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Kathy Fester
Kathy Fester

The document discusses different sorting options available in ProQuest and EBSCO databases when searching for academic journal articles. ProQuest allows sorting results by date or relevance, with relevance being the default. Academic Search Complete in EBSCO also allows sorting by relevance, date, author, or source title. The examples provided relate to a search on the topic of video games, violence, and adolescents limited to scholarly journals from the last 5 years.

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SORTING OPTIONS SEARCH TIPS WITH PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY AND ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE Keep in mindevery Database is slightly different in their options!
SORTING RESULTS I First, using the results from the search conducted in the Setting Limits presentation, we will see ProQuest Sorting Optionsby Date & Relevance ProQuest databases only allow these sort options Our Topic of Research: Video games, violence, and adolescentslimited to Scholarly Academic Journals published in the last 5 years, with the Subject of gender differences, included. 2
22 RELEVANT JOURNAL ARTICLES Notice our search terms are highlighted in the records 3
SORT BY RELEVANCE THE DEFAULT SORT This looks inside the article for results that apply to your search 4
SORT BY DATE Most Recent first or Oldest first 5
SORTING RESULTS II Second, creating the same search see sorting options by Author & Source in Academic Search Complete. EBSCO databases also sort by relevance (the default sort)& date Our Topic of Research: Video games, violence, and adolescentslimited to Scholarly Academic Journals published in the last 5 years, NOT including the Subjects of gender differencesASC did not suggest this as a Subject. 6
SORT BY AUTHOR Useful when you have many results but need a specific author 7
SORT BY SOURCE Sort by the title of the Source, A-Zin this case title of Journal 8

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  • 1. SORTING OPTIONS SEARCH TIPS WITH PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARY AND ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE Keep in mindevery Database is slightly different in their options!
  • 2. SORTING RESULTS I First, using the results from the search conducted in the Setting Limits presentation, we will see ProQuest Sorting Optionsby Date & Relevance ProQuest databases only allow these sort options Our Topic of Research: Video games, violence, and adolescentslimited to Scholarly Academic Journals published in the last 5 years, with the Subject of gender differences, included. 2
  • 3. 22 RELEVANT JOURNAL ARTICLES Notice our search terms are highlighted in the records 3
  • 4. SORT BY RELEVANCE THE DEFAULT SORT This looks inside the article for results that apply to your search 4
  • 5. SORT BY DATE Most Recent first or Oldest first 5
  • 6. SORTING RESULTS II Second, creating the same search see sorting options by Author & Source in Academic Search Complete. EBSCO databases also sort by relevance (the default sort)& date Our Topic of Research: Video games, violence, and adolescentslimited to Scholarly Academic Journals published in the last 5 years, NOT including the Subjects of gender differencesASC did not suggest this as a Subject. 6
  • 7. SORT BY AUTHOR Useful when you have many results but need a specific author 7
  • 8. SORT BY SOURCE Sort by the title of the Source, A-Zin this case title of Journal 8