Advanced Search is useful when you want to narrow down your results and search more precisely. It allows you to combine keywords, apply filters and search specific parts of documents - making it easier to find exactly what you need.

To create an Advanced Search:

 First do a Basic Search, then click on Options to the right of the search box at the top of the results page.

1. Enter one or more keywords describing your first concept in the first search box.  If you are using two or more keywords, connect them with OR. 

2. Click the down arrow to the right of  All Fields and choose a field to search, or go with the All Fields default.

3. Add keywords for your 2nd concept in the second search box and select a field to search.

4. Connect the first and second search boxes with AND.

5. To add more rows to your search, click the + icon.  You can delete a row by clicking on the bin icon.  We recommend searching for between two and four concepts (rows) in a single search.

6. You can choose to limit your search to a time frame.

7. Use the Refine your search options to narrow down your results even more - for example, you may only be interested in full text or peer reviewed material.

8. If you want, you can limit your search by Content type.

9. You can choose to limit your results to documents relating to one or more Disciplines.

10. Scroll down the search form to limit results to a specific Language.

11. If you are searching for items in the library catalogue, you may want to limit results to a particular Campus library.

12. The filters you have selected for your search will display at the bottom of the search form.

13. When you have finished setting your search parameters, click the Search button.

Depending on your settings, the search may take several seconds to run.  When it is finished, a list of results matching your search parameters will be displayed: