SuperSearch is a great place to start for journal articles, books and almost everything else the library has, in one easy to use interface.
For searching with more focus and precision, try one of the databases recommended on this guide.
Use AND to combine multiple concepts in your search. This will narrow your results.
Henry James AND gender AND race
Use OR to find different ways your topic could be expressed. This will expand your results.
Henry James AND
(gender OR femininity OR masculinity)
Use an asterisk * to find variant endings, or as a wild card. This will expand your results.
wom*n feminin*
Use quotation marks " " to search words as a phrase. This will narrow your results.
"Henry James" AND "queer theory"
Try a keyword search. Once you find a book that's relevant to your topic, click on the title and look for Subjects in the record of that book to help you find "more like this."
Sample keyword search for
leads to linked subject terms and more books related to this topic
Go to the Databases A-Z list and sort by subject to find additional choices.