Library Guides: EN 1250: Seminar on Academic Writing (Kvidera): Find Articles

Search Terms

Try pairing search terms related to human geographic movement with a topic that arises from your reading of Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. See the example search below in the database Academic Search Complete.

Examples of topics relating to human geographic movement:

asylum seekers
belonging
detention camps
displacement
dreamers
emigra*
ethnic conflict
forced migration
home*
illegal immigration
immigra*
noncitizens
political refugees
refugee camps
refugees
sanctuary

Adding an asterisk (*) to the end of a word "tells" the database/search engine to find all variations of that word.

Example Search

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