UDLib/SEARCH
A state-funded collaboration between the Delaware Department of Education and the University of Delaware Library providing online magazines, journals, encyclopedias and training for all Delaware K-12 public schools
A state-funded collaboration between the Delaware Department of Education and the University of Delaware Library providing online magazines, journals, encyclopedias and training for all Delaware K-12 public schools
Some topics are about specific events in history, and those topics can simply be typed into the search box of a database.
Examples:
Some search topics require you to use the search tips above as we will see in the next set of examples.
OBJECTIVE: Examine the relationship between white supremacy, racism, and American slavery.
WORDS TO ENTER IN THE SEARCH BOX:
(“white supremacy” or racism) and slavery and (America or United States or U.S.)
In this example, we will see search results that contain either the phrase white supremacy or racism and the word slavery and either the word America or the word United States or U.S.
OBJECTIVE: Examine how the tragedy of enslavement was perpetuated through segregation and federal, state, and local laws.
WORDS TO ENTER IN THE SEARCH BOX:
segregation and laws and (America or United States or U.S.)
In this example, we will see search results that contain the word segregation and the word laws and either the word America or the word United States or U.S.
OBJECTIVE: Examine the central role racism played in the Civil War.
WORDS TO ENTER IN THE SEARCH BOX:
racism and “Civil War” and (America or United States or U.S.)
