Search tips:
While finding books (print and eBooks), try to search in a more broad sense and then search within the book to find more specific information. For instance, you may not find multiple books with Andersonville Prison in their name; instead you may find a comprehensive book on the Civil War that has a great section on Andersonville Prison.
While finding articles, try to search in a very specific sense. You are more likely to be successful using a keyword that is the main topic and combining it with a subtopic to find specific information from articles.
Using quotation marks when searching for specific phrases may yield more accurate results. For example, "Andersonville Prison" versus Andersonville Prison or "Civil War" versus Civil War.
Google alternative:
Sweetsearch is an alternative to Google and will probably provide you with some great results!
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