General Tips on Searching in CLIO for Books and Book Chapters
- Basic Search Tools for CLIO and Other Databases
- Reference works or statistical publications -- in print or electronic
- Combine name of country or language or ethnic group as “Subject” -OR- use terms such as: " African American* " ...AND... another term as a “Subject”….such as:
bibliography | handbooks | statistics | atlas -or- maps
biography | congresses | dictionaries | grammar
- Historical sources—published
- Combine name of country or language or ethnic group as “Subject” -OR- use terms such as: " African American* ", "African diaspora", "Black power", Pan-Africanism, Internationalism, and/or with “Subject” keywords, such as:
“description and travel” | history | “personal narratives” | sources
- Colonial government publications
Search [name of the colonial territory], Great Britain Colonial Office, France, etc. as “Author” or “All Fields”
- Literary works and the arts
- Search by author or title …or combine [name of country] or [name of language] as “Subject” with:
literature | drama | fiction | poetry | criticism
- Exceptions….African literature (English) ; African literature (French) ;
"African diaspora in literature" ; "American literature African American authors" ;
"African Americans in literature" ; "South African literature" ; "Nigerian literature"
- Search as "Subject":
art | artists | poets | music | musicians | composers | singers | jazz
-and- combine with [name of country]