Limiting a search is a valuable part of your search strategy. Instead of starting with very narrow search criteria--and possibly missing related items--you may want to start as broadly as possible, and then limit the initial broad search in carefully designed steps.

Note: You cannot limit Heading (subject, author, and call number) or Course Reserve searches.

To limit your search by a year, type the year in the Year text box in the format YYYY. Then click the appropriate radio button for the date range that you want to find. For example, to find all texts published before 1990, type 1990 in the text box and then click the radio button next to the less than symbol (<).

To limit your search by Language, Location, Medium or Item Type, click on the appropriate dropdown list and select the limiting criteria.