18. How to Start a Search
Focus/narrow
Indian movies
Pick
out most important words/concepts
India and movies
Find
your topic
synonyms for these words/concepts
Examples:
Movie
or film or cinema or ?
India or Bollywood
19. 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
20. Search Tips
Quotes
Use for phrases
“Indian cinema”
Truncation
Use * to find word variants
Film* brings back film, films, or filmography
21. Combine Search Operators
Use
parentheses () to organize them:
(Movie* or film or cinema or “motion
pictures”) and (India or Bollywood)
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