* Scholarly articles are generally longer, at least 8 pages and as long as 20 pages.
* Scholarly articles have numerous footnotes or citations in the text.
* Scholarly articles appear in scholarly publications, often sponsored or published by professional organization or universities
* Scholarly articles are written by authors with academic credentials in the field
Start by searching for the name of your film, then try adding to your search:
* The keyword "film" or "movie."
* The name of director, producer, or actor.
* The year the movie was released.
Wofford OneSearch is a single search platform that contains books, ebooks, journal articles, magazines, newspapers, audio, video, and reference materials. It is a great place to explore your topic and find scholarly resources, but it can sometimes be overwhelming due to the amount of information a normal search will pull up. Think of it like shopping on Amazon: you should tell OneSearch exactly what you're looking for using keywords and choosing the best limiters in the left column of your search results.
A good beginning search is the name of the film with quotation marks surrounding the name.
Our initial search for "Get Out" found over a million results. This includes any use of the term "get out" in any article or book, so we need to be more specific.
Let's add the name of the director to our search. You can also add the year the film was released or a character name to help return results that are about your movie.
Adding the director, Jordan Peele, to our search gives us 118 results. That's much more manageable!
One way to narrow down our results is to limit to only scholarly or peer reviewed journal articles.
To access an article, click on its title, then scroll down to the "View Online" section to find the link to the full text of the article.
You can either download the article or save it to your OneSearch account by using the pushpin icon next to the article title in the results list.
To narrow your results further, try adding an additional keyword that touches on the film's themes or plot to the search box at the top of the page.
