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HIST 396/596: History of Women: Search Tips

Searching Tips

1. Identify key concepts:

inequality, women athletes
maternity leave, breastfeeding


2. Find Synonyms (alternative keywords, sometimes narrow or broader):

aggression, violence, bullying
motherhood, maternity, parenting


3. Use Truncation (putting * at the end of a word stem, broadens search):

gender* (gender, genders, gendered)
feminis* (feminism, feminist)


4. AND (joins concepts and narrows the search)

power AND crim*
feminis* AND athlet*


5. OR (using related terms, broadens the search)

("gender identity" OR "gender expression")
(child* OR infan* OR toddler) 


6. "...." (quotes for phrase searching)

"gender identity"
"reproductive right*"