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CNX 202: Ancient Peoples and the Environment

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To request books that the College Library does not own, use EZBorrow

To request articles (and books) that the College Library does not own, use Interlibrary Loan

If you are studying remotely, and the library has a print book you need but you cannot access it, use the Request a Hold/Scan form to request a scan of a few chapters. If you need the whole book, you could indicate that in the notes field and library staff will look into purchasing an ebook version. 

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Keywords

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Don't forget to use words like AND, OR, and NOT (boolean operators) between your keywords to broaden or narrow your search. Use quotes to keep phrases together.

Examples of keywords: Your general topic ("ancient peoples", environment, migration, food, etc.); a specific place (Easter Island, Peru, etc.)

Possible synonyms or derivatives: societies, environmentalism, immigration, nutrition, etc.)

Sample search strings:

                                        "ancient peoples" AND environment AND migration

                                                           societies OR civilizations AND history AND environment  

                                                            "indigenous people" NOT "united states" AND knowledge

                                                        



 

 

 

Subject Terms

se Subject Terms (assigned by the Library of Congress) to find like items in the library catalog and in journal databases. If you find a useful book or article, its catalog record usually will include Subject Terms under "Description" that you can use to find related research material. Below is a screenshot of a catalog record with subject hyperlinks. In the actual record, you will be able to click on the links to find related material. 

Limiters

Many databases provide ways for you to limit your search results. If your initial search returns too many results try limiting these results using these features such as limiting by date, type of publication, subject, etc. 

Limit to Franklin & Marshall College

Limit to last ten years of publication

Limit to the subject area of anthropology

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