Limiting AgeLine Search by Year(s)

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Limiting AgeLine Search by Year(s)

The system defaults to retrieving items from the full time range of AgeLine coverage, displaying the records chronologically by year, with the most recently published items first. AgeLine records describe documents published from 1978 to the present, with selected coverage of literature published earlier.

Under certain circumstances, limiting by year can make your search process more efficient by reducing the number of records retrieved in your search and thus reducing the number of records you have to review to find what you are looking for. Limiting by year is helpful when you know precisely or approximately the publication year of the material you are looking for or you are looking only for current material or for material from a specific time period.

To limit by year:

Enter your search terms in the search box(es) at the top of the screen.
Type the year or years you want in the field labeled
“Year: From ____ Through ____.”
Use all four digits for the year(s), for example, 1998, not 98. If you are using only
one year, you may type it in either box or in both boxes.
Choose other limits if you want them (document type, audience type, and/or
maximum items displayed).
Click on the SEARCH button.

Using Only the Limit Results Fields to Conduct a Search

It is also possible to search using only the Limit Results fields, leaving empty the search box(es) at the top of the screen.

	*Examples*
	Searching only by year: You may want to find all of the AgeLine records that were published in the year 2000. In this case you would do the following:

At the “Year” field, type 2000 in the “from” box.
Click on the SEARCH button.

Searching by year, audience type, and document type: You may want to see all the general interest books in AgeLine that were published in 1999-2000.

At the “Year” field, type 1999 in the “from” box and 2000 in the “through” box.
At the “Audience type(s)” field, choose General/Consumer.
In the “Document type” field, click on Book.
Click on the SEARCH button.

The search results will be displayed chronologically, with the most recently published items first.

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