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MLSC365: Military History Studies

Finding Secondary Sources

Basic Search Tips

  • Place quotation marks around keyword phrases

"trench warfare"
"Iranian Coup"

  • Capitalize Boolean logic connectors (AND, OR).

narrative OR plot
"American Involvement" AND World War I

  • Click either "View all formats and languages" or "View all editions" to view all library holdings for a particular title.
  • Items at UD appear first in the list of search results. Other items can be requested via interlibrary loan.

Advanced Search Tips

  • Using quotation marks around phrases: “Lavender Scare
  • Truncation:
    • femin*
    • wom?n
  • Spelling: dostoyevsky~
  • Proximity Searching:
    • President N/5 Biden