CNX 144: World Cup Connections

Tips for effective searching in library databases:

• Use an * to search for multiple forms of a word in a single search:

• ethnic* will search for:
  ethnic, ethnicity, ethnicities 
   
• homophob* will search for:
  homophobe, homophobic, homophobia
   
• host*  will search for:
  host, hosts, hosted, hosting, hostess, hostel, hostile, hostility, hostage
   
• raci*  will search for:
  racist, racism, racial, racially, racialized, racing, raciest, raciness
   
• divers*  will search for:
  diverse, diversity, diversify, diversified, diversification, diversion
   
• econom*  will search for:
  economy, economies, economics, economically, economize, economist

• Use "quotation marks" to have multiple words searched together as a phrase:
  • "pay to play"
  • "middle east"
  • "united states"
  • "brain injury"
  • "environmental impact"
  • "corporate ownership"
  • "home field advantage"

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Search statement structure for searching in library databases:

• ​Use the word OR (in capital letters) to search for words with similar meaning -- always place within (  ):
   
  • (poverty OR poor)
  • (hooligan* OR violen*)
  • ("pay gap" OR "wage gap")

• Use the word AND (in capital letters) to combine different topics/concepts:
   
  • soccer AND chin*
  • women AND soccer AND japan*
  • "world cup" AND host* AND econom*
  • transgender AND (soccer OR athlet*)
  • soccer AND ital* AND fascis*
  • soccer AND (physiolog* OR biomechanic*)​