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Subject headings are words that describe the content of a text. You can use subject headings to look for literature related to your topic. Some titles are phrased in such a way that they do not reveal much about the actual content of the text. Thus, they cannot be found by keywords. Using subject headings in your search will lead to more precise results. Subject headings are based on predefined “controlled vocabulary” and are usually assigned by subject specialists, e.g. by librarians, publishers, or authors themselves. Lists of subject headings organised hierarchically are known as thesauri.

Screenshot of the university catalogue of the SUB Göttingen. You can see the result of the search for the terms "language internet". A work with the title "Language and the Internet" by David Crystal was found. In addition to this information, the page also contains other information such as the edition, language, publication details, scope, ISBN, keywords, subject areas, more on the subject, location, signature, note and loan status. In this screenshot, the focus is on the subject headings (framed in red): Internetsprache, E-Mail, Chatten, Sprache, Internet, Language and Languages.

Subject heading in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) of the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB)