Palestine Studies

The following terms are found in the subject headings of records for published primary sources.

• sources
• diaries
• personal narratives 
• songs
• pamphlets
• speeches
• maps
• caricatures and cartoons
• pictorial works (for compilations of photographs or other visual materials)
• specimens
• periodicals

There are two main ways that you can search the SUBJECT field in the Library catalog.

1. If you want to browse subject terms, select "Browse Alphabetically: Subject" from the drop-down menu and search on broad categories, like "Palestine poetry."

Because this is an alphabetical search, the word order matters; "Palestine -- Poetry" will have different search results than "Poetry -- Palestine." And both of these will have different results than "Palestinian poetry"

2. If you want to find resources with your terms anywhere in the subject field, search the Library Catalog and select SUBJECT from the drop down menu.

The order of the words does not matter in a Keyword Subject search: poetry Palestine will have the same search results as Palestine poetry. This search has the benefit of including results for both "Palestine -- poetry" and "Poetry of Place -- Palestine."

Search All Fields of a catalog record to find titles with your keywords in any field. A Subject search will search only the Subject field. 

Use a All Fields search to broaden your search and use a subject search to refine your search.

Not all search terms will have a corresponding subject term. For example, a keyword search includes chapter titles. If you search All Fields for Palestine poetry results will include titles not found in a subject search for Palestine poetry

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