Most computerized databases allow you to search an
individual field or combination of fields. For example, when you do a Subject
Browse in the Library Catalog, you are instructing the computer to search for
your words in the subject fields ONLY.
The default search for most computerized databases is All
Categories, also known as Keyword. It would make more sense if
they called it All Fields. When you search in All Categories the computer
searches a number of different fields, including the title and subject fields. When in
doubt, use Keyword or All Categories.
Look at the screenshot below. If you did a Subject
search on the word slob would this article be retrieved.
Yes
No
