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SCRN3505 - The Vampire in Film

Search terms - Keywords and Subject Headings

A review of the difference between keywords and subject headings:

  • Keywords: terms for main concepts in your research topic/area
    • Examples - vampire, vampires, film, cinema, movies, also film titles such as Nosferatu, Fright Night, or From Dusk Til Dawn. You can also use directors' or actors' names like W.F. Murnau, Robert Eggers, Lily Rose Depp or  Bill Skarsgard.
  • Subject heading:  specific terms used to describe subject
    • Examples - Vampire films--history and criticism, Vampires in literature, Vampires in mass media, Spanish vampire films

 

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