Writing 10 (Ramirez)

Use AND / OR to join search terminology.

• OR - joins similar terms / terms that get at the same issue - BROADENS
• AND - joins dissimilar terms - NARROWS

Examples: Using OR

1. Cinema OR Film
2. "science fiction" OR sci-fi

Examples: Using AND

1. "Motion picture" AND dystopian
2. Film AND addition 

Examples using AND & OR

Sample Search A

"motion picture" OR cinema OR film

   AND

racism AND America

Question: What strategy might we take if Sample A returns too many results?  How could we modify this search?

It is common to search for a specific phrase with "quotation marks ".  Most databases will recognize the using of quotation marks to search for two works together.

Examples: " "

• "American cinema"
• "artificial intelligence"
• "climate change"
• "California's Central Valley"

Phrase searching ensures that you won't be searching for the individuals words within the phrase, which could return a lot of irrelevant results.