Research 101

Limiters are found on the Advanced Search and Results pages:

• full text, peer-reviewed, scholarly, academic research, publication date, source type, language, subject, document type

Field Limiters are in the dropdown to the right of the advanced search boxes:

• applied when setting up a search

• used to limit to specific fields in the item record, e.g. literature reviews, by author or title, date, etc. 

ABI/INFORM has special limiters in advanced search:

• look up business-specific information by NAICS code, Classification code, Location, and Person.

CINAHL has special limiters: 

• age, gender, first author is a nurse
• evidence-based practice, clinical queries and randomized controlled trials, human or animal subjects, age group (ranging from fetus to adult)

Business Source Elite has special limiters:

• product name, company/entity, ticker symbol, NAICS/Industry code, DUNS number

Proquest Central has limiters for:

• Document Type, Source Type and Language

Proquest Central has special limiters under Browse that include:

• Industry and Market Research, Commodity Reports, Company Reports, Career Resources and Study Paths