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HUM 102: Introduction to the Humanities (Cady): How to Search the Databases

Keywords

Database Basics

Database searching, the basics

When you're doing research on your artist, first try entering their name to see if there are any articles. 

Once you enter your artist, you'll get a results list. Make sure you check off FULL TEXT before you start looking at articles.  You also will want to look at Subject: Thesaurus Term to see if what social and art movements they are associated with. 

                                       

Reading an article record

You found an article you like! The record is helpful to you for a few reasons.

1.) It's going to help you with citations, so make sure you print that page.

2.) It has a list of SUBJECT TERMS tied to that article, these are perfect suggestions for keywords as you continue to research.

3.) To the left, you'll see PDF FULL TEXT and sometimes HTML FULL TEXT. This means you could print the article directly from the database.