The Age of Cathedrals (FA42B)  

Subject keywords in LOUIS

Most LOUIS materials on cathedrals are classified under the heading "Cathedrals" or a sub-heading of that category. A few cathedral records appear in a different form in LOUIS/LouFind (Lichfield Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral). Therefore, it's best to use truncation when searching LOUIS: entering cathedral? into a search box will search for any word variants that begin with the letters preceding the truncation character:

cathedral? searches for cathedral or cathedral 

To find general works on cathedrals, search "cathedral?" and [country] as subject keywords in the LOUIS/LouFind Advanced Search box. If you are searching for a specific cathedral, add that to your search as well, as a keyword rather than a subject (so that you get any book or item that mentions your cathedral, even if the item itself isn't exclusively about your cathedral).  For example, a search for cathedral? and England as subjects, and Ely as keyword yields the following results:

Cathedrals -- England (Ely)

You can also do a general search for cathedrals in Europe: search cathedral? as subject and Europe as keyword:

Cathedrals -- Europe

Related keywords include

• Architecture, Medieval
• Architecture, Gothic

Search these words as subject keywords; add your cathedral (or Europe) as a keyword to the search. For example:

Architecture, Medieval -- England -- Gloucester

Architecture, Gothic -- France (Rouen)

Architecture, Medieval -- Europe

These same search strategies will often apply for searching databases as well.