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History of Zionism and Israel: Primary Sources in Special Collections

Hebrew and Arabic Catalog Searching (Other Languages Too)

Click on the "hamburger button" on the upper left to jump to specific topics in the video. The table of contents for the topics is below the video.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

0:00-1:05  Introduction
Hebrew Language Searching
1:05-4:05 Hebrew Script vs. Transliteration
4:06-9:30  Which transliteration?
9:40-10:58  Hebrew author searches
10:58-11:50  Strategies to search successfully
11:50-12:42  Beyond keyword searching
12:42-17:14  Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings
Arabic Searching (And Other Languages)
17:14-17:41  Introduction
17:42-19:52  Searching in Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish, etc.
19:53-22:32  Transliteration
22:33-25:23  Browsing
25.23-27:11  LC Transliteration Interlude, with Browsing
27:12-34:06  Facets
34:07-35:13  Contact Us

 

Searching the Catalog for Books About Israel

One effective way to search the catalog (in addition to keyword searching) is to use the standardized subject headings.  There are two ways to do this. One is by searching our catalog using those subject headings.  The second is by first browsing the list of subject headings.  The links below are designed to help you get started with each of these two strategies. Please note that the links below are only suggestions to get you started, and are meant to give you a broad sense of the library's collection on the listed topics.  An effective way to narrow down these broad topics is to click the "browse links" below ,and then scroll through the subjects to find a narrower subject heading.

Each of the major wars in Israel's history also has its own standardized subject listing:

For books about Israel and its relations with other countries, you can search subject headings for that topic beginning with Israel, or beginning with the other country.  For example:

Princeton users also have access to collections of full text Israeli books that may not have records in the catalog: Kotar and Magnes E-Books.