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PHL498 - Independent Research

Other Search Values

Other Index Values

  • au: author search. Use last name, first when searching. Use = to search as a phrase Ex: au=Steinbeck, John
  • yr: year. Use to limit results for content published (or reprinted) within certain years. Ex. au=Steinbeck, John AND yr:1939
  • pb: publisher. Ex. pb:Harvard Divinity School
  • su: subject heading. Ex. su: Christian ethics. Official subject headings are found in the item's bibliographic record.

Where to Start

Welcome to the PHL498 resource guide.  Use the tabs to locate resources relating to the sub-discipline of interest. The first option when beginning a search is to perform a subject search for items relating to religion and theology from our library catalog.

 

Useful Search Values

Boolean Operators are helpful tools to expand or refine multiple keywords in a search. When searching our catalog, it is recommended to capitalize the operators. The operators include:

  • AND - a connector between terms. This shows how many results contain each the desired terms, resulting in a small result list. ex: eagles AND condors AND California
  • OR - an expander of retrieved results. This will generate a list containing all results lumped together for each term searched. Ex. Diabetes OR cancer OR america.
  • NOT - a value that excludes any unwanted results from a desired result set. Ex.chemistry NOT inorganic
  • """ (quotation marks): phrase searching, differentiates keywords from phrases, will search groups of text as a whole. Ex. "The Grapes of Wrath" or "organic chemistry"