HIST 4368 / HIST 5371: The Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1789

1. Search with short, simple words and phrases. Use the smallest pieces, not whole sentences.
    
2. Try different versions of your search using synonyms or other ways of describing a topic.
• Example: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, America's War of Independence, ...
   
3. Put quotation marks around phrases (2 or more words that you want to find in a specific order).
    
4. Connect various words and phrases with AND, OR, and NOT.
• AND = less results. Example: causes AND economic
• OR = more results (often use with synonyms). Example: Britain OR "Great Britain" OR England
• NOT = exclude ideas for less results. Example: causes NOT slavery 

Episode 1: Finding Primary Sources in the Library Catalog

Episode 2: Using Dates to Search History Databases

Episode 3: Finding Primary Source Collections with Google Advanced Search

Episode 4: Searching for People's Names

Episode 5: Searching for Foreign People's Names

Episode 6: Searching for Place Names