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Research Tutorial

Add Filters

Research is like online shopping. You can add filters to see better results.

Common filters:

  • Scholarly/Peer Review
  • Date of Publication (range)
  • Source Type

When searching in the library, you can add filters using the filter options below the search bar.

Screenshot of the search bar in EBSCO. The filter buttons below the search bar are surrounded by a red box.

To see all filter options, click on the "All filters" button. A side menu will appear with additional options.

Filter Options

In the main filter toolbar there are four filter options which will automatically refresh the page to update your search.

  • Full Text - shows only results that have the full text of the article available
  • Peer Reviewed - shows only results that are marked as scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles
  • All time - shows all results or those from the past 12 months, 5 years, or 10 years
  • Source Type - shows only resources of a specific type

Click on "All filters" to see more filter options or to set a custom publication date range.

Source Types

Under "Source Types" you will see different types of sources and the number of results that each one has using your current search terms and filters.

You can check one or multiple boxes to show only resources that are a specific type. Click "Show More" to see the full list of source types. 

Subject

Under "Subject" you will see the different subjects associated with the results of your current search terms and filters.

You can select one or more of these subject terms to narrow your search down even further. Click "Show More" to see the full list of subject terms.

This list may also be useful to help you understand what subject terms are being used by authors.

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