From the WIU library homepage, there is a section that lets you search for most of the items that are available by the WIU libraries. You can access information like:
All the tabs let you access some or all of the recorded information about content the library has. These tabbed areas are basically individual search engines that point in some way to most everything the library has. Look at the screenshot to the right.
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 "sources" in West-Cat and note that the subject term "sources" is added to a library item when it is considered by the Library of Congress to include primary sources. This can be very useful as you look for history in primary sources.
Other useful Library of Congress Subject Headings include:
The library WestCat catalog has a series of tabs at the top of the page. These tabs are links to helpful tools available that will assist you with searching the catalog.