Controlled vocabulary searching provides access to entries through the use of subject terms and other access points. The subject terms reflect current terminology and are linked to one another by an extensive cross-reference structure. H.W. Wilson's Name Authority File is used to verify all corporate names, personal names, and uniform titles used as subjects. One to four controlled subject terms are used per article. Five types of subject access points are available.
Examples illustrate searchable data elements.
The name of an association, institution, conference, corporation, or government body that is the subject of an article or book. Searchable as a phrase. A heading assigned to an article or book that describes its subject. Searchable as a phrase. The name of a person who is the subject of an article or book.