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Searching with Keywords

Keywords: significant people, places, events, dates within your topic
  • Often, you will get a lot of results → to get more relevant results, don't just conduct one search. Try using these ideas:

Example search: Irish immigration in America

1. Use synonyms or similar meanings:     immigration or immigrants or migration
2. Try different spellings and/or punctuation:    Irish Americans or Irish-Americans
3. Combine in different ways:    Irish American immigration or American Irish immigrants or Ireland emigration America

searching with subject headings

Subject Headings: Specific terms assigned to a source that will give you specific results.
  • Once you get at least one relevant result - click on a Subject Headings hyperlink to find similar results

Searching for print books:Library catalog hyperlinks

Searching for articles, ebooks or journals:Database hyperlinks

  • Last Updated: Mar 5, 2024 3:23 PM
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