Page 1+ has features a variety of options to Filter a Results list. Explore these options below.

Add Results Beyond Conestoga's Collection

Toggle this selection on to view records for articles, books, etc which are not in our collection.

This features is useful when doing a comprehensive search for systematic reviews, capstone projects, etc. You can request items not currently in the library's collection by signing in using the "Sign in to get complete results and to request items" link at the top of your search results. 

Sort By

Reorder your results according to relevance, date or title.

What does Relevance mean in Page 1+?

Page 1+ favors results that meet criteria such as

• Recent publication date
• High number of matches to your search terms in the HOLLIS record
• Matches to your search terms in the author, title, and subject fields
• For articles, peer-reviewed or highly-cited articles

Availability

You may choose from a few key power filters to view results that are

• Available Online
• Open Access
• Peer-reviewed Journals

Publication Date

Enter a specific date range to limit your results. Useful when you're looking for very current information. 

Source Type, Subject, Location, etc

Page 1+ allows you to filter your results to view a subset with specific features.

• Clicking the term found in a category immediately filters results by that term.
• Hovering over a term reveals checkboxes and allows you to add more than one filter at a time.
  • Select the checkbox to the left of a filter to add that filter.
    
  • Select the exclude checkbox to the right of the filter to remove that term from your search. 
    
  • Apply multiple filters by using the checkboxes and then selecting "apply filters" at the bottom of the screen.
    
• Remove filters in the Active Filters section at the top of the filter panel, under Active Filters. 
• Pro tip: use the "Remember all filters" lock icon to keep a filter in place as you run a new search. Note that a locked filter will persist across tabs and sometimes across browser sessions.
  

Personalize

This option---available via the toggle at the top of your search results, not in the "Filter your results" menu---allows you to personalize the order of article results by discipline. It's especially helpful if your topic is difficult to capture in search keywords. If you are signed in, Page 1+ will remember your choices.

Note: you may still see books in your results, but they will not be personalized.

Combine Filters

The relationship between filters depends on how you select them. The display under “Active filters” shows some, but not all, of the following relationships:

If you are using the checkboxes to apply multiple filters in a category such as author or location, you will see items from your original results that match any one of the applied filters for that category ( in other words, they have an OR relationship). Example: books OR articles about particle physics.

To create an AND relationship between filters from the same category, apply one filter at a time. Example: items on agriculture or farming that are in both Japanese AND Chinese.

There is always an AND relationship between filters from different categories. Example: items about particle physics that are books AND belong to Cabot Science Library.

Excluding a filter always creates an AND NOT relationship. (Use the red "x" to the right of the filter name to exclude.) Example: items on “ethics” that are archival or manuscript materials AND NOT dissertations.

Terminology Variation in Filters: a Warning

Filters are drawn from the wording found in individual records in your search results, and they are only as good as the data they come from. Due to variations in Page 1+ records from different databases, you may see multiple versions of the same subject or author name, and you may encounter filters that look good but are inconsistently applied. Selecting an inconsistently applied filter, or only one of the variations on a subject or author, will exclude all of the records that may be relevant but do not contain that exact entry for subject, author, etc.

It’s a good idea to select all variants of a relevant term. Often, the best strategy is to redo your search, using the words you see in the filter menus.