STARquest I: Library Services & Resources

What do SEE and SEE ALSO mean?

If you are searching a printed index rather than an electronic one, you will frequently find the terms SEE and SEE ALSO used to refer to additional sources.

Look at this sample from the Social Sciences Index.

Here, the word SEE is telling you to turn back to an earlier page and look under the heading Labor unions to find the article citations that you had assumed would be found under Unions.