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Movies Make History: Films as Primary Sources of American and European Histories, 1908-1991: Basic Library Resources

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Finding Books

Start with a simple keyword search in the library catalog to identify one or more relevant books. Once you have located a relevant item, you can look at the item's Library of Congress Subject Headings within the item's full record tab and follow the subject heading links in the catalog to find other, similar or related books.
You can also refine your results by using the facets on the left side of the screen to narrow down by format, language, or additional subject headings.

Try out these keywords and subject headings:

 

Article Searching Tips

When searching in databases, try these handy tips for better results:

  • Use wildcard characters.  If searching for economic conditions, type the word econ* with an asterick. That will return economies, economic, economist and any word that starts with econ.
  • Use quotes.  When searching for two words, quotes will search for the words when they're next to each other.  Thomas Jefferson will return articles with Thomas Payne and Jefferson Starship.  But when "Thomas Jefferson" is searched, only those articles with his name will be returned.

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