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A Subject search is a search of the string of characters found in the subject field of the record. Both Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are used in Franklin. Limits cannot be applied to subject searches.

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* Examples of subject headings (do not type dashes to separate categories):
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milton, john, 1608-1674 paradise lost
hardy, thomas, 1840-1928 criticism and interpretation
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