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Indiana History

Overview

The links below help explain and provide examples for various ways to search strategically. These include the following tools:

  • Developing Keywords is necessary to help you search for meaningful and relevant content.  
  • Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) which help you combine keywords to narrow or broaden a search.
  • Using quotes to search is a great way to look for phrases
  • Filters/Limiters are tools that help you narrow to specific formats, date ranges, and more.
  • Interlibrary Loan is a free service to order materials from other libraries, if we do not have them.