ENVS 312: Black & Asian Foodways: An Exploration (HC)

Let's say you're interested in the role of the collard greens in Black or Asian foodways.

Step 1: Break up this idea into two or three main concepts. Ignore extraneous words.

• Concept #1: collard greens
• Concept #2: Black
• Concept #3: foodways

Step 2: Conduct an initial search with these words, and quickly scan the results. 

Step 3: Using information from your initial search, add synonyms, acronyms, and variant spellings.

• Concept #1: collard greens
• Concept #2: Black, African American
• Concept #3: foodways, gastronomic, cuisine

Know the logic behind your search

• AND gives you results that include ALL of your concepts.
• OR gives you results that include ANY of your concepts.
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Following the steps from the above example, you might decide to search:

• Search #1: collard greens AND (Black OR "African American") AND (foodways OR diaspora OR cuisine) 
• Search #2: collard greens AND Asian AND (foodways OR diaspora OR cuisine)