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Getting Started Using the Library Guide

Searching

On the Homepage, you can search the Catalog or the Website.

Example: Searching in the Catalog

Type in the word "Healthy".

You will see that "4,600+ results found for Healthy".

On the left side of your screen, you will see "Refine Results". You can select any of these filters to narrow your search:

Availability

Date

Format

Age Group

Persons

Concepts

Language

Locations

New Materials

    You can "Select period" by:

         This Week

         This Month

         This Quarter

         This Year

Then click the  blue "Apply" button. Or the white "Cancel" button.

You can change "Results per page" from 10 to 20, 30. or 40.

If you click on the lock icon to the left of the filters, you can "Lock in " your search so that whatever you have selected will apply to any searches that you conduct thereafter. If you click on the lock icon again, it will "Unlock" it.

Example: Searching the Website

Type in the words for a specific database, "Reference Solutions". That database is the first entry in the results page.

Type in the word "Music", and you will see "Displaying 1 to 8 of 74 results for Music".

You can then filter by:

Event

Basic Page

Article

Landing Page

And by Category.