EBSCO Discovery Services (EDS), provides a 
wealth of content from a variety of sources.  
When searching there will be times a search 
retrieves too many records to review. Or, if you 
are using a specific set of terms, the search 
may not return enough results to meet your 
needs. 
 
 
In this video we will highlight how to improve 
your search results using the limiters, 
expanders, and facets available to you.
View your current selections in the Current 
Search box. Limiters added to your search will 
display here. Clicking on the X icon removes the 
condition from Current Search and refreshes 
your search results. 
 
Begin to refine your results by noting that the 
Full Text limiter allows you to limit to items that 
are available online. This is helpful if you need 
access to the item quickly, but may filter out 
items available offline through your library. 
 
To limit your results to only resources available 
in your library’s collections, select the Available 
in Library Collection limiter.
If you are primarily looking for information that is 
scholarly in nature, select the Scholarly 
Journals limiter, which includes Peer Reviewed 
items. 
 
 
The Publication Date limiter can be helpful in 
limiting results to show only recent items or 
items from a specific timeframe.
Facets appear in the left column of the result list 
and can be used to narrow in on a specific set of 
records. Available facets vary by library, but 
source types, subjects, publication and 
publisher are typically available and valuable in 
improving your results.
To view results from only from a specific source 
type click at least one Source Type to update 
your results. Source type options include 
magazines, newspapers, reviews, conference 
papers and reports, but again vary based on a 
specific library’s collection.
When you have a very broad topic, such as 
global warming, the Subjects facet can help you 
narrow your results by searching for other terms 
commonly used to describe similar records. 
This will help focus your research, and when 
used with the Publication Date limiter, can 
provide information on which topics are currently 
popular in the research literature.
 
The Publication list provides an overview of the 
key journals, magazines or other source types 
in your topic area and allows you to quickly filter 
your results to one or more publications.  
 
 
If the Publication facet is too specific, or if you 
are not familiar enough with the publications 
listed, you may find that limiting by Publisher is 
useful. 
 
 
The Publisher facet allows you to see an 
article's list of the included journals, magazines 
or other sources that are provided by a specific 
publisher(s). Publishers often release multiple 
titles in a given subject area so you will get 
more results over relying on a specific title.
As you update your results and change the 
parameters, you may view your search history 
by clicking the Search History link below the 
search box. This allows you to select, and even 
modify, a previous search. 
 
At any time, click the Help link to view the 
complete online Help system. 
 
