You search the catalog for particular authors Patrick Modiano or a specific title Minor Detail
Keyword Search: Use keyword searching on a single term or to combine concepts (X AND Y) and to search for particular words or phrases that might appear in titles or notes or subjects: See examples below:
slavery and historical memory; commemeration ; collective memory and history
Subject Search In the library catalog, books, videos and other materials are assigned Library of Congress (LC) subject headings based on their content. If you find a book that looks useful go into the record for that book and look at the subject headings used to describe the book -- click on any of them -- these are hyperlinks that will take you to a list of books with that particular subject heading that we have at Emory. Here is a sample list of relevant subject headings for this course.
Collective memory
Collective memory and literature
Group identity
Historical memory
Historiography
History -- Philosophy
History – Psychological Aspects
History in popular culture
Memorial rites and ceremonies.
Memorialization
Memory – Political Aspects
Memory--Social aspects
Memory in literature
Microhistory
Museums -- Social aspects
Public History
Psychic trauma
Social representations
CALL NUMBERS
Items in the Emory Woodruff can be found using Library of Congress call numbers. A call number is like an address. It is a combination of letters and numbers that indicates where an item can be found in the library. Each book has a unique call number that can usually be found on the spine of the book. When researching a certain topic, you will be able to find items of interest in the same area
Here is short guide to reading Library of Congress Call Numbers
| PS | First Letters: The first letters represent the general subject. |
| 3568 | Numbers that follow the letters: Following the letters is a 1-4 digit number sometimes followed by a decimal point. These numbers define the subject of the book |
| U3615 L684 | Cutter Number: The cutter number indicates the author, title, or subject of the book. |
| 2016 | Year number: The edition of a book is the next part of a call number. The year of publication follows the cutter number to indicate the edition. |
PS3568.U3615 L684 2016 - Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
10 Rose Library
9 Closed
8 A - DC
7 DD - HD2499
6 HD2500 - JK & N-NX
5 JL - LT, P - PR999
4 PR1000 - Z
Lobby Wing Level (Music and Media Library)
4 M - MZ
Science Commons
QD
Health Sciences Library
QH, QM, QP, QR, SF, W
REQUESTING A BOOK
If the book you need is checked out by another borrower or is at the LIBRARY SERVICES CENTER or if we do not have it, don't fret! You have a few options.