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Research Tips Getting Started. RHET 201 Gironda. Identify Key Words. Food and Identity Think of synonyms or other related words: Food, Cuisine, Diet, Sustenance Identity, Culture, Nationalism, Nation, Region Try some different combinations Use some Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Research TipsGetting Started
RHET 201Gironda
Food and Identity Think of synonyms or other related words: Food, Cuisine, Diet, Sustenance Identity, Culture, Nationalism, Nation,
Region Try some different combinations Use some Boolean operators (AND, OR,
NOT) (food or cuisine) AND (nationalism or
nation) Start with one of the broader databases like
Academic Search Complete or One Search
Identify Key Words
AND is the most common and useful search Connector
Use OR to account for those articles that might refer to your topic using a synonymous phrase
Example: “Capital Punishment” OR “Death Penalty”
Arms OR Weapons Use quotes to enclose a search phrase
Search Connectors, synonyms and Wildcards…oh my!
Use parentheses to make sure the database performs the OR operation first
(“Euthanasia” OR “Mercy Killing” OR “Assisted Suicide”) AND legalization
Parentheses to organize terms
Most databases use * at the end of a word to allow for alternative endings or word variations
Teen* searches for teen, teens, teenage, teenager, etc
? Can be used to replace a letter to allow for alternativesWom?n searches for woman and women.
Wildcards
One Search for a Hodge Podge of everything Academic Search Complete for a wide range
of sources JSTOR for Humanities sources Discipline specific databases like: Business
Source Complete, PsycARTICLES, SOCIndex, Anthropological Index
Lexis-Nexis for newspaper and magazine articles.
Popular and Useful Databases
The library makes abundant support available, take advantage of it!
They provide live research assistance through the help desk as well as an online form for questions and a “chat with a librarian” function.
Link to the Library Guides at AUC Use the other available research guides such
as the Political Science Guide.
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