German

Recommended Web and print resources for language learning and literature research in German.

Research Guide for German Studies at UVA

Selecting the right keywords is important when you begin searching. Keywords are the most important parts of your topic and are necessary to properly communicate with the different research tools you'll be using. Here are some tips to choosing keywords:

vampires
zombies
Monsters
APOCALYPSE
DYSTOPIA
POPULAR culture
SYMBOLISM
MYTHICAL
ECOLOGY of Fear

Black Death
Disease
Contagious
contagion
Coronavirus
Epidemic
Infectious
Tuberculosis
plagues
Outbreak
Virus
Carriers,

Tips

Never use whole sentences or long statements
Nouns usually make the best keywords
Keep adding, subtracting, and replacing keywords you use to find a variety of results
Expand your list by using synonyms, subject terms, and more specific concepts

After you have chosen your keywords, you'll want to combine them to form a search statement. You can combine words using "AND" in between. Have more than one word as a keyword? Put quotations around it. This will tell the database or search engine that you using a phrase and not just individual words

Contagious AND culture
etc