Controlled Vocabulary
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Definition:
Standard terms used to describe the content covered by a source.
The library's catalog and many of the databases have these available.
Also Called: Subject Headings, Subject Terms, Descriptors, Taxonomies or Thesaurus.
If you want more details check the link below from the book Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies by Patricia Harpring available from The Getty.
Example:
The Trible Library uses Library of Congress Subject Headings in the catalog.
Clicking on the links in the Subject section of the catalog record would let you find related materials on that same subject
You can try it in this record https://read.cnu.edu/record=b1821515
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