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Limiting by Location

Limit a search by "Where Item is Located" to select specific location/formats of materials.

Location/format designations are more specific than Material Types.

Example 1.
Limiting by "Where Item is Located" and selecting "Audio/Cassettes" retrieves

  • Cassette tapes
Limiting by "Material Type" and selecting "Records, Music" retrieves
  • Compact discs
  • Display CDs
  • Record albums
  • Cassette tapes
Example 2.
Limiting by "Where Item is Located" and selecting "Audio/Circ Videos" retrieves
  • Circulating videos
Limiting by "Material Type" and selecting "Videos" retrieves
  • Circulating videos
  • Non-circulating videos
  • Circulating DVDs
  • Display DVDs
  • Non-circulating DVDs

Caution! Limiting by "Where Item is Located" may unintentionally exclude items.

Example 3.
Limiting by "Where Item is Located" and selecting "Audio/Compact discs" retrieves:

  • Compact discs (on closed shelving)
but excludes:
  • Display CDs

To get both, change the initial search to Part of the Collection: Compact discs.

Example 4.
Limiting by "Where Item is Located" and selecting "Scores" retrieves:

  • Scores
but excludes:
  • Scores in Folio Case
To get both, limit by "Material Type" and choose "Music, Printed".

List of Locations for Limiting

Abstracts/Indexes

Archives/Special Collections

Archives Storage

Atlas Case

Audio/Cassettes

Audio/Circ DVDs

Audio/Circ Videos

Audio/Compact discs

Audio/Display CDs

Audio/Display DVDs

Audio/Noncirc DVDs

Audio/Noncirc Videos

Audio/Record albums

Audio/Reference

Batesiana

Bookstacks

Bookstacks, Oversize

CD-ROMS, Audio

CD-ROMS, Govt

Circulation Desk

Electronic Book

Electronic Journal

Featured Books

Govt DVDs

Govt in Folio Case

Govt Oversize

Govt Stacks

Map Cases

Map Cases, Govt

Microfiche

Microfiche, Govt

Microfilm

Newspapers

Offsite

Periodicals

Periodicals-Oversize

Popular works

Reference

Reference, Govt

Reserve

Scores

Scores in Folio Case

Streaming Audio

Streaming Video

Contact page author: Sharon Saunders
Date:3/9/2011
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