Search for background information, using general reference resources:
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These online resources offer results in Spanish
For more examples of using these tips, the hot links will take you there!
A few strategies:
| Determine the key ideas and terms in your topic. | Example: theme of the exploration or finding oneself in 15th Century Spanish Literature |
| Think of synonyms or related terms. | Spanish literature; Latin literature ("1600-1699" OR "15th Century") |
| Select useful resources to search. | Databases > Literature focused e.g. and UC Library Search catalog |
| Construct a search strategy. Start with keyword searching. | Many databases default to a keyword search field. |
| Look for a phrase, using quotation marks. | "La Celestina" AND "15h century Spain" ; Rojas y Celestina |
| Join similar terms with OR=more results | "Spanish literature" OR "Spanish poet*" |
| Join dissimilar terms with AND=limits a search |
(poetry OR saga) AND "Spanish literature" |
| Limit search by using NOT=limits a search | quest AND "Spanish literature" AND 1600-1699" NOT Cervantes |
| Truncate a term (usually *) | poe* (to search for poets, poetry, poem, poems) |
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