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WRI 167/168: Picture This: Subject searching (UNKNOWN sources)

Guide to the library for use in this writing seminar.

Sample subject terms

Do a Subject (browse) in the library catalog. Examples:

ARCHITECTURE (many sub-headings)
ART (numerous sub-headings)
BIOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION
BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION
CARTOONING
COLOR (can "edit search" and add a keyword)
COLORS (see many sub-headings)
COMIC (see many sub-headings)
DIGITAL IMAGES
DRAWING (w/sub-headings)
EMOJIS
FILM ADAPTATIONS
GRAPHIC ARTS
GRAPHIC DESIGN
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS
IMAGE: browse all of the headings beginning with it, from A-Z
INFORMATION VISUALIZATION
LANDSCAPE (+ sub-headings)
MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
MEMES
MOTION PICTURES (w/many sub-headings)
NATURAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATION
PAINTING (w/numerous sub-headings)
PHOTOGRAPHY
PICTURE DICTIONARIES
PICTURE-WRITING (and sub-headings)
PICTURES (and sub-headings)
POLITICAL CARTOONS
SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION
SCULPTURE (many sub-headings)
SOCIAL MEDIA
SYMBOLISM (+sub-headings, + IN _____, OF_____)
TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
VISUALIZATION (take a look at sub-headings, or "edit search" at the top category and add a keyword of your choice)
WAR PHOTOGRAPHY
ZOOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION

X in art; in literature; in motion pictures (e.g. Olympics in art)
X--design

 

Searching by Subject

See suggestions to the LEFT on this page (not exhaustive):
[NOTE: the dashes that you see within a particular library catalog record under Details, then Subjects indicate the subdivisions or sub-headings--for medium, geography, time period, etc.)--but it’s not necessary to type them when searching by subject, and the catalog allows one to browse additional results using any portion of the subject term. A subject search would typically be done with a Subject (browse) search or Subject (keyword) if one wishes to search for any keywords within the established subject headings]

Since everyone's Unit 3 topic will involve images, one sample search using the Library Catalog would be:

1. choose Advanced Search at top right 
2.  choose Subject, then pictorial on first line, then
3. choose Keyword of your choice (or more than one) and click on blue SEARCH button.

Other suggestions: Subject (browse) search for Image, and see all possibilities that come up (many pages, in alpha order). There's also Picture, Pictures, Photography (and any other word you can think of to denote IMAGE). One can also try a Subject (Keyword) with the word Image, then "edit search" at the top and add a keyword(s) of your choice to cut down on the number of results. See more suggestions to the LEFT on this page.