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Search Tips
- Search with short, simple words and phrases. Use the smallest pieces, not whole sentences.
- 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, ...
- Put quotation marks around phrases (2 or more words that you want to find in a specific order).
- 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
Episodes of 3 Tips in 3 Minutes