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Search Results


Viewing Records

The Search Results screen displays a list of records that match your search criteria.

They are displayed in brief record format. The brief record format usually contains the author, title of article, date of publication, and title of magazine or journal.

Items in red are hyperlinked.

Clicking on the record title (in red) will bring up a view of the full record.)

The full record format shows you all the information available for that item. It usually includes all of the information that was in the brief record plus the abstract, subject terms, and more.

Learn more about marking and printing your records.


Viewing Full Text

To see the full text of an article, if it is available,

  • click on the title in the brief record on the results list
  • click on the full text icon in the full record (see the image to the right).

See Simple Searching: Limiting to Full Text to learn how to find only full text.
See View Marked Records to learn more about marking and printing your records.

 


Searching for Similar Subjects

Subjects are words that someone who has read the article assigns to the article. These words are taken from a limited (controlled) list of words.

To search for other items similar to this one, click on one of the subjects.

 


Navigating the Results List

 

  • Previous: - View the previous record in the results list
  • Next: - View the next record in the results list
  • Search Results: - Returns you to the list of records
  • Jump to: - Moves to another record in the results list

Refining Your Search

The grey bar on the left of the screen recaps your search strategy and the number of records found.

In the grey bar, you will also see the refine button.

 

When you click the refine button you will see this screen.

To refine this search from over 1000 records to less than 200, we can add the word "web" and search for it as a keyword, or we could add a specific author that we know has written on this subject, or a word from a title that we know about.

See Advanced Searching: Searching Specific Fields to learn more about fields.

 

You can also limit your results to just the full text.
  • Change the "No" to "Yes" next to the "Limit search by: Full Text Only."
  • Click on Go! to execute the search.
See Simple Searching: Limiting to Full Text to learn more about limiting to full text.

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