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Judaic Studies

Hebrew Catalog Searching

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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