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HIST 150: Climate Change in Historical Perspective (Spring 2025)

Getting Started

Determine which databases to use for your search
Write out your topic
Identify key terms
Consider synonyms or variants
construct boolean searches
Revise based on initial search results

Examples

Ancestral Puebloan civilization and climate change
- articles: Pueblo* AND climate
- books Pueblo* AND climate /. Pueblo* AND climate AND (ancest* OR ancient)
The Dust Bowl
- articles: "Dust Bowl". / "Dust Bowl" AND (environ* OR "climate change")
- books "Dust Bowl" AND (environ* OR "climate change")
Architecture/infrastructure and climate change
- articles: "climate change" AND architecture. /. "climate change" AND infrastructure
- books "climate change" AND architecture
Archaeology and historical climatology
- articles Archaeology AND climatology
- books Archaeology AND climatology AND "Climate change"
Disease and climate
- articles Disease and climate
- books Disease and climate. /. Disease* and "climate change"
Art and climate history
- articles Art AND "climate change"
- books Art AND "climate change"
Climate change and the rural South (climate change denial, sea level rise, etc.)
- articles Climate AND rural AND South /. Climate AND rural AND carolina
- books ("Climate change" AND South) AND su:("united states")
Climate justice and inequality
- articles Climate AND justice AND inequality
- books Climate AND justice AND inequality
Climate litigation and the SCOTUS
- articles Climate AND "supreme court"
- books Climate AND "supreme court"
French Revolution and the Little Ice Age
- articles "French revolution" AND ("ice age" OR "climate change" OR "climate changes")
- books "French revolution" AND ("ice age" OR "climate change" OR "climate changes")
Climate change in music/pop culture
- articles "Climate change" AND ("popular culture" OR "pop culture" OR music)
- books "Climate change" AND ("popular culture" OR "pop culture" OR music)
Medieval Warm Period and Viking migration
- articles Viking* AND migration* AND (climate OR "warm period")
- books Viking* AND (climate OR "warm period"). [search in WorldCat too for more]
Agriculture and climate change, Green Revolution
- articles ("Green Revolution" AND climate)
- books: "Green Revolution" AND history

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