Bibliographies are a particularly good way to find out about primary source materials. Following are some subject headings which may be useful for locating books in our collection which deal with the Puritans. Sermons, diaries, letters, travel literature, pamphlets, maps, etc., can provide valuable primary accounts of the time. When a subject heading is assigned to a book, it is assigned at the most specific level. It is important to look under as many potentially useful headings as possible.
Bibliographies are essential resources for locating research materials.
Keep your mind open to new ideas and new sources of information at all times. In order to perform searches well, you need to know how to do a Boolean Search. Boolean searching is a way of combining terms so that you retieve what you really want. It is an effective way to decrease your search results. OR means one of the terms must be present in the record.