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
   
• 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:
  
  • world cup"
  • "equal pay"
  • "domestic violence"
  • "manchester united"
  • "environmental impact"
  • "marta vieira da silva"

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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)
  • (cheating OR "match fixing")
  • ("pay gap" OR "wage gap")

• Use the word AND (in capital letters) to combine different topics/concepts:
   
  • soccer AND ultras
  • soccer AND brexit
  • soccer AND concussion
  • USWNT AND "equal pay"
  • USMNT AND performance
  • soccer AND brazil AND identi*
  • soccer AND hondura* AND histor*
  • soccer AND (women OR female)
  • soccer AND (racism OR racist)
  • soccer AND africa* AND success
  • "world cup" AND host* AND econom*