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How much do you usually think about the search terms you use to find source material in databases and archives? This module asks you to consider how the methods and means you use to find sources affect what information you do and don’t see. By unpacking the assumptions made by you, the researcher, in your keyword searches, as well as assumptions made in how information is organized in databases, I hope you will more carefully consider the language you use in your queries as well as the affordances and constraints of different information discovery tools in the future.

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