Research Resources for
Romance Marketplace Assignment

NOTE: Remember to come up with a list of keywords on your topic. Most article databases won't search for natural language or sentences, only keywords and short phrases. However, you can often combine these with connectors like AND, OR, NEAR in many of the databases (check the HELP screens in a database for more information about searching).

Think of as many different ways of describing your topic as you can to generate your keywords.

Example keywords:
WHO: bride, wife, groom, husband, fiancee, domestic partner
WHAT: wedding, ceremony, marriage, honeymoon
             social customs, anniversary, engagement, engagement ring
             marketing, advertising, market
WHERE: United States, southeast, Tennessee
WHEN: Twentieth century, contemporary, 1950's, the sixties, 2000

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