You can work subject headings to your advantage in three ways.
(1) Do a simple search, that is a simple subject search and look at the list of related subject headings. For example, a simple subject search for "religion" brings up
- religion
- religion--18th century
- religion--20th century
- religion--Africa
- religion and civil society.....
(2) Another strategy is to conduct an advanced search with an appropriate subject heading. If I were to conduct an advanced subject search using "religion," I would get a list of books whose subject headings would include
- Africa--religion
- religion--philosophy
- United States--religion
- Mayas--Guatemala--religion
(3) To find more precise search results, begin in the catalog with a fitting book. Next look in it's record under "Subject." You should find hyperlinks; click on them to find other books with the same subject(s).
