Hispanic Studies 490 - Senior Seminar, Fall 2021: Books and Articles

• mexic* mural*

In Sherlock, the MLA database, or PRISMA, use an asterisk to truncate a word and allow for different endings. HOWEVER, do not use the asterisk to truncate words in the HAPI database (you would run the same search in HAPI as mexic mural).

• "comic book"

Use quotation marks to enclose a phrase or words that must appear together in a document.

• immigration AND xxy

Use AND to connect words that must appear in a document

• "comic book" OR "graphic novel"

Use OR if only one word (or set of words) must appear in a document

• miguel garrido gallardo NOT quijote

Use NOT to exclude words or terms from a search

(Combining search terms with AND, OR, NOT is called Boolean searching. There is an explanation here.)

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