AAS 281 Black Literature: Books

Subject headings are a controlled vocabulary. A single term or phrase is determined by an authority (Library Congress or a database vendor) to describe a subject. For example, try searching for the subject "roaring twenties" in West-Cat and see what you get.

Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes

Zora Neale Hurston

WestCat

An online catalog of the University Libraries’ books, periodicals and other library materials. Searchable from the library homepage (http://www.wiu.edu/libraries). If WestCat does not have what you need, search I-Share, a catalog of 76 libraries, mostly academic, in Illinois. WestCat, I-Share, and WorldCat all use Library of Congress Subject Headings.

 

I-Share

I-Share has changed. To use I-Share, create an account. Though a pain at first, having an account will make the book borrowing process much easier than in the past.

WorldCat (FirstSearch)

WorldCat is the world's largest database of bibliographic information. It offers more than 43 million bibliographic records representing books all over the world. Use this catalog to supplement IO. Very easy to make interlibrary loan requests online.