This document discusses how to use limiters in ProQuest Research Library to refine search results. It explains how to use Boolean operators, peer review filters, publication date ranges, language filters, document and source types, and subject filters to narrow an initial search on the topic of video games, violence and adolescents from over 1,000 results to 22 relevant journal articles. The goal is to illustrate different limiter options in ProQuest to efficiently focus a search on the most pertinent information.

1. SETTING LIMITS
SEARCH TIPS WITH PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY

2. THIS PRESENTATION . . .
• Will first illustrate:
• Boolean limiters, phrases, truncations
• Scholarly peer-reviewed limiters
• And then will illustrate:
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Publication date limiters
Language limiters
Document type limiters
Publication type limiters
Document format limiters
Our Starting Topic
of Research:
Video games,
violence, and
adolescents
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3. ACCESS DATABASES
FROM LIBRARY HOME PAGE
Select “Article Databases” and then “Browse Databases A-Z”

4. CLICK “P” FOR PROQUEST RESEARCH
LIBRARY
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5. ALWAYS GO TO “ADVANCED SEARCH”
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6. FILL IN BOOLEAN SEARCH BOXES (AND, OR,
NOT) AND LIMIT TO PEER REVIEWED
RESULTS
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7. 1113 RESULTS—NEED TO SET LIMITS
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8. DOCUMENT & SOURCE TYPE BRING
RESULTS DOWN TO 805—TOO MANY!
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9. ALSO LIMIT BY LANGUAGE AND DATE
Remember
to click
“Update”
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10. LIMIT BY SUBJECT
This is where you can really narrow down your search to a
topic you are most interested in!
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11. 22 RELEVANT JOURNAL ARTICLES
Notice our search terms are highlighted in the records
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