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International & Global Studies

Search Strategies

 

  • Pre-Research - Gather background information

    • Search the New York Times,GALE In Context DB for a subject landing page, think tanks, administrative offices and resources.

    • Reference Resources - Oxford Reference or search a country database.

    • Use Google for quick checks on Subject terms you pick up along the way. 

  • Make a Word Cloud for Subject Terms (keywords)

    • Start  with a broad subject and branch out to narrower terms

  • Search Databases 

    • Scholarly articles, books, primary sources using subject terms / keywords

    • OneSearch, Google Scholar, Heinonline, CIAO

  • Generate citations and download articles

    • Keep a document of citations for later. 

    • Keep a folder with drafts, downloads, citation doc