Useful Subject Headings
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International agencies International Monetary Fund International Relations International Relations– Philosophy International Relations- Case studies
And –retrieves records containing all of the words◦ Example: politics AND Canada
OR –retrieves records containing any of the words ◦ Example: war OR conflict
“ ” -exact phrase◦ Example: “partisan politics”
*- truncation: retrieves all words that start with the letters entered.◦ Example: government* (government, governments,
governmental) ?- replaces one character in a word
◦ Example: wom?n (retrieves woman OR women)
NOTE: These apply to nearly all databases
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