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Limiting a Search

Title, Journal Title, Keyword and Guided Keyword searches can be limited by Date, Language, Type, Medium, Library Location and Place of Publication. Course Reserve searches and all other searches on the main Search screen can not be limited.

You may limit a search by selecting one of the quick limits in the pull-down menu marked 3. Limit to (optional): on the main Search screen, or you may apply other limits (and more than one at a time) from the Select Search Limits page.

To limit a search from the Select Search Limits page:

• Select a search type that can be limited and click the button on the search screen. The Select Search Limits page will display.
• Use the form to select the limits you want to apply to your search.  
• You may choose more than one limit type, and may make more than one selection within each type. To make multiple selections, hold down the Ctrl key (the Command key on Macintoshes) while clicking on your selections with the mouse.
• To limit your search by Date, type the year in the date 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 1850, type 1850 in the text box, and then click the radio button next to the less than symbol (<).
• To limit your search by Language, Type, Medium, Library Location or Place of Publication, click on the appropriate pull-down list and select the limiting criteria.
• To jump to a specific section of a pull-down list without scrolling, simply type the first letter of your choice, and the appropriate section will be displayed. For example, if you click on the pull-down list for Language, and then type J, the list will jump to Japanese.
• To accept the limits, click the Set Limits button. To clear your selections, click the  button at the bottom of the page. 
• Search limits remain in effect until you click the button, or until you close your browser.

Note: Course Reserve searches and Author, Subject, Call Number, Author Title Heading, ISBN, ISSN and Browse searches can not be limited. However, if you have set limits and then execute one of these types of searches, NUcat display the message "Search limits are in effect," but limits will not be applied.