FYS: Performing the Unknown (2022)

What to Look For

People:

• Biographical information
  Search by name. If you get too many results, try adding the word biography, or limiting to reference sources only.
• Interviews
  Example of key word search:  Alan Alda Interview

Topics:

• Information about theatre companies
  Example of key word searches: "second city" improv* , compass players history
• Information about genres, methods or movements
  Example of key word searches: theatre of the oppressed, dance contact improvisation

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How To Search

AND, OR, & NOT (also known as "Boolean operators") help you combine search words, to find what you are looking for. Watch this video to find out how it works:

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Smart Searching Tips

Create a list of key words, and try different key words in your searches:

Who, what, where, when....topics, names and places are all good key words, so are titles, events or historical periods, genres/styles/other categories, expert terms.
Add to your list by looking for:

• Subject terms in OneSearch and other databases.
• related terms (actress - performer)
• synonyms (woman - female)

No results? Search more broadly: 

Try your search using fewer terms, or change to broader terms: for example, use the term prints (broad), instead of just linocuts (narrow).

Too many results? Narrow down by adding something:

Try combining  search words, using "and" in between: brainstorming and groups

Search Tools

Combine your terms using "AND":

Viola Spolin and exercises

Use the *  (asterisk) wildcard, to search several terms at once.

improv* = improvisation, improviser, improvisational, etc.
 

Use quotation marks to enclose a phrase:

"jazz music"