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Ms Mueller - Eng 101 - Fall 2025: Improve Your Search Results

Sebastien Wiertz's image entitled Change taken on September 23, 2012Too many results?? Set some limits! 
Change your search strategy to change your results! How?

  • Full Text
  • Set a date range
  • Specify a source type
  • Set a page minimum/maximum
  • Change your search terms

Set basic search limits in the Gale databases.

Screenshot of Gale Academic OneFile database pointing to filters tools for revising search results.

Screenshot of Gale Academic OneFile database search results showing the filter for choosing full text.

Set basic search limits in the EBSCOhost databases.

Labled screenshots showing the All Filters button & pop-up window highlighting specific filters.

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