Searching Discover

Advanced search is helpful when you have several unique aspects in a search. By using advanced search, you have multiple search boxes to help organize your search string.

Access

To access the advanced search, select the Advanced Search link under the search bar on the main library home page.

The link to advanced search is also found under the search bar within Discover. 

Filters are found directly under the search bar on the results page.

Online Full Text

This will limit your results to items that you can access immediately.

This filter can be helpful if you need articles right away, but it will also take away articles that you may be able to access through Find it @ VSU or  InterLibrary Loan.

Peer Reviewed

The peer reviewed filter will limit your results to items that have been peer reviewed. Learn more about peer review in our Evaluating Your Sources guide.

Filter by Date

To filter results by publication date, select the All time menu and then select the time range that you would like. 

If you need to filter results by a specific date range, go to the Advanced Search page and select Custom Range from the Date Range selection. You will then be able to select the dates you would like to search. 

Source Types

Filter by the type of resource you want by selecting Source type. Once you have made your selection, click Apply. 

All Filters

Clicking the All Filters button will open an expanded filter menu on the right of the screen. 

Active filters will display all filters that have been selected and applied to the results.