HIS/AMS 235: History of the U.S. - Mexico Border Region

Search statement strategies for searching in all library databases:

• Use an * to search for multiple forms of a word in a single search:​
  • border* = will search for: border, borders, bordering, borderland(s)
  • statistic* = will search for: statistic, statistics, statistical, statistically
  • chronolog* = will search for: chronology, chronological, chronologically​
     
• Use "quotation marks" to have multiple words searched together as a phrase:
  • "agua prieta"
  • "new mexico"
  • "border crossing"
     
• Use the word AND (in capital letters) to combine different topics/concepts:
  • texas AND mexic* AND border*
  • arizona AND mexic* AND border*
  • california AND mexic* AND border*
  • "new mexico" AND mexic* AND border*
     
  • "agua prieta" AND mexico
    douglas AND arizona AND mexico
    "agua prieta" AND douglas