HUM 9-10: Humanities 9

Password Doc for Databases

Recommended for this project:

• Britannica
• History Reference Center
• Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
• New York Times (obituaries)

Create search strings with Boolify

Try Boolean Operators:

Sample Search String:

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

Using Google? Choose Advanced Search

Build a search string with Boolify - a puzzle-style google search

   Search Tips:

• Identify Key Words: Write out questions, circle necessary words, anticipate words in the answer
• Use Booleans to narrow or broaden your search (And, Or, Not)
• Use truncation (*) to catch more results (for example: creat* will bring create, creation, creating...)
• Use quotation marks to keep exact phrases together ("Florida Marlins")
• Use wildcards (?) to catch various spellings or meanings (wom?n brings woman and women)
• Use a minus sign to filter out irrelevant results (-fish)
• Filter results with "Search Tools" in Google
• Search for files and scans using " filetype:pdf" in a search
• Limit results by domain, such as .gov  .edu  .pe 
• Limit to terms in the title of a site or article with "intitle:"

Do we have a book about your historical figure?

Check the Library Catalog

Biographies are organized by the last name of the subject

(Abraham Lincoln = B Lincoln)

Do we have a book about a key event related to your historical figure?

Finding Nonfiction books

These are organized by Dewey number (numbers for specific subjects)

900s = History (organized by region of the world and then by time period)