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1. keywords; phrase searches (use quotes to keep two or more words together), variant word endings
muslim* AND "patriot act"
"middle eastern*" AND "patriot act"
islamophobia AND "patriot act"
"racial profiling" AND "patriot act"
residential AND "cancer cluster*"
"environmental justice" AND compensation
shellmound* AND berkeley
shellmound* AND "san francisco"
* = 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. advanced search
pull down the "any field" menu to subject: contains: ohlone indians
chinese california "gold rush"
japanese internment berkeley
click on subject headings that look useful: kitchen-middens california