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Here are some strategies for search statement language for searching in library databases:
Use an * to search for multiple forms of a word in a single search:
coloni* = will search for: colonial, colonization, colonists, colonialist(s), etc.
econom* = will search for: economic, economy, economies, etc.
democra* = will search for: democracy, democratic, democratization, etc.
Use "quotation marks" to have multiple words searched together as a phrase:
"el salvador"
"state formation"
"cuban missile crisis"
Use the word OR (in capital letters) to search for words with similar meaning -- always place within ( ):
(women OR female)
(18th OR eighteenth)
(urban OR city)
Use the word AND (in capital letters) to combine different topics/concepts:
mexic* AND independen
peru AND ("state formation" OR "state building")
nicaragua AND econom* AND (19th OR nineteenth)
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