TOO MANYRESULTS INSUMMON?

HAVE YOU EVER SEARCHED INSUMMON AND GOTTEN

WAY TOO MANY RESULTS?

2,717,009 RESULTS?!?!

DON’T FRET!

THERE ARE WAYS TO NARROWDOWN YOUR RESULTS LIST TO

A MORE MANAGEABLE NUMBER

THERE ARE SEVERAL

ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OFTHE RESULTS LIST.

FACETS

YOU CAN USE THESE FACETS JUSTLIKE YOU WOULD ON AMAZON.COM

1. REFINE YOUR SEARCH

GET ONLY STUFF AVAILABLE ONLINE

GET ONLY SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES

GET RID OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

2. CONTENT TYPE

NARROW YOUR RESULTS TOA SPECIFIC FORMAT

JOURNAL ARTICLEBOOKeBOOK

VHS/DVDAND OTHERS

3. SUBJECT TERMS

GET MATERIALS ONLYON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS

4. PUBLICATION DATE

LIMIT YOUR RESULTS BYWHEN THE ITEM WAS

PUBLISHED

5. LIBRARY LOCATION

NARROW YOUR RESULTS TOA SPECIFIC LOCATION

eBOOKSZUMBERGESTEELCASE

FREY

6. LANGUAGE

YOU MOST LIKELY ONLYWANT ITEMS WRITTEN

IN ENGLISH

USING ONE ORE MORE OFTHESE FACETS, YOU SHOULDHAVE A MORE MANAGEABLE

NUMBER OF RESULTS

QUESTIONS?ASK YOURLIBRARIAN

www.gvsu.edu/library

CREDITS

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachklein/54389823/sizes/o/SLIDE ONE