as access points (“Access Point,\u201d n.d.).\r\n
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Screenshot of subject term search from our library catalog <\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nSubject searches, in the case of the first example, are different from an author search because the subject search will bring up all resources within the catalog that are \u201cabout\u201d Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and not \u201cby\u201d Shelley. A subject search for the author also brings up criticism and biographies that are directly related to the author as a subject.\r\n
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\r\nAnother way to utilize subjects in your search on the catalog is by starting your research journey from one specific catalog record. If you find an item that you\u2019re interested in, there\u2019s a simple way to see what else is within the catalog that is \u201clike\u201d it in terms of subject.\r\n
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Screenshot of item record <\/a> from our library catalog<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nFor instance, if you found a book on the topic of sustainable tourism in the UNT catalog and you wanted to see what else UNT has that is \u201clike\u201d that book in terms of subject, look under \u201dSubjects\u201d in the \u201cMore Item Details\u201d section of the page. Looking at the subjects of an item allows you to find even more specific subjects, such as is the case with sustainable tourism and the more specific topic of sustainability in heritage tourism, or more broader terms.\r\n
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\r\nConducting research in college is difficult enough\u2014sometimes you\u2019re learning how databases work, how a new essay structure operates, or how to research an unfamiliar topic and don\u2019t know where to begin. Understanding the different ways to utilize the catalog and its features to your advantage can be liberating and stress relieving.\r\n
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\r\nI hope that in your next research endeavor you\u2019re able to test out the Subject search feature and find more valuable resources!\r\n
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\r\nAccess Point. (n.d.). In J. M. Reitz (Ed.), Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.abc-clio.com\/ODLIS\/odlis_a.aspx<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Written By: Emily Cornell At the beginning of your research, you may simply have a subject. You\u2019re writing a paper on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley or sustainable tourism\u2014but you\u2019re not sure what\u2019s exactly out there in terms of information resources. Besides utilizing keyword searching, executing a subject term search can help you locate all the resources… Read more »<\/a>","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,66,34,64,63],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-help","tag-emily-cornell","tag-item-record","tag-research","tag-subject-term","tag-subjects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scholar-speak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}