Keyword search, the default option in most databases, finds your terms anywhere in the article record (journal title, article title, abstract, etc.). This search is rather broad and may return some irrelevant results, so you want to be as specific as you can about the choice of your keywords.
General Search Terms
Use film genre to be more specific, for example: animation(s), documentary (documentaries)
Combining Your Search Terms
Using multiple terms and combining them with AND will help you find specific articles relevant to your topis
Using multiple terms and combining them with OR will help you find sources in which different words could be used to describe the subject of your interest.
movies OR films OR motion pictures
You can combine your search strategies, for example:
(movies OR films OR motion pictures) AND (immigrants OR refugees OR expatriates)
Keyword search tip
To increase the relevance of your results you can specify that your terms should be found in the title or subject. Most databases have drop-down menus for selecting the filed in which you want your term(s) to appear.
In databases items are assigned subject headings as access points to assist users in locating the content. When you do a subject search in a database, only the subject headings are searched for words that match your search terms. Using subject headings ensures that all items about the same topic have consistent subject headings and so they can all be accessed with one search term.
Subject search tips
You may already have a citation for an article from your professor's recommendation or another source. This is how you would locate the article.
Method 1
On the UC Libraries page paste your article title in the red search box. If this is an exact title enclose it in quotation marks to avoid irrelevant hits.
If the title is short and/or common, add the author's name and/or journal title.
Summon, our metasearch tool, will return results with links to online full text.
You can also use advanced Summon search.
Method 2
Method 3.
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