Library: COMM 101 (Kahlow): Home

Keyword Tips

Identify Main Concept for Your Speech

Minimum Wage

Brainstorm Related Terms

Minimum wage: living wage, sustainable wage

Why is this important?: income inequality, poverty

Who?: fast food employees

Where?: California, San Diego

Advanced Search Techniques

“Quotes” keep words together; use for phrases or proper nouns ("climate change")
AND combines unlike words and searches all terms ("climate change" AND fashion)
OR finds either term; useful for synonyms ("slow fashion" or "carbon-neutral fashion")
The Advanced Search option in databases may make it easier to combine terms

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