This short guide takes you through searching for a book by subject using the Birkbeck Library catalogue.

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SEARCH THE
LIBRARY
CATALOGUE
BY SUBJECT

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This example shows a
search for items that
have the word
psychology anywhere in
the description.
Usually the search word
appears in the title, but
it may also appear in
other fields, such as
subject, author,
publisher
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You can use the
suggested topics to
narrow down your
search results.

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You can search the library
catalogue by a specific field.
The default is All Fields. Other
options; title, author subject

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In the item record you
can see which subjects
have been used to
index it.
You can click on these
to see other titles
indexed by the same
subject