Writing 112 (Fenstermaker)

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To search for specific phrases, enclose them in quotation marks. The database will search for those words together in that order.

Examples:

“visual arts”

“surrealism movement”

“performing arts caricatures”

“civil war photographs”

AND, OR

Join together search terms in a logical manner.

AND - narrows searches, used to join similar terms
OR - broadens searches, used to join dissimilar terms

Examples:

#1
culture AND arts

#2
creativity OR imagination

#3
"folk art"
AND
protest OR demonstration
AND
“civil rights”

TRUNCATION

Truncate a word in order to search for different forms of the same word. Many database use the asterisk * as the truncation symbol.

Example:

Truncate the word education paint* to search for paint, paints, painter etc.

Add the truncation symbol to the word exhibit* to search for exhibit, exhibits, exhibitions etc.