HIST 495 - Modern Imperialism: Using PRIMO to find Books and Media

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Example searches:

Use either Advanced Search or the Search bar above to choose between searching options via keyword, subject, title, or author.

Imperialism (Keyword)

Colonization (Subject Heading)

East India Company (Keyword)

India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 (Subject Heading)

 India > Civilization > British influences (Subject Heading)

East and West (Subject Heading)

Sandwich Islands (Keyword)

Hawaii -- History -- To 1893 (Subject Heading)

Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States (Subject Heading)

Spanish American War (Keyword, then limited results by genre: sources, this is one way to help locate primary sources)

Colonial Africa (Keyword)

Colonies -- Africa -- History (Subject Heading)

portugal colonies africa (Keyword)

portugal -- colonies -- africa (Subject Heading)

Platt Agreement (Keyword)

France--Colonies (Subject Heading)

Germany--Colonies (Subject Heading)

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• Try different groups of keywords to see what different kinds of results you get
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