SEARCH
Chapter 3. SEARCHING
Adding a Year of Publication Qualifier
Use the Year of Publication qualifier to narrow your search to materials published during a specific year, multiple selected years or a range of years.
To add a Year of Publication qualifier:
NOTE: When entering the Year of Publication qualifier, enter dates as four-digit years; (i.e. 1975).
- Click the Expand Qualifier icon for the Year of Publication qualifier to expand the qualifier options.
- To limit search results to titles published during one or more
predefined decades, select the checkbox for each decade by which you
wish to limit your search.
- A checkmark indicates that titles published during the associated decade will be included in search results.
- An empty checkbox indicates that titles published during the associated decade will not be included in search results.
- Clicking a checkbox repeatedly will toggle it on and off.
- The Search (####) Records button refreshes to display the number of titles that will be returned by your qualified search.
- Use the Year of Publication text boxes to specify a custom
year of publication qualifier.
- To limit search results to a single year of publication:
- Enter the desired year in either Year of Publication
text box.
- Enter the desired year in either Year of Publication
text box.
- To limit search results to a range of years:
- Enter the starting year in the first Year of
Publication text box. Enter the ending year in the second
Year of Publication text box.
- Enter the starting year in the first Year of
Publication text box. Enter the ending year in the second
Year of Publication text box.
- To limit searches to items published before a specified year:
- Enter an asterisk “*” in the first Year of Publication
text box. Enter the ending year in the second Year of
Publication text box.
- Enter an asterisk “*” in the first Year of Publication
text box. Enter the ending year in the second Year of
Publication text box.
- To limit searches to items published after a specified year:
- Enter the starting year in the first Year of
Publication text box. Enter an asterisk “*” in the second
Year of Publication text box.
- Enter the starting year in the first Year of
Publication text box. Enter an asterisk “*” in the second
Year of Publication text box.
- Click the
Update Search Records button
to update the Search (####) Records button.
- The Search (####) Records button refreshes to display the number of titles that will be returned by your qualified search.
- To limit search results to a single year of publication:
- When the desired qualifier has been specified, click the Collapse Qualifier icon for the Year of Publication qualifier to collapse the qualifier options.