Search strategies

Suggested information sources for the identified need

HIST 4800

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My Library Account

PIN (New!) =5 digit number

Off-Campus Access

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Effective Searching

Connecting Your Terms

AND = narrow

OR = expand

NOT = exclude

Boko Harum AND Nigeria

Al-Qaeda OR Al-Qaida

Muhammad NOT Bible

Search Strategy

• Use “ “ or ( ) to keep words together & in order• Connect different concepts with AND• Connect similar concepts with OR

(“suicide bombings” OR “suicide attacks”) AND (women OR females) AND middle east

(“suicide bombings” OR “suicide attacks” OR “suicide bombers”) AND (women OR females) AND middle east

Advanced Search Features

Limiters

full text

scholarly (peer reviewed) date

By type

information sources not created equal

Advanced Search Features

Limiters

subject

controlled vocabulary used by indexers to describe the content

Advanced Search Features

truncation

type part of a word plus an asterisk (*) into the search box to find variations of a word stem

fundamentalis* finds fundamentalism, fundamentalist, fundamentalists

islam* finds islam, islamic

terroris* finds terrorist, terrorism

Finding Information

www.clayton.edu/library

GALILEO @ Clayton State

It searches almost everything at once

Date Range

InfoSource

Subject

Full Text Access

Advanced Search & Search History

Suggested Resources

AtoZ the World

ProQuest Criminal Justice

JSTOR

ProQuest Religion

Browse Print Collection

BP1-253 Islam

DS35 The Islamic World DS350-375 Afghanistan DS376-392.2 Pakistan

HV6251-6773.55 Crimes and offenses

JX International Law JZ International Relations

Cambridge Histories Online

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Oxford Reference