Imperialism Research Project

Databases & Search Strategies

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Off campus? Click on this password document to get the log in information.

DON'T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR ARTICLES TO YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE!

Researching a new country?

Start with CultureGrams. Click "World Edition" then select the name of your country, then select "History" on the left for a general overview.

***RESEARCH TIP!! ***

THIS WILL GIVE YOU KEYWORD SEARCH TERMS FOR THE OTHER DATABASES!

ABC-CLIO WORLD HISTORY

This is a great database to use to gain a general overview and review of major events in World History. Explore by time period, and use your results to find your KEYWORD SEARCH TERMS.

Username: cupertino

Password: pioneers

JSTOR History Database

JSTOR: Basic Search Tips

JSTOR: Advanced Search Tips

JSTOR Quick tips: Advanced Searching

Using Advanced Search

Use the drop-down boxes to limit search terms to the title, author, abstract, or caption text.
Use the drop-down boxes to combine search terms using the Boolean operators, AND/OR/NOT and NEAR 5/10/25. The NEAR operator looks for the combinations of keywords within 5, 10, or 25 words places of each other. The NEAR operator only works when searching for single keyword combinations. For example, you may search for cat NEAR 5 dog, but not "domesticated cat" NEAR 5 dog.
Use the “Narrow by” options to search only articles, include/exclude book reviews, search for content published during a particular time frame, or in a particular language.
Focus an article search in specific disciplines and titles using checkboxes. [NOTE: discipline searching is currently only available for searching journal content. Selecting this option will exclude ebooks from the search.

Undestanding Search Results

Search Results

The format and display of search results is the same for Basic and Advanced searches.

Use "Academic Content" option to filter results by journal articles or ebook chapters.
Use "Primary Source Content" option to filter results by the type of primary source.
Use the "Publication Date" menu to limit results to a certain publication time period.
Use the "Subject" menu to limit results to journals related to specific subjects.
Use the "Access Type" menu to limit your results by type of access.
Use the "Sort by" menu to view search results by relevance, oldest items, or newest items.
Use the "Export Selected" menu to choose the export format