subject heading

collocation in English

meaningsofsubjectandheading

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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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heading
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhed.ɪŋ/
us
/ˈhed.ɪŋ/
words written or printed at the top of a text as ...
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(Definition ofsubjectandheadingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubject heading

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We were surprised to find no citations when we searched for both "bioethics" and "social class," assubjectheadingor text words.
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Remember subject searches do not require wildcards or truncation techniques as the term is mapped to asubjectheading.
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In singlesubjectheadingterms, the core commitment has been roads and transport.
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This was later changed to asubjectheadingcatalogue in 1939.
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The types covered include classification schemes, taxonomies,subjectheadingschemes, ontologies, name authority lists, terminologies and synonym rings.
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These databases contained bibliographic descriptions of journal articles that were searchable by keywords in author and title, and sometimes by journal name orsubjectheading.
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In this fully automated library, students and staff members can search for books by author, title orsubjectheadingand their availability.
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Each chapter is preceded by a contents page, has clear subject headings throughout, and concludes with a summary and suggestions for further reading.
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When we used the terms, "ethic," "ethical," "ethics," and "medical ethics" combined with "social class" as subject headings and text words, we found seven entries.
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The ' contents ' runs to fifteen pages of subject headings: these include descriptions of localities, philological discussions, accounts of curiosities, geological analysis, and medicinal recipes.
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Each chapter is well-organized, with detailed subject headings and many figures.
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Subject headings also tend to use more pre-coordination of terms such that the designer of the controlled vocabulary will combine various concepts together to form one authorizedsubjectheading.
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The list of contents is subdivided into subject headings which reflect the editorial emphasis on calibration and industrial experience.
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I felt it almost impertinent to intrude on a discussion between professionals under specific subject headings in the structure plan.
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Hansard archive
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These figures do not, however, include all tribunal cases, because some were listed under separate subject headings in the sample claims.
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Hansard archive
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Just how wide a range it covers can be seen from reading through the 31 subject headings listed at the beginning of the report.
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Those are just a few items culled from a report of which the table of contents alone contains roughly 45 subject headings and 13 appendices.
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Hansard archive
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Parents and teachers know what we mean by the broad subject headings.
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However, it is also modest in the details of what you need to be told under these subject headings.
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Hansard archive
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The database contains information and contacts useful to businesses under a wide range of subject headings.
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Hansard archive
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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