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SOST 298 / AFAM 398: Gullah Geechee Culture

This guide has starting points for researching some of your assignments

Brainstorming

Brainstorming
What are the most important concepts in your research question?  What are different terms for each concept?

Gullah

Geechee

Sea Islands

language

dialect

vocabulary

dictionary

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

OR

any of the terms may be present, broadens results

*

wildcard looks for different endings

dialect*    dialect, dialects

diction*    finds diction, dictionary, dictionaries

"    "

enclose terms in quotes to search for a phrase

"sea islands"