Essay #2: Research, then Write! The Line Becomes the River: Search Terms

• U.S. Border
• U.S. Border Policies
• U.S. Border Patrol
• other terms???

• U.S. Border
• technology
• surveillance
• human rights
• drones
• other terms???

• U.S. Border Patrol
• mental health
• recruitment
• training
• (Latinos or Latinx or Hispanic or ?)
• other terms?

• U.S. Border
• Detention Centers
• Family Separation
• Human Rights
• Unaccompanied minors
• Trauma
• other terms???

Searching Library Databases

REMEMBER:

• • Sometimes less is more you will often have more success when you search if you look for just a few key concepts or key ideas
  • AVOID a complete sentence as your key concepts
  • Use quotes “” to keep all the words in a phrase together (“human rights”)

Q. What keywords & concepts phrases would you “glue” together to build your search statement?

Examples:

• U.S. border
• indigenous communities
• indigenous territory
• native sovereignty
• other terms???

• U.S. Border
• natural resources
• environmental impact
• environmental protection
• other terms?

• Drug Cartels
• U.S. Border
• Human Trafficking
• migrants
• Narco War
• Mexico
• other terms???

• U.S. Border
• migrant women
• sexual abuse
• rape
• trauma
• other terms???