Limiters allow users to narrow the focus of their searches so that the information retrieved from the databases being searched is limited according to the selected values.
On the result list, you can select limiters to display under the Refine Results facet.EBSCO recommends the following limiters:
The three basic Boolean operators are: AND, OR, and NOT. They connect your search words together to either narrow or broaden your results.
Using AND:
In many (not all) databases, the AND is implied.
Using OR
Using NOT
Why use Boolean operators?
Limiters allow users to narrow the focus of their searches so that the information retrieved from the databases being searched is limited according to the selected values.
On the result list, you can select limiters to display under the Refine Results facet.EBSCO recommends the following limiters:
If you would like to limit your search results to a specific Content Provider you can using the Content Provider facet found on the Search Results page. The facet displays which providers are currently part of your results and allows you to update the results to a limited selection of databases. The Content Providers may be a single publisher who is providing content to EBSCO, or an aggregated database, which includes content from many different publishers. The list available is determined by your institution's administrator.
If you would like to limit your results to a specific publisher, we recommend using the Publisher facet available from your Search Results.
This tutorial demonstrates the features of the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) interface, including how to search for information of interest to you.
*This video tutorial was created by the video owner and is not specific to CCC, but the content gives you general guidance on the subject. Please contact a librarian if you have questions not covered here.