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Guessing Game
If you have done research at the Roesch Library, perhaps you have used the catalog to search for books. Did you know you can search for books and other resources by entering subject headings? Subject headings are controlled vocabularies of names and phrases that classify and describe the subject content of books and other resources. Subject headings also link your searches to other catalog records with related subjects so that you can do more exploring.
Let’s play a game of guess the title. Below is a list of books with only their subject headings as clues.
Can you guess the title for each? Clicking for the answer will take you to the catalog record.
Book 1 subject headings:
Librarians--Fiction.
Time travel--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Women art students --Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
What do you think? Click here for the answer.
Book 2 subject headings:
Circus--Fiction
Depressions--1929--Fiction
Circus performers--Fiction
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
Book 3 subject headings:
Children of alcoholics--United States--Biography
Children of alcoholics--West Virginia—Welch--Biography
Dysfunctional families--United States--Case studies
Dysfunctional families--West Virginia—Welch--Case studies
Poor--West Virginia—Welch--Biography
Homeless persons--Family relationships--New York (State)--New York
Book 4 subject headings:
United States--Army Air Forces--Heavy Bombardment Group, 307th
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Prisoners of war--United States--Biography
Prisoners of war—Japan--Biography
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns--Pacific Area
Long-distance runners--United States--Biography
Book 5 subject headings:
College teachers--Australia--Fiction.
Genetics--Research--Fiction.
Marriage--Fiction.
Love stories.
Book 6 subject headings:
Dodd, William Edward, 1869-1940.
Diplomats--United States--Biography.
Historians--United States--Biography.
National socialism--Germany.
Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
Book 7 subject headings:
Bennet, Elizabeth (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Zombies--Fiction.
Young women--England--Fiction.
Social classes--England--Fiction.
Families--England--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Courtship--England--Fiction.
Parodies.
England--Fiction.
Regency fiction.
Book 8 subject headings:
Sisters--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Leukemia--Patients--Fiction.
Organ donors--Fiction.
Sick children--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Book 9 subject headings:
Americans--Ukraine--Fiction
World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine--Fiction
Jewish families--Fiction
Grandfathers--Fiction
Novelists--Fiction
Young men--Fiction
Book 10 subject headings:
Teenage girls--Fiction
African American women--Fiction
Maternal deprivation--Fiction
Race relations--Fiction
Beekeepers--Fiction
Sisters--Fiction
South Carolina--Fiction
Book 11 subject headings:
Veterans--Texas--Fiction
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Fiction
Football and war--United States--Fiction
Intrigued? All of these books are available in Roesch Library or can be requested through OhioLINK.
For more information about subject headings, see the Related Links section.
- Kevin Cretsos, Catalog Management Assistant