HIS/WGSS 472: Sex and Sexuality in Latin America

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:
  • masculin* = will search for: masculine, masculinity, masculinist
  • sexual* = will search for: sexual, sexuality, sexualized
  • coloni* = will search for: colonial, colonization, colonists, colonialist(s)

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• Use "quotation marks" to have multiple words searched together as a phrase:
  • "latin america"
  • "sexual trauma"
  • "cuban revolution"

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• ​Use the word OR (in capital letters) to search for words with similar meaning -- always place within (  ):
  • (prostitu* OR "sex work*")
  • (women OR female)
  • (19th OR nineteenth)

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• Use the word AND (in capital letters) to combine different topics/concepts:
  • femicide AND "ciudad juarez"
  • "sor juana" AND "lieutenant nun"
  • (gender OR sexuality) AND "latin america"
  • infanticide AND mexic* AND (19th OR nineteenth)