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• VIRGIL: Choose a Module
• 1. Keywords
• 2. Book Catalog
• 3. Databases
• 4. Internet
• 5. Citing Works

VIRGIL 3.0: Online Research Tutorial

1.5: Combining Keywords into a Search Statement

In addtion to truncations you can improve your search by combining two or more search terms combining your keywords into a search statement with the word AND between them.

FOR EXAMPLE:

• Question: What is the history of film censorship?
• Search Statement possibilities:
• 1. history AND film* AND censor*
• 2. movie* AND trend* AND censor*
• 3. media AND film* AND censor*

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