Another Use for Subject Searching

You can also use a subject search to find books about a person or organization.

To search for books about a person you can enter his/her name (enter the last name first) in a Subject search:

alexie sherman hurston zora neale

Similarly, you can find books about an organization by entering its name as a Subject search.

wal-mart

If you are finding books ABOUT an author (such as literary criticism), you will be searching by SUBJECT, not Author:


 Library Catalog with hurston zora neale entered and Subject selected on the right.

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