Local subject headings in 69X fields may be searched in the Local Subjects
index. Local subjects include non-LC forms of headings and special tracings,
such as those for provenance, imprint, and chronology. For Beinecke the
following special tracings can be searched:
Provenance
Use Local Subjects=<name>
Example: Local Subjects=van
vechten carl
You can narrow the search by entering the authoritative form of the
name and adding qualifiers such as autograph, bookplate, or presentation
inscription.
Example: Local Subjects=van vechten carl 1880 1964 bookplate
British Chronology
Use Local Subjects=brit
tracts
Use Local Subjects=brit
tracts <date> to narrow the search to a particular year.
Example: Local Subjects=brit
tracts 1800
European Chronology
Use Local Subjects=euro
tracts or Local Subjects=euro
tracts <date>
The search strategy is the same as for British chronology.
Latin American Chronology
Use Local Subjects=lat
amer tractsor Local Subjects=lat
amer tracts <date>
The search strategy is the same as for British chronology.
Incunabula
Use Local Subjects=<country
city printer date>
Put one space between each element.
Example: Local Subjects=italy
vicenza renensis johannes 1478
Sometimes the date in these entries will be more explicit than year,
such as day/month/year (24 May 1487).
Broaden the search with right truncation.
American Imprints
Use Local
Subjects=<state city date>.
Put one space between each element.
Example: Local
Subjects=massachusetts boston 1720
Broaden the search with right truncation.
You can also search Connecticut imprints (not a Beinecke special
file) by city.
Use Local
Subjects=<city publisher or printer date>.
Examples: Hartford Goodwin & Co. 1826
Broaden the search with right truncation.
Bibliographical File
Use Local
Subjects=<form or genre heading>.
Examples: Local
Subjects=photographs
Local
Subjects=trade catalogs photographs
Broaden the search with right truncation.
A list of terms used for the Bibliographical File is appended.
Binding
Use Local
Subjects=<name> or Local
Subjects=<type of binding>.
Examples: Local
Subjects=bedford francis
Local
Subjects=armorial binding
Local
Subjects=binding remnants used in
Local
Subjects=binders ticket
Local
Subjects=binders ticket c lefevre
Local
Subjects=blind-stamped pigskin
You cannot qualify a name search with the subdivision "binding".
Broaden the search with right truncation.
You can limit a search to Beinecke holdings only by clicking the limit
button on the search window, expanding the location folder, and selecting
a Beinecke location:
