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- Drama & TheatreThis research guide was created to support basic and advanced research in Drama & Theatre Resources at Alkek Library including playscripts, accents & dialects, and media & streaming video.
Basic Search Strategies
Search by keywords and small phrases.
Maximize your keyword searches with Boolean searching. What's Boolean?
- And
- Or
- Not
Use quotation marks to search for whole phrases.
Use the database’s built in limiting features. Some databases have a filter for full-text or scholarly journals.
Consider truncation. The symbol used is usually *. Typing in
creat* will result in results containing: create, creating, creators,
creation, creatures, etc.
Try using the database’s subject terms. Those are listed in the database’s thesaurus, or they may be listed near the article abstract.
