UGS 302: Language & Humor / Nonaka

Be flexible when choosing search terms. Think about:

• What terms did people at the time of the historical event depicted use? They may be different than terms we use today.
  • Example: When you're searching current sources, world war I is a good term, but if you're searching older, primary sources, be aware they didn't call it world war I back then.
• Brainstorm related terms
  • Example: If you're researching reparations and WWI, pick apart that topic:

Topic	world war one and reparations
Key concepts	world war one	reparations	(related)
Related Keywords	world war great war	Young plan Treaty of Versailles	germany fascism communism economy unemployment

Then combine them using AND and OR 

• AND narrows your search by looking for articles with all of the words
• OR broadens your search by looking for articles with any of the word

Your search in a library database would look like this: