Finding Books: For best results finding books use the Advanced Search in CATQuest and limit the search to Library Catalog.
Tip: Use an * at the end of a search term to search for variant versions of a term. For example poet* will find poet, poets, poetry, poetic.
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Subject Headings (Library of Congress) | Useful Keywords |
Library of Congress Subject Headings are used to describe the books in our and other library collections. They are standardized terms assigned by the Library of Congress and change slowly. Some terms describe the genre of a work while others may describe the topic. In CATQuest when you look at the full information about a books you will see these in the section marked "Subjects." Use the associated links to find additional works with the designated subject.
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When you search for books your search can also find words beyond the subjects listed. These words might be in the title of the book, the title of chapter in an edited volume, or in a narrative description of a book. There can be a lot of variance in these words. In addition to the terms already mentioned as subject terms you might also try the following (and any specific thing you may be trying to find related to Harjo's work):
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Library of Congress Subject Headings are often problematic. If you would like to learn more about efforts to decolonize subject headings and remove harmful terminology from library catalogs you might start with the following:
Decolonizing Canadian Metadata: An Overdue Step in Removing Harmful Subject Headings
This short report from the Canadian Research Knowledge Network explains why research network decided to remove the Library of Congress Subject Heading "American Indians" from their catalog and replace it with "Indigenous Peoples."
Use Our Words Toolkit
In depth resources from Canada on decolonizing library terminology and replacing it with terminology used by indigenous peoples.