Limiting by Library, Item Type, etc.
When using an Advanced Search, you can limit your search in a number of ways by using the drop-down menus that appear at the bottom of the search boxes.
- Library - Limit your search to a specific library or region.
- Language - Limit your search to items in a specific language.
- Item Type - All items in the catalog are given an item type. You may find this useful if you want to limit your search to a DVD or a VHS. You may find that it is too specific.
- Format - This also allows you to limit to a certain type of material but is not as specific as Item Type. For example, to limit your search to books on tape or cd, choose "spoken sound recording".
- Item Group - Yet another way to limit by type of material. However, whereas item type can be too specific and format can be a bit broad, "item groups" are customized groupings of item types that can be created upon request.
- Location - This lists all of the shelving locations throughout the system and is useful for locating an item, but is not very useful when searching.
- Item Category 1 - This is a decent way of limiting your search to a specific genre or to non-fiction or fiction.
- Item Category 2 - Use this to limit your search to either Adult, Children's, or Young Adult material.
- Pub Year - Enter a publication year to limit your search to a specific year of publication. You can use greater than ">" or less than "<" symbols.
- Sort Results By - The default sort is by "Reverse Pub Year" which lists newer results first. You can sort by author, title, or subject as well. (NOTE: If your search retrieves more than 400 results, they will not be sorted in any discernable fashion. System resources require us to set this limit).