Biochemistry

Using Filters to Refine your WorldCat Discovery Search

Once you've completed your initial search, use the Filters in the left navigation bar of the results page to refine your search. You can filter by:

• Held By Library - The Library that has the item. This allows you to limit to books in Albertsons Library's Collection

• Format, including article, chapter, book, video, music recording, archival materials, audiobook, computer file, and more.

• Content Type, such as Open Access, Biography, Fiction, and Peer Reviewed
• Publication Year, which allows you to filter by the last 5 years, the last 10 years, the last 25 years or by a custom date range

• Author or Creator
• Subject
• Language

Moving Beyond Your Initial Search

Once you've done an initial search with the keywords for your topic, take a look at the search results and use what you find to refine your search.

Did you find the perfect book or dissertation - exactly what you need?  Click on the title of the book then look closely at the record:

• Scroll down - Are there subject headings that you could use to refine your search?
• Consider search by the author(s) of the book
• Get a copy of the book and look at the bibliography or list of references. Retrieve copies of the items that look relevant