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The Social Science of Cinema by James C. Kaufman (Editor); Dean Keith Simonton (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780199797813
Publication Date: 2013-11-29

Film Criticism
Film Criticism is a peer-reviewed, online publication bringing together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies since 1975.

Interpersonal Communication by Charles R. Berger (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9783110276800
Publication Date: 2014-06-18

Gale in Context: Global Issues This link opens in a new window
Current, international news and viewpoints on global issues and current events. Use this resource for background information and analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, science-related, and cultural issues.
Formerly called Global Issues in Context
OneFile: Diversity Studies This link opens in a new window
Search a subset of Gale Academic OneFile journals covering cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. Includes over 2.7 million articles from 150 journals.
Formerly called Diversity Studies Collection

News Discourse by Monika Bednarek; Helen Caple
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781441139764
Publication Date: 2012-06-28

Chicago Manual of Style Online
The online version of the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style, published by the University of Chicago Press, a guide that covers grammar, usage, and citation rules.
OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab
Provides writing resources and instructional materials for academic writing and citations.
Journalism and Media (Pew Research Center)
Provides nonpartisan assessment of the state of news and information, including how news is consumed, who is reporting it and how technology is shaping the information landscape. Key topics include news audience trends, social media and news, and the role of news and information in society.

Develop Your PR Skills by Lucy Laville; Neil Richardson
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780749459710
Publication Date: 2010-06-03

International Journal of Marketing and Business Communication
Features original developments and practices within the field of marketing, business communication & related subject areas.

Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new window
The online version of the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style, published by the University of Chicago Press, a guide that covers grammar, usage, and citation rules.

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BOOLEAN SEARCH OPERATORS
Once you have your keywords identified (2-3 is a good place to begin), you then need to connect them together in a way the database understands how to search. This is done using the Boolean search operators AND, OR, and NOT. Connecting keywords using these search operators creates a search string.

AND - narrow search, used to combine terms together and focus search results
OR - broad search, used to includes results that contain similar or like words, such as synonyms
NOT - narrow search by exclusion, used to exclude results containing a particular keyword

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Example search string
film OR movie AND thriller OR mystery AND archetype

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