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1. keywords; variant word endings
cookbook*
* = 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. phrases; combining two or more terms with an AND
cookbook* AND "african american*" AND history
3. limit by publication year (what other cookbooks were published in the 1950's?)
cookbook*
date: 1950-1959
4. look at official subject headings; click on the heading or redo the search as a subject search:
advanced search
pull down the "any field" menu to "subject": cookbooks
subject: gender*