What are subject headings?
A subject heading is a word or a group of words (entered
on library cataloging records) that indicate the subject
of the book, video or other library material. All library
material with the same subject heading has information on
the same topic. To find information on a topic, search the
library catalog by the subject heading for the topic. For
example, to find library materials with information on “water
supply”, search the library catalog by the subject heading
“water supply”.
Why use the list of Spanish subject headings?
Many books in Spanish in the library’s catalog have only
English subject headings.
To find books in Spanish that do not have Spanish subject
headings in the library catalog, type the English subject
heading that is equivalent to the Spanish subject heading
in the library catalog search window
(Note: Instructions for using the Spanish-English subject heading
list are linked
here.)
