Truncation

Search any form of a word by taking the root of the word and adding an asterix.

Example:  feminis* will search feminist, feminists, feminism, etc.

Boolean Operators AND, OR,

Narrow your search using AND in between each of your keywords to find articles with all of your keywords included. The more keywords you search using AND, the fewer results you will have.

Example: gender roles and afrofuturi* and science fiction

Broaden your search using OR in between each of your keywords to find articles with any of your keywords included.  Use OR when you are searching synonyms/ similar/ related terms. The more keywords you search using OR, the more results you will have.

Example:  gender roles or sex roles or gender stereotypes

Phrase Searching

Putting quotes around your keywords allows you to search these terms as a phrase.

Example: "The handmaid's tale"

Example from the database Humanities Full Text: