Many EBSCO databases, such as Academic Search Premier and America: History & LIfe, are included in Discover, as is JSTOR. Discover Advanced Search includes limiting options.
Begin by searching the Five College Library Catalog using SUBJECT BEGINS WITH or the ADVANCED SEARCH.
Try the following terms as aubject phrases or use in subject keyword searching:
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[topic] - Law and legislation Public welfare - United States Emigration and immigration -- United States Sex discrimination in education Adoption -- United States Transgender youth -- Education -- United States Abortion -- Law and legislation |
Example Search - ADVANCED screen
With Keyword searching you can create (boxes) for your concepts, using parentheses. Here are simple and complex examples:
("birth control" or contracept*) and (legal or law or legislat*) and "united states"
(lesbian* or gay or gays or lgbt* or homosexual*) and (legal or law or laws or legislation) and (rights or discriminat*) and "united states"
(medicaid or schip or chip) and (immigra* or aliens) and (mother* or families or family or children)
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