Most entries in this guide are followed by a call number. If you find a book in this guide that interests you, you can browse the shelves in the area of its call number to locate additional books on the same or a similar topic.
Subject headings help provide access to information on a topic.
They are important terms you can search for to find that information in resources like books, encyclopedias, indexes, and electronic databases. To find books in the library, use subject headings such as those listed below to do subject searches in the library's online catalog. These headings are from the red, four-volume Library of Congress Subject Headings at the reference desk on the 2nd floor of the library. To learn how to use the online catalog, see the guide titled Student Guide To the Library Online Catalog . An encyclopedia is a work that contains information on either all subjects or many aspects of one special field.