Library of Congress Subject Headings

Using the Library of Congress Subject Headings can help you to identify the proper terms to use for searching the Online Catalog and other Databases. For example, suppose you wanted to find sources on the history of England. If you look under England - History it says USE Great Britain - History. This then is the proper term to use when doing a subject search in the Online Catalog. Below is an example of an entry from the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes including an explanation of the symbols.