Keyword versus Subject Searching
- Subject: specific words (such as library subject headings) chosen to represent a topic.
- Keyword: Words found through-out the record of the book or online source.
See the difference for yourself
Open a new tab / Keep this page open / Type in: destiny.hbuhsd.edu / select: Westminster high school
Search for Jonas Salk as a subject (Type in: Salk, Jonas and click on subject)
Search for Jonas Salk as a keyword (Type in Jonas Salk or Salk, Jonas and click on keyword)
What are your results?
Search for Jonas Salk as a subject (Type in: Salk, Jonas and click on subject)
Search for Jonas Salk as a keyword (Type in Jonas Salk or Salk, Jonas and click on keyword)
- What is the difference?
- Subject will get you books about Jonas Salk.
- Keyword will get you any books that mention Jonas Salk.
What are your results?