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In order to find monographic sources for your research paper, you will need to know some of the relevant subject headings for this time, place, and type of history. Librarians have created the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), a hierarchical classification system in which the subject of texts are subdivided from the most general to the most specific for the efficient retrieval of information. LCSH appear in WashU Libraries' catalogs to the right Subject(s) in an item record. Double hyphens indicated the subdivision of subject headings.
A keyword search ("Word(s)") in the Washington WashU Libraries' catalog is similar to a Google search in that the words you enter could be anywhere in the item record (title, subject, chapter titles, contents summary, etc.). If you do not know the Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) for the topic you are researching, then a keyword search is a good way to start. However, if you want to find EVERYTHING the library owns on a subject, you will want to discover the proper subject headings and peruse the available titles therein. When you see a title and say to yourself: "Hey, that sounds exactly like what I'm looking for!," click on that item record, then click on it's LCSH for all titles in the library under that subject heading.
Broad subjects for Modern Germany (a small selection)