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UCOR 1440-04: European Witch Hunts (Tracey Pepper)

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Term 1 and term 2 ( and ) Retrieves only records with both terms

  women and magic

Term 1 or term 2 ( or ) Maximizes results by retrieving either term

witchcraze or witch hunt 

Truncation:  * (asterick)  Femin* (feminine or feminist or feminism) Wildcards ? Replaces letters in the middle of the word wom?n

 Phrase Searching use quotes"witch trials"

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