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Sorting Results

Results can be sorted by:

Relevance

Date - newest

Date - oldest

Title

Author

Things can be wonky with the Date sorts.

Try using the Creation Date limit and Resource Type filters first.

Then sort by date.

 

The relevance algorithm takes into account:

- more importance given if term appears in the title, author or subject fields

- the order of terms in a search query

- academic significance (factors include the type of material,

if an item is peer reviewed, number of times an item has been cited)