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HIST 4690/CRN 55540/PERS 2001: Pandemics, Plagues, and Peoples (Dr. Fromherz)

Key Article Databases for History @ GSU

Keywords and Subject Terms

When searching databases, try subject terms as keywords.

Examples might be:

  • Examples might be:

  • Pandemic
  • Plague
  • Epidemic
  • Infectious Disease
  • Quarantine
  • Black Death or Bubonic Plague
  • Influenza and other diseases
  • If you have identified particular individuals' or organizations'  names, those can also be useful search terms.
  • You can also try searching by names of events

And so on...

Important!!!

Databases may not use the same subject terms as the library catalog. It's always wise to look at any subject terms that come up in an article's record to see what "official" terms are being used and to get more ideas of useful search terms. 

Many databases also have a link to a "Thesaurus," which you can use to find out that databases' subject terms. Click "Thesaurus," type in your search term, and the thesaurus will direct you to terms which that database uses for that term.