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HIST 166 - Sea of Islands Pacific History

Basic Keyword Searches

For Google, Sherlock, and databases, there are ways you can construct your searches to get more specific results:

  • Guam AND Mariana Islands  --  Use AND to connect words that must appear in a document.
  • Rapa Nui OR Easter Island --  Use OR if only one word must appear in a document.
  • mission* -- Use an asterisk to truncate a word and allow for different endings. For example, mission, missions, missionary, missionaries, etc.
  • "Pacific Islands" -- Use quotation marks to enclose a phrase or words that must appear together in a document.

Databases

Books

Subclass DU: History of Oceania (South Seas)

DU28.11-68 General History

DU80-398 Australia

DU400-430 New Zealand

DU490 Melanesia (General)

DU500 Micronesia (General)

DU510 Polynesia (General)

DU520-950 Smaller island groups

DU620-629 Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii

DU739-747 New Guinea

DU810-819 Samoan Islands

Reference Sources

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