MCA 350WI: Women in Film: Welcome!

Welcome to the library guide for MCA350WI: Women in Film. This guide is full of helpful links, tips, and resources that will help you complete the assignments in your class. To get started, check out the 'Search Tips' box below, and look through each tab of the guide.

Below are some tips and tricks for searching in the libraries' databases and Smart Search. Each database has unique features, but these will work in most places.

• Enclose multi-word terms, titles, or phrases in quotation marks. This lets the database know you want those words to appear in that exact order.
  • "horror film"
  • "Black Widow"
  • "Pride and Prejudice"
• Connect keywords using 'AND'. For example, if you wanted to look for sources on women portrayed in horror films, you would connect your terms to search: women AND "horror films"
• To focus your search, try adding additional keywords such as:
  • Character Names
  • Actress/Director/Producer Names
  • Themes: feminism, female superheros, regency films, gender roles, etc.
• Use the filters on the left side of the screen to focus your results list. Under 'Material Type', for example, you can narrow your search results to just articles, books, or newspaper articles. Under 'Date', change your results to only things published in a specific date range.