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Library Search User Guide

Filter your Search Results

Filter Basics

For all the filters, you can choose to either include or exclude specific options. For example:

 

The items type filter with a few of the options present: Articles, followed by Book Chapters, and Books. The box to the left of Articles has been checked indicating that the user only wants to see Articles in their search results. To the right of each of the item types, there is a red box with a crossed out check mark in it. If you select one of these, it removes an item type from your results list. There is both a Clear and Apply filters button below the item types.

 

Include: If you only want articles in your results, you would check the box  next to Articles, and click Apply Filters.  

Exclude: Click on the red box  if you want to see all other item types except articles. 

 

 

 

The active filters for the search. Articles and Peer-reviewed are selected. These two options are written below the word Active Filters. There is an X next to each option indicating they can be removed. Below that is a button called Remember all filters, and below that Reset Filters.

The Active Filters section shows all the filters currently applied to your search. 

Reset Filters: will clear all the filters you selected

Click the X next to the filter you want to remove

Remember all filters: will keep all filters, even if you modify the search. These filters will only be cleared once you start a new search. 

 

Filter options 

There are many filter options to help focus your search. The filter options available vary with each batch of results.
 

Limit your results panel showing all the different ways you can filter your search results. The options include Available online, Peer-reviewed, and Open Access. Below that there are different filter categories including Date, Item Type, Language, Subject and Databases. These can be clicked on to show the options within each category.

Sort by: Relevance is the default, but you can also sort by Date-newest.

Show only: Available online (digital resources), Peer-reviewed, and Open Access (available to everyone, including community members who are not NorQuest students or staff).

Date: specify a start year and an end year, and click Refine to apply.

Item Type: select what item types you want in your results. Options include articles, books, reviews, magazine articles, reports, videos, etc.

Item Location: shows you where physical books and other items are located in the NorQuest Library. If you're an instructor looking for curriculum materials, you might select Curriculum. If you're looking for books aimed at children, you could select Family Reading.

Language: select which language the results are available in. 

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