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HIST 212: The Long History of Christian Ireland (Spring 2025)

Finding Articles

Tips

  • Pick your database wisely. 
    • Which is the best fit? Our history database, religion database, multidisciplinary database?
  • Pick your keywords carefully
    • what is your topic? What keywords should you use?
    • Only pick a few search terms, maybe 3.
    • Use Boolean
  • Limit to peer review
  • If you find an interesting article, look at the citations to find similar works.
    • search the title in googlescholar to see who has cited the work after it was published

Key Databases for Peer Reviewed Articles

Examples

  • early monasticism in Ireland
    • (Ireland OR irish) AND monasticism 
  • Irish women during the Reformation
    • (Ireland OR irish) AND Reformation AND women
  • Ireland during the Crusades
    • Ireland AND crusades
  • Protestants in Belfast during The Troubles
    • Protestants AND Belfast AND Troubles

 

I suggest trying each search in multiple databases to see what comes up in each.