For this annotated bibliography, you will investigate a topic of interest in the history of religions in America in more detail.
You will need secondary sources on your chosen topic.
This guide should help you begin locating these sources.
Search systems are computer programs based on mathematical equations and programmed rules. But those of us who do enough searching know, the more comfort you have with a system, the more you get to know its idiosyncrasies and the art of searching that specific system.
Centuries is a broad way to search for a time period. Just be sure to include both the numeric and the alphabetic spellings. For example: ("20th century" OR "twentieth century").
You can also use widely agreed-upon eras scholars use to discuss a time period. Here are some to consider:
Sometimes flexibility in a search is helpful. Truncation allows you to search for a term and variant spellings of that term. Sometimes this opens up words you don't want to include, however, so if you start getting For example, -ism, -s.
Sometimes this opens up words you don't want to include, however, so if you start seeing results that aren't what you are looking for, you could add a NOT to your search. For example, Puritan* NOT puritanical
Additionally, various scholars throughout history have employed different terminology to describe groups of people. Some are widely used by the populations they describe, and some are not. As you research, take note of these terms and consider how adding them to your search string (or not) will change the results you get. For example:
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