HIST 100: What is Hollywood? (Fall 2023)

• Keep it simple!
  • Only use a few search terms at once, connected by AND
  • Example: "back to the future"
• Use nouns (people/place/thing/film) as search terms in the search
  • Example: "back to the future"
• Limit to books and ebooks.
• Use Boolean!
  • history AND hollywood AND women
• When you find a book on your topic, open it and pay attention to the subject terms!
  • There is a special subject heading called "Women in the motion picture industry -- United States -- History " that will let you find all 7 books we own on this topic
• Skim books to see why they are in the results.
  • Frequently there will be a chapter in the book that is of interest.  For example "history AND hollywood AND women" brings up the book "Classic Hollywood : lifestyles and film styles of American cinema, 1930-1960."  It doesn't look related at first but there are several chapters about women in the book.

If you cannot find any books on your topic, use WorldCat to find books we don't own.
The W&M Libraries will order it via Interlibrary Loan at no charge, and you'll borrow it from us without issue. 
Don't limit yourself to books just in our collection!