ENG101 (van der Wal)  

The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) has been actively maintained since 1898 to catalog materials held at the Library of Congress. By virtue of cooperative cataloging other libraries around the United States also use LCSH to provide subject access to their collections. In addition LCSH is used internationally, often in translation.

Finding a topic can be a challenge at times. Many students have found these two databases to be helpful in selecting a topic.