FS 101 Searle White Storytelling  

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Sample Allecat Searches:

keyword:   storytelling and (health* OR illness)

                storytelling and (education or learning or classroom)

                storytelling and (business or organization* or corporat* or leadership)

Subject Heading:  Storytelling

The Plot:    What if the book I want is in use/missing/lost??????

The resolution:  Go to EZ Borrow, and request a copy from another library!

Keywords

Keywords are the words that best describe your topic.   

Truncation finds all variant endings of your keyword: 

     narrati* searches for narrative, narration, narratives... 

Placing " " around your terms searches for the exact phrase:

"face to face"   "ship to shore"  "break a leg"

Boolean Operators 

Or finds books with any of your keywords: 

      storytell* or  narrative*

And finds books with all of your keywords: 

       dream* and storytell*

 And (Or) finds books with combinations of keywords:

     business* and (storytell* or narrative*)     

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