Setting Limits

1. SETTING LIMITS
SEARCH TIPS WITH PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY

2. THIS PRESENTATION . . .
• Will first illustrate:
• Boolean limiters, phrases, truncations
• Scholarly peer-reviewed limiters
• And then will illustrate:
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Publication date limiters
Language limiters
Document type limiters
Publication type limiters
Document format limiters
Our Starting Topic
of Research:
Video games,
violence, and
adolescents
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3. ACCESS DATABASES
FROM LIBRARY HOME PAGE
Select “Article Databases” and then “Browse Databases A-Z”

4. CLICK “P” FOR PROQUEST RESEARCH
LIBRARY
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5. ALWAYS GO TO “ADVANCED SEARCH”
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6. FILL IN BOOLEAN SEARCH BOXES (AND, OR,
NOT) AND LIMIT TO PEER REVIEWED
RESULTS
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7. 1113 RESULTS—NEED TO SET LIMITS
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8. DOCUMENT & SOURCE TYPE BRING
RESULTS DOWN TO 805—TOO MANY!
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9. ALSO LIMIT BY LANGUAGE AND DATE
Remember
to click
“Update”
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10. LIMIT BY SUBJECT
This is where you can really narrow down your search to a
topic you are most interested in!
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11. 22 RELEVANT JOURNAL ARTICLES
Notice our search terms are highlighted in the records
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