Irish Writers: Books

Searching for Library Sources

Combined Author/Title option

• quickest way to find an item if you know the author and title
• use the Author or Title options only if you know the exact forms

Subject option

• yields only items catalogued under prescribed subject headings (i.e., Library of Congress headings; see list of possible subject headings below). If you are not familiar with these, use:

Keyword Option (words from the title)

• usually yields more hits as it searches author, subject headings, titles and series

Subject Keyword is also useful. 

Examples of subject headings:

For books about authors, literature, or history:

• • Joyce, James
    • Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography
    • Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation
    • Irish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Examples of keyword searches:

• • • For works by James Joyce, do an Author  search on "James Joyce"
    • For works about James Joyce, do a Boolean search using "James Joyce" and one of the following: criticism, biography, bibliography, autobiography

Useful Call Numbers

• • Call numbers:  James Joyce has a single number: PR6019.