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− | You can narrow your search by filtering the results by year, creator name, file type, or department name or degree (for Theses and Dissertations). Use the “Limit your search” menu (located to the left of the results in List View, or above the results in Grid View) to select how you would like to filter the results: | + | : You can narrow your search by filtering the results by year, creator name, file type, or department name or degree (for Theses and Dissertations). Use the “Limit your search” menu (located to the left of the results in List View, or above the results in Grid View) to select how you would like to filter the results: |
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− | You may remove filters by clicking on the “x” following the appropriate filter to the right of the Search Results heading. | + | : You may remove filters by clicking on the “x” following the appropriate filter to the right of the Search Results heading. |
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− | You may also customize how the results of your search are sorted. To change the sort order of your results, select your preferred order (Title, Relevance, Creator, or Date) from the Sort By drop-down menu: | + | : You may also customize how the results of your search are sorted. To change the sort order of your results, select your preferred order (Title, Relevance, Creator, or Date) from the Sort By drop-down menu: |
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− | You may also select the number of results per page (10, 20, 50, or 100) from the Show drop-down menu. | + | : You may also select the number of results per page (10, 20, 50, or 100) from the Show drop-down menu. |
===Browsing=== | ===Browsing=== |
Revision as of 10:34, 21 October 2014
Searching and Exploring the DRS
Access
It is important to know that browse and search results are limited to only the repository files that you have the right to view. Therefore, if you browse or execute a search before signing in to the DRS, only publicly available files will be returned. To search or browse all files you have access to discover, view, and download, it is recommended that you sign in to the DRS (see the user guide for Signing into the DRS for more information). Once you sign in you will be able to search, browse, view, and download a greater number of files.
Searching
General Search
The persistent search box (located on every DRS page) can be used to search all files that you have access to view:
A result will be returned when your search terms match text stored in that file’s descriptive metadata fields (title, names, subjects, abstracts, descriptions, etc…) or, in the case of text documents, in the full text of the resource. To optimize your search and improve your results, you may use some of these tricks:
- Quotation marks
- Enclose your search terms with quotation marks to perform an exact search of those terms
- Boolean operators
- Future development
- Wildcards
- Future development
Search Collections and Communities
Searches can also be limited to just a particular collection or community. Navigate to the collection you would like to search and enter your search terms in the search box to the right of the collection or community title:
Search Results
When you execute a search, the results of that search will be returned to you in either a list or grid display:
List | Grid |
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You can switch between displays by toggling the List View and Grid View buttons:
- Filtering Your Results
- You can narrow your search by filtering the results by year, creator name, file type, or department name or degree (for Theses and Dissertations). Use the “Limit your search” menu (located to the left of the results in List View, or above the results in Grid View) to select how you would like to filter the results:
- You may remove filters by clicking on the “x” following the appropriate filter to the right of the Search Results heading.
- Sorting Your Results
- You may also customize how the results of your search are sorted. To change the sort order of your results, select your preferred order (Title, Relevance, Creator, or Date) from the Sort By drop-down menu:
- Number of Results
- You may also select the number of results per page (10, 20, 50, or 100) from the Show drop-down menu.
Browsing
Start from the DRS homepage to browse Smart Collection files, Northeastern communities, and faculty and staff. Browsable content is displayed on the homepage under the Featured Content heading:
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Clicking on any of the Featured Content categories will return a list of browsable files, which can be sorted or filtered just like a search results list.