How many artifacts or sites can you spot in this 10-minute crash course on the history of the Silk Road?
Use Boolean Operators:
Why use Boolean operators?
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Search for phrases using quotation marks
Adding quotation marks around two or more words will tell the library catalog or databases to search for those terms in that particular order.
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Use Truncation
Truncation is a technique that allows you to search various word endings simultaneously. Truncation is commonly represented by an asterisk *
Why use truncation?'
To use truncation, enter the root of a search term and replace the ending with an * (the symbol above the 8 on your computer). The database will return all forms of that word. Using the asterisk after the root of a world will allow you to find more material related to your subject.
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Definitions of Material Culture from intersecting fields of study:
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