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HIST 150: Gandhi in the World (Fall 2025)

Tips

  • Select databases based on the types of resources you need.
    • Newspapers? use newspaper databases
    • Letters? look for compiled published volumes in the catalog. 
    • Personal papers and publications? Look in the catalog and worldcat
    • Government materials? Look at scanned government records databases
  • Keep it simple!
    • only use a few keywords at a time.
      • EX Gandi AND education 
  • Let the databases do the work
    • use limiters to limit to specific time periods, limit by content, etc.
  • Consider language being used at the time
    • terms change over time, so a 21st century term won't be used in the early 20th century.
  • Start with Secondary sources -- they will tell you which keywords to use, where to look for sources, etc