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HIS 1307: World History Since 1500: Home
Basic resources for background information and research papers.
Libraries have lots of information. It can be overwhelming to find the right information for your project. So it's best to have a plan to keep you focused and to avoid frustration.
Having a search strategy will help you (see the Tools below), but as you gather information, you will refine your topic, and you will need to search for more specific (or general) information. Research feels like you are repeating yourself, but you are actually focusing in on your topic:
Helps you break your topic into keywords and work with others to generate synonyms. Use these keywords to search online resources and discover additional keywords, and those that don't work.