HIST 1302 - Sprehe: Help!

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• Unlike searching on an internet browser, the library's catalog and article databases do not use natural language.  You can't ask a question or use a sentence.
  • For instance, instead of, "How did World War ii affect working women?," identify the main elements of your question and search those terms. 
    • Example: "World War II and Women and Workforce"
• Identify some other terms or phrases you can use to state your research topic.  When you are searching scholarly journals, authors almost always use terminology that is specific to their field.  Use your textbook or a reference book to find terms / proper names.
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• If you are getting too many irrelevant articles, try narrowing your search by making it more specific.  Examples:
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  • Dust Bowl and Oklahoma
• If you aren't getting any articles on your topic, you might have to use broader search terms and try to find your topic within those broader articles.  Example:
  • Instead of "World War I and illness" use "World War I and influenza"

Searching for a phrase?

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Ex: "civil society"  "Immanuel Kant" "evolutionary ethics"

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Use the * as a wild card.  Example:

• Philosoph* will include Philosophy, Philosopher, Philosophers, and Philosophical in your search all at once. 

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