It may be useful to investigate the strategies which can help focus a search more specifically. These strategies help to limit the search results to the information which is most relevant.
Some widely available strategies used to limit searches include:
| limit by date | - limits the search to a particular year range |
| limit by type of publication | - limits the search to a particular type of format e.g.
book, |
| limit by field | - limits the search to a specific field e.g. author,
citation and |
The types of limits may vary between the Library Catalogue, databases and search engines; the 'Help' or 'Search Tips' provided will explain what limits are available and how to use them.