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Authors: Last Name, First Name and then select Subject NOT Author.
Example: Jackson, Shirley
The title of the short story can also be a subject term (not title).
Example: "Sonny's Blues"
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American Dream Upward Mobility Social Mobility "Land of Opportunity" Idealism--Americans Economic Opportunity |
Social Change Equality Opportunity Social Aspects Escape or Escapism
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Social Advocacy Civil Rights Movements Protest Movements Social Movements Peace Movements |
Hispanic Americans Mexican Aemricans Chinese Americans Asian Americans African Aemricans Assimilation Acculturation
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Race Relations Ethnic Relations Cultural Relations Racism Prejudices Racial minorities Racial Awareness
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Education AND Higher Primary Secondary Bilingual
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Emigration and Immigration Immigrants |
Slavery Forced Labor |
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Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943. Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) Philadelphia Selling
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Gays Gay Rights LGBT AIDS (Disease) AIDS Activists
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Ninteen Thirties Nineteen Sixties Nineteen Eighties 1815-1861 1933-1945 1945-1970 1980-1993
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Class Identity Working Class Middle Class Cultural Identity Social Classes |
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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.
1980s
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
Chinese Americans 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