Library Website: DP Global Politics: Global Politics

Course & Assignment Links

Templates (forced copies)

Smart Searching

Search Tips:

Combine Keywords from your course materials with a current event, a country, an issue to create a "search string"
Search for exact phrases by putting quotations marks around them, for example: "mutual reliance"
Search for files and scans using " filetype:pdf" in a search
Limit results by domain: .gov .edu .pe
Limit to terms in the title of a site or article with "intitle:"
Weed out irrelevant results by using a minus sign and the word(s) that are mucking up the search
Get all versions of a word with truncation (*) For example: Child*
Get variations of a word with wild cards (?) For example: Analy?e

Sample Search String:

"amnesty international" iran intitle:execution* site:http://.gov "cultur* impact" -oil

Make a game of it. Try BOOLIFY - a puzzle-style google search

Command Terms for Global Politics

Analyze - Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure
Compare - Give an account of the similarities between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout
Compare and contrast - Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout
Contrast - Give an account of the differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout
Define - Give the precise meaning of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity
Describe - Give a detailed account
Discuss - Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence
Distinguish - Make clear the differences between two or more concepts or items
Evaluate - Make an appraisal by weighing up the strengths and limitations
Examine - Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue
Explain - Give a detailed account including reasons or causes
Identify - Provide an answer from a number of possibilities
Justify - Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion
Outline - Give a brief account or summary
Suggest - Propose a solution, hypothesis or other possible answer
To what extent - Consider the merits or otherwise of an argument or concept. Opinions and conclusions should be presented clearly and supported with appropriate evidence and sound argument