Research Guides: Primo Library Search Tips: Tweak Your Results

Tweak your results

Select, Exclude, and Apply Filters

To select a filter, hover over the filter and select the checkbox on the left side of the filter.
You can apply as many filters as necessary but be certain to click on Apply Filters at the bottom.

To exclude specific filters, click on the exclude icon .
These will immediately be applied to the search.

Remember Filters

To make a filter persistent through multiple searches, hover the cursor over the filter in the Active filters section and then select the filter's padlock .

To make all filters persistent through multiple searches, in the Active filters section click on "Remember all filters".

Tweak Your Results Options

Options	Description
Search within full text	By default Primo searches all relevant fields aside from the full text of the resource. Users can opt to search within full text by toggling this option, but be warned that results will be inflated and less relevant.
Sort by	Relevance: Primo’s closest match to your search Date-newest: Newest first Date-oldest: Oldest first Author: Alphabetical by lead author’s last name Title: Alphabetical by title excluding initial articles like “the”
Availability	Available Online: Limits search results to online resources Peer-reviewed Journals: Limits search results to peer-reviewed journals Open Access: Limits search results to Open Access content (freely available on the web) Available at the Library: Limits search results to physical items owned by SJU Libraries
Resource Type	Articles Newspapers Journals Books Reviews and more!
Creation Date	Input date range to limit results and click refine. Note that if you do not click the refine button, the date range will not apply to your results.