Japanese American Internment - Research Guide

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1.  keywords:   fred korematsu

     refine your search:    author:  korematsu, fred

2.  keywords:  japanese american citizens league

      refine your search:    author:  japanese american citizens league

3.  if you know the title (leave off "the" and "a")

     title:  view from within
      title:  topaz times

     title:  daily californian (limit to journals/magazines/newspapers)

4.  researching by topic:

     keywords:     japanese internment

       keywords:     japanese draft resist*

* = truncation/wildcard   child* = child, childs, children, childhood, childish, etc.

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5.     click on the titles of relevant items, look at official subject headings, redo your search:

       subject:  japanese americans evacuation and relocation

6.     other examples:

advanced search

subject:  japanese americans newspapers
subject:  japanese american* interviews
subject:  japanese americans personal narratives
subject:  japanese americans berkeley
 

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