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Subject Headings: What Are They?

Subject Headings in a record describe the main content of that particular item. They are useful because keyword searching can sometimes retrieve records that are only slightly related to your topic.

Subject headings help standardize the words we use to describe a concept. When you search for records by these assigned subject headings, you will receive a more precise set of results. Proquest creates and uses its own subject headings.

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May 3rd, 2004