{"id":82,"date":"2017-03-22T11:48:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T11:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ueflibraryscifor.wordpress.com\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T10:04:10","slug":"limiting-the-fields","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/queries\/limiting-the-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Limiting the Search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Search engines offer some easy and quick ways to limit the search results to more focused ones. These limitations typically include the <strong>year of publication, language, format or type, topic<\/strong> etc. If a database contains a lot of non-scholarly material, limiting to <strong>peer-reviewed <\/strong>results might be handy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/sheep-ga1e102820_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/sheep-ga1e102820_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/sheep-ga1e102820_640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some limiters that are not recommended. There is no need to limit to Open access publications only, since the university offers access to other publications too. As well, limiting to full texts only is not necessary, since the articles can be retrieved through other means than just direct links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Limitations can be added before or after the execution of a query. Usually, limiting afterwards offers more choices than limiting beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example of limiters. Refining results can in this case be done by limiting to something or by excluding something out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2017\/03\/limita1.jpg\" alt=\"A screen capture of a detail in a search results -page. Menu title: refine results. Several selection possibilities, where \u2018Subject area\u2019 with values like engineering or physics, is shown.\" class=\"wp-image-163\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch a video explaining the use of limiters and other database tools of the Ebsco database (1:52):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.ebsco.com\/s\/article\/Basic-Searching-on-EBSCOhost-Tutorial?language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2017\/06\/pglimitebsco.png\" alt=\"PGlimitebsco\" class=\"wp-image-398\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#8dd2fc70\">\n<p><strong>To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use limiters like Scholarly journals, Document type, Subject area or Time, if needed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not limit your results to Full-text and\/or Open access only<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Next page: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/refining-the-query\/\">Refining query<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search engines offer some easy and quick ways to limit the search results to more focused ones. These limitations typically include the year of publication, language, format or type, topic etc. If a database contains a lot of non-scholarly material, limiting to peer-reviewed results might be handy. There are some limiters that are not recommended. 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