Question

You’ve identified some great resources of Gothic literature, but not all of them address the idea of female empowerment. The director helps you some more. They tell you about something called Boolean operators. The director explains that if you include the word and in your keyword search, you'll make sure the results include all the search terms you enter.

How could you use the Boolean operator and to narrow your search results down best?
Question 2 options:

Gothic literature and Victorian women


Victorian and empowerment


Victorian and literature


Gothic and literature

Answer 1

Gothic literature and Victorian women

Using AND requires results to include both the genre (“Gothic literature”) and the group you care about (“Victorian women”), which best targets sources about Gothic works that involve women (and so can address female empowerment). The other options are either too broad (Victorian and empowerment, Victorian and literature) or redundant (Gothic and literature).