OneSearch - Highlights

The default for search results in OneSearch is by relevance. 

When results are sorted by Relevance it means that the results that most closely match up with the keywords you used to search OneSearch are displayed first.  You can also choose to sort your results by Date Newest (results from more recent publications will display first) or by Date Oldest (results from older publications will display first).

Find information about the different materials that you retrieve

Since OneSearch will retrieve records for a variety of materials included in the library's collections, you may notice journal articles, books, and eBooks included in your results list.

Each item in the results will have a label above the title letting you know what type of source it is:

If the source is a peer-reviewed article, that information will be included by the source type label:

To access the full text of an article or ebook, click on the "Access Options" drop-down menu. If only one option is available, the "Access Options" menu will say "Access now."

For print books and media items (like DVDs) housed in the library, you will see the information needed to locate the item, and the Access Options menu will take you to the catalog where you can place a hold on the item.

Use the Filter Options to Refine Your Search

Take advantage of simple ways to refine your search! 

Filter Bar

After you conduct your search, you can use the filtering options underneath the search bar to narrow your results. Some filtering options, like peer-reviewed, are turned on simply by clicking the button. "All time" is a drop-down menu allowing you to filter by publication date ranges. To see all of the filtering options, select "All Filters." 

Some of the additional filter menus in "All Filters":

Check boxes

Use the check boxes at the top of the "All Filters" menu to limit your results by availability, location, and peer reviewed. "Available at UAS" will limit your results to both physical (print, DVD) and online sources available through UAS. "Online full text" will limit results to online sources only, and "Alaska Library Catalog only" will limit results to books, ebooks, and DVDs in the library catalog.

Source Types

Use the source type menu to limit your results to certain types of sources, like ebooks, academic journals, news, magazines, and more.

Subjects

Expand the Subject menu to limit your results to sources that have been assigned specific subjects related to your search topic: