hist4800: roots of islamic terrorism - maymester 2014
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HIST 4800
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Connecting Your Terms
AND = narrow
OR = expand
NOT = exclude
Boko Harum AND Nigeria
Al-Qaeda OR Al-Qaida
Muhammad NOT Bible
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• 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
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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
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JX International Law JZ International Relations
Gale Virtual Reference Library
GVRL Titles
Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources
Chronologies of Modern Terrorism
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism
GVRL Titles
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
A Global Chronology of Conflict from the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East
History Behind the Headlines the Origins of Conflicts Worldwide
Cambridge Histories Online
Oxford Reference
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World