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Library Catalog: Limiting Search Results



Often when doing a keyword search in an online catalog, the list of titles that is displayed is quite large. Taking advantage of the Limit/Sort option in the Library Catalog will allow you to narrow those results to a list that is more manageable.

To use this function, just execute a search in the Library Catalog. Once you get the results, click on the Limit/Sort Results button. You will then be able to limit your search to any of the following options.

Options:

Language
    Choose from 12 different languages

Material Type
    Choose Projected AV to find videos
    Choose Diss/Thesis to find dissertations
    Choose Serial to limit to journal or magazine titles

Other options are also available:

Words in the....
    Narrow your results by combining your original search terms with a word from a particular field (author, title, subject, publisher).

Where Item is Located
    Choose from any of the Case libraries

Year of Publication
    Choose a range of publication years

 

Clicking on Sort Results by Year will display the resulting titles in chronological order (most recent first).

After making your choices, simply click on the button labeled "Limit/Sort items retrieved using above data." The resulting list should be more useful to you.

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