Technews Bulletin
November 1999
ISSUE #4
*SUBJECT HEADINGS * SUBJECT
HEADINGS *
How many of you have ever searched
using "fiction" as a subject heading? No, not keyword, but subject. It shows you so many options, it's amazing. Below
you'll find just some of those options available to you when looking
for a specific fiction genre.
1. Fiction. (7)
subdivision Fiction under subjects for collections of stories or
novels on those topics, and under historical subjects or characters
for individual works of historical or biographical fiction, e.g.
Children--Fiction; Stalingrad, Battle of, 1942-1943 -- Fiction; and
headings for fiction qualified by linguistic, national, ethnic or
regional terms, e.g. Slavic fiction; Cuban fiction; French-Canadian
fiction; West African fiction.
2. see also narrower term
Adventure stories. (1063)
3. see also narrower term
Autobiographical fiction. (60)
4. see also narrower term
Biographical fiction. (245)
5. see also narrower term
Christian fiction. (414)
6. see also narrower term
Detective and mystery stories. (4744)
7. see also narrower term
Diary fiction. (38)
8. see also narrower term
Domestic fiction. (1315)
(More)
By coding some fiction headings as
either subject or genre the system separates them and you will see
them displayed twice. This is a quick way to note rental or
permanent. (The heading with the most hits is permanent.)
1. Love stories. (3031)
2. Love stories. (245)
3. Love stories -- Adaptations. (1)
4. Love stories, American. (38)
You also will find that other genre
headings lead you to additional fiction topics:
1. Adventure stories. (1064)
2. see also narrower term
Detective and mystery stories. (4746)
3. see also narrower term
Science fiction. (778)
4. see also narrower term
Sea stories. (140)
5. see also narrower term
Western stories. (936)
6. Adventure stories. (151)
7. Adventure stories, American. (15)
Using ATLAS in this way is a great
source and a very helpful tool, especially when doing reader's
advisory work–both for you as a reader and for your patrons.
This newsletter editor would appreciate your suggestions for
future issues.
Please send them to Sue Bermann, Technical Services (or e-mail bermanns@pbclibrary.org)
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