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DIGI210 Media & Society

This guide provides sources that will be useful when completing the MediaQuest assignments

Finding articles on your topic--popular

Finding "general interest" or "popular" articles.

Finding articles on your topic--scholarly

Finding scholarly articles on your topic

Searching tips for Ebsco databases

Try some of these advanced searching techniques when you are using EBSCO databases.

If you are searching for a television program or a movie, try a SUBJECT search or a REVIEWS & PRODUCTS search to get to the articles that will be most useful to you.

Screenshot of how to search for  media topic using subject or review search fields

If you happen to be searching for an individual, then try the PEOPLE or SUBJECT search, as illustrated below.

screenshot showing named person or subject search