Brainstorming
What are the most important concepts in your research question? What are different terms for each concept?
Gullah
Geechee
Sea Islands
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language
dialect
vocabulary
dictionary
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Think of specific and general terms. Could terms have changed?
Mitchelville Hilton Head Port Royal
Penn Center Penn Normal and Industrial school
Construct a search. Keep track, you'll probably try many different combinations

AND |
terms must be present, narrows results
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OR |
any of the terms may be present, broadens results
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* |
wildcard looks for different endings
dialect* dialect, dialects
diction* finds diction, dictionary, dictionaries
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" " |
enclose terms in quotes to search for a phrase
"sea islands"
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