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Independent History Research Fellows Program: Search Strategies
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Historical Thinking Skills
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Topic Development
Historiography
Search Strategies: Keyword Development
Historical Secondary Sources
Reading a bibliography
Secondary Sources: Books & Journal Articles
Peer Review
Primary Sources
Historical Scholarship
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Locating Sources: Books
Search Strategies
Journal Articles
NYPL Databases
Google Scholar
Archival Research
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What are Archives?
Locating Primary Source Archives: Physical Collections
Locating Primary Source Archives: Digital Archives and Libraries
Citation
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Footnotes
Precision Searching
To retrieve the most relevant search results, you will need to construct a
search string
.
A search string is a combination of keywords, truncation symbols, and boolean operators you enter into the search box of a library database or search engine.
Search String Worksheet
Please make a copy and share with Dr. Smith and Ms. Kane
Search Slide Show
Ms. Kane Example
Boolean Operators
Truncation
Search String Builder
Search Strategy Builder
Need help searching for sources using the library databases? Use this search strategy builder to create a search string.
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