World History To 1500: Home

Finding information on your topic can take time and experimentation with databases and terms.

• Identify other disciplines interested in your topic.  Art? Music? Science? Archeology?
  
  
• Select the important words in your topic and use them as your beginning search terms.
  women medicine medieval
  
  
• Add related terms or synonyms to expand your results. 
  religion or buddhism or hindu or christianity
  
  
• Use quotemarks around phrases so the words are kept together. 
  "world history" "indian ocean"
  
  
• Look at the author's references and locate the ones pertaining to your topic.
  
  
• Request items from other libraries.
  

Hagia Sophia Cathedral

Start your research by looking for materials using WorldCat Local.

Just because you found the information on the internet does not mean the information is accurate and appropriate for your assignments.  You are responsible for evaluating the information you use from the internet.