Keywords

The Keywords function in Titles enables rapid searches for books which concern specific topics. Keywords are a categorizing or grouping mechanism to help you create lists of Titles that are thematically-linked. For example, if you categorize Indigenous works with the keyword "Indigenous", you can then search on that keyword to yield a list of all your Indigenous books. Such lists can be useful when making funding applications, or to provide lists to celebrate events such as Black History Month.

Managing Keywords on a Title

Add a Keyword

To add keyword to a Title, click into the field under Keywords where it says, "Add or Select Keyword...". A list of previously-entered keywords will appear; at this point you can:

• select the appropriate keyword
• start to type the keyword you want to "home in" on the one you want (helpful if your keyword list is long)
• type a new keyword.

Tips

• a Title record can handle an unlimited number of keywords
• a keyword can be a phrase, but keep it brief and not too specific
• enter one keyword per line; do not put multiple keywords into a single line, or you won't be able to search on individual words
• do not include punctuation
• don't be too specific with your keywords; break them up into segments, e.g., instead of "religious trauma", create two keywords: "religion" and "trauma"; that way you can search one or both terms
• keywords are a grouping mechanism, and are best kept moderately generic, so they can be applied to multiple Titles
• don't include the book's genre, which has its own categorizer, an your keyword, e.g., "Feminist Poetry"; instead, set Genre to "Poetry" and include the keyword "feminist" in your Keywords; you can always combine

Remove a Keyword

Click on the trash icon beside the keyword to remove it from this Title record. This removes it from the current Title only; the keyword remains in the system to be referenced later.