Answered By: Robert Miller
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2026     Views: 40

Below are instructions for identifying keywords in a library database. For more detailed help creating a keyword matrix, please ask your WRTG 112 instructor.

When you do a search in almost any library database, you can see the keywords or subject terms that the database has assigned to articles.

For example, when you do a search in the library database OneSearch, in the results list, click on the title of an article and then scroll down. You'll see a list of subject terms or keywords for the article:

A screenshot of subject terms in the library database OneSearch