The South: Culture and History

Use Boolean searching in library databases to get the best results!

Boolean searching means connecting keywords with one of these four connectors: AND, OR, NOT, "".  Please avoid using common articles and prepositions such as a, an, the, of, from, in, at, in your searches.  Instead, try to search with only the most important words and link them together with one of these connectors: AND, OR, NOT, "". Here are some examples: 

 Alabama and history finds documents containing both Alabama and history.

Integration or desegregation finds documents containing either integration or desegregation. 

Prohibition not Texas finds documents containing the word Prohibition but not the word Texas. 

"Civil War" finds the exact phrase Civil War.  Your search will find only documents where Civil and War are right next to each other in every case.

For more on Boolean searching, please see the Crimson Navigate tutorial.