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Setting Limits

Looking for something in the Windward Community College Library? Got to have something published within the last five years? Need a video? Want something written in Chinese?

These are examples of situations in which you will want to Set Limits on your search.

You can limit your searches by:

Note: Limits will work only on Keyword and Title searches.

There are several ways to set limits on your search:

Depicts the "Quick Limit" menu

Use the Quick Limit Menu from the Basic Search or Title List screens to limit your new search results to one of the listed options.

Depicts the "Search Limits" button

Use this Search Limits button on the Guided Search screen to set one or more limits before you begin a search. This button will take you to the Search Limits screen.

Depicts the "Limit these results" button

Use this Limit These Results button on the Title List screen to apply limits to the list of items found with your last search. Clicking on this button will take you to the Search Limits screen.

Search Limits Screen

Let's take a look at how to use the Search Limits Screen.

Scroll up to the top of the frame on the right and click the Hawaii Voyager banner:

Depicts clicking on the "Hawaii Voyager Banner"

Click on the Search Limits button:

Depicts the Search Limits button

Take a look at the Set Limits screen.

The Setting Limits Screen

Date

To limit your search to items published during a certain year, enter the year in the left date box and click on the circle next to the equal sign:

Depicts selecting the "equals" sign

For items published after a certain year, choose the greater-than sign:

Depicts selecting the "Greater-Than" sign

For items published before a certain year, select the less-than sign:

Depicts selecting the "less than" sign

For items published between two years, enter the beginning year the left date box, click on the circle next to Range, and enter the ending year in the right date box:

depicts setting a date range limit

Language, Format & Location

To select language, format, and location, highlight the desired choice by clicking on it. Use the down arrow to scroll through the choices in each list:

Depicts the scroll bar on the locations list

For Windward CC items, scroll to the last choice in the Location list.

After making your selection, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the gray Set Limits button:

Depicts the "set limits" button

When limits are in effect, you will see this notice:

Search limits are in effect!

You are done with the Step-By-Step guide.

If you have any questions about using Hawaii Voyager, please ask a librarian for assistance.

Press the right arrow below to return to the WCC Home Page.

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