AAST 315: African History

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Start with Keywords

Use simple, specific terms related to your topic. Avoid full sentences.

Use Boolean Operators

AND narrows results. Used to combine different terms (e.g., slavery AND Africa)

OR broadens results. Used to group synonyms (e.g., Boers OR Afrikaners)

NOT excludes terms (e.g., bats NOT baseball)

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Use Quotation Marks

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Truncate Words

Use an asterisk (*) to find word variations: Afrocentri* finds Afrocentricity, Afrocentrism.

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