Psychology subject headings often have several subdivisions. Many prominent figures in the field of psychology have subject headings which can refer to books or other items with biographical information and critical evaluations of their work. Subject headings for individuals appear like the examples shown below. When entering a person's name as a subject heading in the library catalog search form leave off all punctuation and capital letters. With keyword searching, search terms can be combined with the operators and , or , not .
Truncation allows users to stem words or retrieve root words with several endings.
The search shown below will locate records in the Owens Library catalog that include the words psychiatry, psychiatrist, or psychiatric. Keyword searches may include nesting. Qualifying a search allows users to look for information in a specific field of a catalog record such as the author, title, subject or note field. For advice on how to conduct other types of searches such as how to find videos or the call number and location of periodicals available in Owens Library, check the Frequently Asked Questions page of the Owens Library catalog. Order these books through Interlibrary Loan .