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History 187R (Malloy)

Subjects in Historical Abstracts

screenshot of subjects in Historical Abstracts database

Use Metadata to Your Advantage (i.e. Subject Headings or LCSH)

Sometimes databases or search tools use controlled vocabulary to describe the resources available. Subject Headings in UC Library Search are an example. Try *new* searches using with subject headings. 

A search in UC Library Search for "race AND California" leads to a book titled Race and Homicide in Nineteenth Century California.

 

Scroll down in the book's record to the subjects associated with this title to search related topics: A screenshot of Subject Headings like "Homicide -- Calfornia -- History" in a library record