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Searching Databases
Database Speak
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Database searching generalities Literal
If you type in a phrase it will search for the phrase
Boolean operators/connectors AND - narrows OR - broadens
Truncation/wildcard Allows you to easily search for variant word
endings• * in the UW Libraries Catalog
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Boolean: AND
japan AND crime
japan
crime
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Boolean: OR
crime OR murder
crime
murder
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Boolean: combining
(crime OR murder) AND japan
crime
murder
japan
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Truncation/wildcard Searches for variant word endings such as
plural. crim* finds:
• crime• crimes• criminal• criminals• crimson
In other words the truncation symbol acts as an OR
• crime OR crimes OR criminal OR criminals
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Creating Search Statements
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Developing a Search StatementTOPIC
Key Concepts
Synonyms
Related terms:PeoplePlacesEventsDatesOrganizations
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Developing a Search StatementTOPIC: Coverage of World War II in Japanese education
Key Concepts
Synonyms
Related terms:As you do your preliminary research you’ll come up with these terms. One good place to look is in a specialized encyclopedia.
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ExampleCoverage of World War II in Japanese education
World War II Japan education
Pacific warworld war 1939-1945
Japanese schoolstextbookscurriculum
Ienaga sosho, Ienaga Saburo, Nanjing massacre, Ministry of Education
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Search statements Query typed into a database:
Keywords/key phrases/key concepts linked by Boolean connectors• (textbook* OR education) AND (world war ii
OR pacific war) AND japan*• japan* AND (curricul* OR school*) AND
war• ienaga saburo• ienaga AND textbook*