## 3.5 Limiting your search

Nobody is willing to dig his or her way through thousands of results and assess each individual result on its relevance.

What can you do when you have too many results?

- Use more or different search terms
- Combine important search terms with the Boolean AND-operator
- Be critical with the use of the Boolean OR-operator
- Truncate a word as late as possible: truncat*
- Use filters to limit your results

Filters

Many databases offer filter options to limit your initial results. In this example we will show you the filters in the Business Premium Collection, but you will find similar options when using START, Business Source Premier, Academic Search Complete and other databases.

You first perform an initial search en subsequently click on one or more filters on the left-hand side of your screen. Using filters allows you to search for specific source types, specific date ranges, assigned subjects etc. Click on “More filters” to see all available filters.

If there is a “More” option in a limit category, use it!

Clicking on “More” will open a new pop-up window with options to include or exclude certain source types, subjects etc.