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1. keywords; phrase searches (use quotes to keep two or more words together), variant word endings
"strawberry creek" AND berkeley
"east palo alto" AND gentrific*
"critical pedagogy"
police AND university AND student* AND protest* AND california
"pelican bay" AND prison*
* = truncation symbol/wildcard; child* = child, childs, children, childhood, childish...
on the left, limit to scholarly/peer reviewed articles; or limit to books, by language...
2. look for relevant terminology
"east palo alto" AND housing
3. advanced search
"east palo alto"
displac* OR redevelop*
"native american*" OR indian*
"domestic Labor*" OR "household employees"
"native american*" OR indian*
"morill act"
3. look at official subject headings; click on the heading or redo the search as a subject search:
subject: mexican american students california berkeley
subject: mexican americans study and teaching higher california berkeley
subject: peralta family
subject: ohlone indians
subject: africa description and travel
subject: university of california berkeley philosophy