How to Search
- Use QUOTE MARKS to search for an exact phrase: "Little Rock Nine"
- Combine keywords with AND to find ALL the words: sit-in AND Greensboro
- Combine keywords with OR to find EITHER of the words: sit-in OR "lunch counter"
- Put OR phrases in PARENTHESES: ("Martin Luther King, Jr." OR MLK)
Search Examples
You can copy and paste these into the Summon search box!
- "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
- "Billie Holiday" AND "Strange Fruit"
- "Little Rock Nine"
- "Emmett Till"
- Birmingham AND bombing AND church AND 1963
- Selma AND Montgomery AND march AND 1965
- sit-in AND Greensboro
- (sit-in OR sit-ins OR "lunch counter") AND civil rights
- "Freedom Riders"
- "Freedom Summer"
- "Black Panther Party"
- ("Martin Luther King, Jr." OR MLK)
- ("Martin Luther King, Jr." OR MLK) AND "I Have a Dream"
- "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Narrow (Refine) Your Results
Once you get a list of results, you can use the filters on the left to make your results list more manageable.
- Choose the type of resources you want to see: ebooks, magazine articles, reference, etc.
- You can also EXCLUDE sources you don't want: book reviews, dissertations, etc.
