Political Science 325: Books

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Use synonyms to search more efficiently; use ORs and parentheses

• (oil OR petroleum OR crude) AND Iraq
• (Islam OR Muslim) AND (women OR girl OR female)
• indulgences AND (catholic OR Rome OR pope OR papacy)

Truncate roots of important words: 

• (abortion OR pregnan*) AND privacy
• (livestock OR agricultur* OR meat) AND (ethic* OR moral)

Insert a “wild card” [*?] for variable letters 

• (globali*ation OR “global capitalism”) AND "latin america*"
• (wom?n OR child) AND traffick*

Use “double quotes” to find exact phrases

• "sustainable cities" AND develop*
• (wolf OR wolves) AND "national park*"

ProQuest databases: use proximity searching

• progressiv* NEAR/10 tax*
• "religious freedom" NEAR/20 "human right*"

Borrow It!

If we don't own a book, or if our copy is checked out, you can borrow a copy from another library. Just search for the book in Williams WorldCat, and then choose "Request Item" to borrow it.

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Book Review Searching

• Search for the title of the book, enclosed in quotation marks ("World's Best Book")
• If the title is not very distinctive, add the author's last name
• Look for limit to "book review" or add search term "review"