Search Terms and Tips

Search Tips: Boolean Searching

A Boolean Search means using the words AND, OR and NOT as part of your search terms. You can use these words to create a very broad or very narrow search.

  • AND combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example, travel and Europe finds articles that contain both travel and Europe.
  • OR combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, college or university finds results that contain either college or university.
  • NOT excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, television not cable finds results that contain television but not cable.

Major Eras in Modern History:

Machine Age (1880–1945)

Age of Oil (after 1901)

World War I (1914–1918)

Interwar period (1918–1939)

Roaring Twenties (1920–1929)

Great Depression (1929–1939)

World War II (1939–1945)

Post-war era (1946–1962)

Cold War (Soviet Union and United States, and their allies, 1945–1991)

Korean War (1950–1953)

Vietnam War (1955–1975)

Jet Age (1940s)

Space Age (after 1957)

Information Age (1970–present)

The Multimedia Age (1987–present)

The Social Age (1996–present)

The Big Data Age (2001–present)

Recommended Keywords and Search Terms to Use for the Daily Life Presentational Task

Try searching for your era in time "AND" the following topics:

"Daily Life"

"Economy"

"Wages"

"Employment"

"Jobs"

"Women"

"Work Force"

"Everyday Life"

"Housing"

"Life"

"Stress"