When using an online database, your initial keyword searches may turn up some useful sources. Look at the full record screen for the source to see what subject headings are used to classify it. Here is a source that results from a search on the keyword "utopias" in the title, citation and abstract fields of the Expanded Academic ASAP database:
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| At the bottom of the screen are alternative subject headings used by this database to classify this source, like "utopias in literature - social aspects," that may be useful for your search. You can click on the "view" button to be taken to specific references classified under this subject heading. |
The Expanded Academic ASAP database also offers a "subject guide" option on the left hand navigation bar of its main screen. Click on it to be taken to the screen below.
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Inserting "utopia" as a subject keyword to search will lead you to a list of subject headings that contain that keyword, as shown in the screen below. |
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Clicking on the "see also" button under "Utopias" will take you to a list of related terms for your subject, like "dystopias" and "exoticism in literature" (both of which are the same as Library of Congress Subject Headings) and to two additional terms, "messianism," and "paradise." Clicking on the "narrow" button produces the screen below: |
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Here is the start of an alphabetized list of subdivisions for the term "utopias." Click on "view" to see specific references under each subdivision. |
Click here to return to Identifying Useful Subject Headings.