Page 1+ and many of our other scholarly databases have an advance search option, with many useful features that help to make your searches more precise and retrieving more relevant results.
The Advanced Search page contains the following areas and options:
Search for - Allows you option to search everything in our collection, physical items only available in library catalogue, or journal articles only.
Search filters – You can narrow your results further using the filters. Each line has built in parameters that allows you to choose how your search terms will be filtered and compared against the other search fields. You have the following options to choose from:
- Any field - search by Title, Author/Creator, Subject, ISSN, or User Tag
- Contains - results that contain all words in the phrase, but the words may be in a different order and may not be as close together.
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- Is (exact) - Returns results that contain terms that exactly match the phrases specified in the query
- starts with – Returns results that contain words that start with the specified string.
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- Boolean Operators – are a feature built into the advance search. You can include the AND, OR, and NOT operators between terms and phrases in each search line. You can also choose which operator from the drop-down menu that is used between each line.
- Add a New Line – You can add up to a maximum of seven search lines with the following parameters: operator, any field, search type, and search box.
Additional filters: material type, language, and date range.
- Material Type – You can search all items or select a specific item type from the drop-down list: Journals, Books, Articles, Images, Sound Recordings, Video/Film, and Dissertations
- Language – You can select your preferred language from the drop-down list.
- Date Range – You can focus on a specific date range for your results. Depending on your topic and the discipline, we recommend your date range stay within five to ten years for the most updated and current information. For example, you should focus your research for science related topics only within the last five years as most information beyond 2017 is likely to be outdated.
