Searching term tricks
* Used to expand the word you are searching to include plurals. etc.
Example: Child* gives you Child, Children, Childhood, Childress
"quotes" Use for phrases Example "African Americans"
OR Use for either or searching
Example: multicultural or multiethnic or intraethnic
And Use to combine terms you want to have
Example: Intraethnic and "African Americans"
Not Use when you want to eliminate a word from your search (Warning: if you cut a word and it is in an article with words you want, you won't see that article!)
Example: Not middle class
Topic Worksheet:
Breaking down your search into chunks of keywords
Boolean Operators: Search with AND, OR, NOT
