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Library Resources on Popular CultureFebruary 6, 2014
How to Start a Search Focus/narrow your topic
Indian movies Pick out most important words/concepts
India and movies Find synonyms for these words/concepts
Examples: Movie or film or cinema or ? India or Bollywood
Search Tips AND
Narrows your search by adding more requirements India or Bollywood
OR Expands your search
India or Bollywood
NOT Narrows your search
India not Bollywood
Search Tips Quotes
Use for phrases “Indian cinema”
Truncation Use * to find word variants Film* brings back film, films, or
filmography
Combine Search Operators Use parentheses () to organize them:
(Movie* or film or cinema or “motion pictures”) and (India or Bollywood)
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