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How To Use the Science Direct Database: Refining Your Search

Refine Results

Refine Results is located just beneath Search Within Results, and is on the left side of your search results list. 

Types of filters:

  • Article Type (journal, book, reference work, news). 
  • Publication title
  • Year
  • Languages
  • Subject area
  • Access type (open access & open archive)

Once you check off a box the search automatically limits based on those parameters. 

Related Articles

Recommended Articles is found to the right of the article within the article information page.

Related articles is a useful feature that brings up articles that should be on the same topic because either:

  • they cited the original article
  • the original article cited them