What search terms or search phrases put into a search box?
Building your research strategy: search terms and keywords. Examples and Tips:
Brainstorm synonyms, related terms, broader terms and narrower terms
Be bold! Trial and error work! Your search terms should evolve.
film AND poetry AND experimental
(Your results will include all three terms in the text because using AND leads to a Venn diagram effect.)
movies AND poems
film AND poetic
Quotes in searching serve as glue that holds words next to each other in your results.
"Barry Jenkins" and Moonlight and imagery
"Black Panther" and "Ryan Coogler" and "poetic imagination"
Picking Your Topic Is Research
Please watch this video from NCSU Libraries prior to your library session. As you watch the video think about your own potential topic ideas, and then answer the questions below.
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