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HA 101 Theories and Methods for a Global Art History, Fall 2024: Keywords

Keyword 1-2-3

Before searching, it helps to reflect on your topic: this super short video will guide you through brainstorming keywords to search.

Directed by Karly Stark, written by Zhané Garlington (Undergraduate Library Fellow, 2020-21), with contributions from Nicole E. Brown, Kristina Bush & Gisèle Tanasse.

Quick Summary

  • Keywords are what you type into the search bar (0:10)
  • Good keywords can help you find resources for your project (1:00)
  • Generate keywords by identifying core concepts from your research question (i.e. time, place, event, media, people) (0:33)

Search Tips

UC Library Search search box containing "global warming"Use quotation marks to search for a phrase. 

 

Search for "transgender AND athlete"Use AND to search for items with all search words in any order.

 

UC Library Search search box containing "wom?n"Use a question mark to search for variations of a single character.

(ex: search for "woman", "women", and "womyn".)

UC Library Search search box containing "cultur*"Use a wildcard/asterisk to search for variations of multiple characters.

(ex: search for "culture", "cultural", "culturally", etc.)

UC Library Search search box containing "voodoo NOT economics"Use NOT to exclude words or phrases. (ex: search for voodoo but NOT voodoo economics.)