Searching the Catalog
Keywords and Subject Headings
Subject headings are pre-defined 'controlled vocabulary' words used to describe the topic content of a resource. They are added by library and publishing staff to help researchers identify resources on the same subject.
Searching with subject headings: the search function/database will look for the subject only in the subject or descriptor fields so results are usually very relevant to the topic. However, you will need to do some preliminary searches to determine which subject headings are relevant for your topic.
Keywords are natural language words - essentially, the words or phrases you would type into a search engine.
Searching with keywords: can offer more flexibility, as you can combine the words and phrases as you choose, However, the search function/database will search for the keywords anywhere in the resource/record, so they may yield overwhelming or irrelevant results.
- How to Use Search Terms
This short tutorial can help you use search terms more efficiently.
Examples from our collection
Hidden History of the Mohawk Valley by
Much of the history of New York's scenic Mohawk Valley has been recounted time and again. But so many other stories have remained buried, almost lost from memory. The man called the baseball oracle correctly predicted the outcome of twenty-one major-league games. Mrs. Bennett, a friend of Governor Thomas Dewey, owned the Tower restaurant and lived in the unique Cranesville building. An Amsterdam sailor cheated death onboard a stricken submarine. Not only people but once-loved places are also all but forgotten, like the twentieth-century Mohawk Indian encampment and Camp Agaming in the Adirondacks, where Kirk Douglas was a counselor. Local historian Bob Cudmore delves deep into the region's history to find its most fascinating pieces of hidden history.
Call Number: F127.M55 C83 2013ISBN: 9781626191211Publication Date: 2013-10-01
Lost Mohawk Valley by
Life in the Mohawk Valley today is vastly different from generations ago. Long gone are the factory whistles calling workers to their shifts in old mill towns. Fort Plain still benefits from little-known inventor William Yerdon, and Utica baseball player George Burns was so skilled that fans called left field "Burnsville." Few realize that a local artist shared a special bond with John Philip Sousa, one of the nation's greatest musicians. The Tamarack Playhouse was once the venue of spectacular theatricals, and as time goes on, there are fewer alumni to remember Amsterdam's Bishop Scully High School. Local author Bob Cudmore shows that while lost, these and other compelling stories no longer need be forgotten.
Call Number: F127.M55 C835 2015ISBN: 9781467118385Publication Date: 2015-09-21
Land of the Oneidas by
The central part of New York State, the homeland of the Oneida Haudenosaunee people, helped shape American history. This book tells the story of the land and the people who made their homes there from its earliest habitation to the present day. It examines this region's impact on the making of America, from its strategic importance in the Revolution and Early Republic to its symbolic significance now to a nation grappling with challenges rooted deep in its history. The book shows that in central New York--perhaps more than in any other region in the United States--the past has never remained neatly in the past. Land of the Oneidas is the first book in eighty years that tells the history of this region as it changed from century to century and into our own time.
Call Number: F119 .K63 2023ISBN: 9781438492698Publication Date: 2023-04-01
Hudson Mohawk Gateway by Call Number: Oversize F127.H8 P48x 2001ISBN: 1892724170Publication Date: 2001-08-01
In Mohawk Country by
With general introductions, and in some cases, new translations, this collection comprises all of the 38 principle narratives, written from 1634 to 1810, describing the Mohawk valley and its Iroquois inhabitants. It provides a detailed look at an American Indian nation.
Call Number: E99.M8 I5x 1996ISBN: 0815627238Publication Date: 1997-01-01- History of the Mohawk Valley, gateway to the West, 1614-1925 by covering the six counties of Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer, and OneidaCall Number: OnlinePublication Date: 1925
