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Globalization International Business Enterprises International Market International Trade Corporate State |
Human Rights Human Rights Advocacy Human Rights Workers Political Activists |
Social Advocacy Civil Rights Movements Protest Movements Social Movements Peace Movements |
Families Extended Families Men Women Children Boys Girls |
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Race Relations Ethnic Relations Cultural Relations Racism Prejudices Racial minorities Racial Awareness |
Education AND Higher Primary Secondary Bilingual |
Emigration and Immigration Immigrants |
Slavery Human Trafficking Forced Labor |
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Politics and War War International Relations Peace Political Science |
Criminal Justice, Administration of Police Criminal Procedure Criminal Law Crime |
Health Medical Care Health Care Reform Security (Psychology) Job Security
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Social Service Public Welfare Charities Human Services Social Work With [insert group here] |
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Social Justice Equality Distributive Justice Enviornmental Justice |
Displacement (Psychology) Displaced Workers Relocation Refugees |
Welfare economics Welfare State Child Welfare Old Age Assistance Poor--Services for
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Power (Social Sciences) Community Power Corporate Power Communities Political Participation
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| Teenagers—Employment Students—Employment Employees Food Service Employees Aliens Labor Economics Contract Labor Contract Employment Alien Labor Illegal Aliens Packing-House Workers Work Environment |
Labor Laws & Legislation Union Wages Trade-Unions Strikes & Lockouts |
Minimum Wage Unskilled Labor Labor and Laboring Classes Hours of Labor Working Class Social Classes |
Environmentalism Environmental Protection Environmental Justice Conservation Air Pollution Hazardous Waste Sites |
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Economic Indicators Economic Forecasting Poverty Poor Economics Finance Wealth Well-Being Luxury Income |
Homeless Children Homeless Persons Homeless Boys Homeless Girls Abandoned Children Runaway Children |
Prisoners Inmates of Institutions Detentions of Persons Prisons |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 New Orleans (La.) Emergency Management Preparedness Disaster Relief Environmental Conditions |
While not official subject headings, these keywords can be very fruitful for your research. Try to also think of other terms such as these. Keyword searches look at all the information in the book or article record including title, author, abstract, table of contents, etc. It always helps to think of synonyms, as the way one person would describe something is not the same way another would.
Disaster Preparedness
Gay Marriage
Internet Privacy
Using the correct words to search will help you find relevant information. Different authors and search tools use different words to describe the same concepts, so it is useful to have a list of similar and related terms in your arsenal when you set out to search for relevant information. The process of creating these alternative terms is called brainstorming terms or concept mapping.
EXAMPLE
Earthquakes AND California
Using the correct words to search will help you find relevant information. Different authors and search tools use different words to describe the same concepts, so it is useful to have a list of similar and related terms in your arsenal when you set out to search for relevant information. The process of creating these alternative terms is called brainstorming terms or concept mapping.
EXAMPLE
Sex Differences AND Communication
If for some reason, you are getting results you do NOT want (say for example you want to find only articles on communication in opposite sex marriages) try a NOT search. Librarians caution that NOT searches often also weed out articles that may have been relevant for you. So only perform such searches if you have LOTS of results (say over ten that are in full text format):
EXAMPLE
Marriage NOT Same Sex