Keywords are words or phrases that can appear anywhere in the item (citation data or full text of a book or an article). Keyword searching is how you typically search web search engines and it is a good start to find relevant subject headings in databases.
Subject headings are formally assigned, standardized set of terms (also called descriptors) within a database to identify the primary topics of a book or an article.
Here are some examples of subject headings that can be used when searching for books on Hinduism n Southwestern's library catalog or in other library catalogs via WorldCat. Use the filters on the left hand side of the search results page to further refine results.
| Hindusim | Hindu |
| Religious Life--Hinduism | Hindu--India |
| Hindu--Mythology | Hindu--Relations |
| Hindu--Sociology | Philosophy--Hindu |
Some of the many books on Hinduism available in the Southwestern University Library:
