After beginning a search and returning results, there are many options to refine those results and limit by certain parameters. There are four "quick filters" available beneath the search box of the results page, as well as a full list of all filters.
Quick Filters
Full Text: Select this button to limit results to articles with full text, as opposed to solely citation information and/or abstract. This can be an important limiter as it returns only the articles that can be read/downloaded immediately in PDF or HTML format. If this limit is unchecked, results will include articles that only have the citation information available in Atla and the full-text will need to be requested via interlibrary loan. In the results list, full-text articles will have "Access now (PDF)" or "Access now (HTML)" buttons visible beneath the bibliographic details.
Peer Reviewed: Select this button to limit search results to articles from peer reviewed journals or presses. Peer reviewed indicates that the publication includes only those articles or chapters that have been reviewed and/or qualified by a selected panel of acknowledged experts in the field of study covered by the journal. Peer reviewed results appear with a yellow check mark icon before the title.
Publication Date Drop-down: Use this drop-down menu to limit results by recency of publication - choices of Past 12 months, Past 5 years, or Past 10 years. To limit to a specific date range, use the "Custom range" option under "Publication Date" in the All Filters menu.
Source Types: The most common source type in Atla is academic journal articles, but the database also indexes resources like book reviews and essays. Use the check boxes to limit your results to one or more source type, then click "Apply" to add these parameters to your search.
Advanced Search: Selecting "Advanced Search" will return you to the main advanced search menu and allow you to modify search terms, add additional search terms, modify Boolean connectors, or select additional filters.
All Filters
Selecting "All filters" button beneath the search terms will pop open a menu on the right side of the screen with options for all available filters.
The menu will indicate current search mode, expanders selected, and any limiters currently being applied.
Mark checkboxes for options that are immediately visible, or use the down arrows to expand filter categories to make selections.
For Publication Date, the down arrow reveals the option to enter a custom date range - a choice not available from the Quick Filters.
Filter categories that frequently have many options to choose from will allow you to sort terms and/or search for them. The Subject filter allows you to sort the terms by hit count (the number of items in the results that have that subject term) or alphabetically. In Subject you can also search the list of terms with an open search text box.
Filter Descriptions
Full Text: Check this box to limit results to articles with full text, as opposed to solely citation information and/or abstract.
Peer Reviewed: Check this box to limit search results to articles from peer reviewed journals or presses.
Open Access: Check this box to limit results to articles from open access publications.
Publication Date: Expanding this filter lets you choose from pre-determined recency categories or enter a custom date range.
Source Types: The most common source type in Atla is academic journal articles, but the database also indexes resources like book reviews and essays. Expand this filter and use the check boxes to limit your results to one or more source type.
Subject: Expand this filter to view subject headings that describe the topics covered by articles in the database. Mark the checkbox(es) to limit your search results to those subjects.
Publisher: Expand this filter to mark the checkbox(es) for particular publishers to limit your results to that those produced by that entity. This is a less commonly used limiter, but useful for increased accuracy if you know the publisher of a particular article you are searching for.
Publication: Expand this filter to select a journal or journals to limit search results to. The journal that an article is published in can indicate the focus or structure of the piece based on that journal's emphasis. Mark the checkbox(es) to limit your search results to specific journals. Like Subject, you can sort the publication names by hit count or alphabetically, or use a text search box to look for a known title.
Language: Articles in Atla are chiefly in English, but also includes works in a host of other languages. Mark the checkbox(es) as necessary to limit search results by language. This will be the language the resource is written in - the bibliographic descriptions will be in English.
Brief Record View in Results List
1. Articles from peer reviewed publications will have "Peer reviewed" and a yellow check mark icon.
2. Select the hyperlinked article title to open its full, detailed bibliographic record. Options for saving, printing, emailing and more tools are available from the detailed record.
3. Lists the author(s), name of the journal, and the database the article is found in.
4. Subjects are listed here. If there are more subjects for the article than what can be viewed in this brief record, an option to view more will be available.
5. When the article is available in full text, it will have one or more buttons to access it. The button may say "Access now (PDF)" or "Access now (HTML)" - in some instances, an article will have both options available.
6. If you are signed in to a personal EBSCO account, you may select the flag icon to save the article. Saved articles can be accessed from the "My Dashboard" menu on the left side of the screen.
7. Clicking on the 3 vertical dots (⋮) icon reveals additional useful options:
Cite: Select the document "Cite" to view and copy/paste the article citation in any standard citation format. Options are also available to export the citation to a citation tool (EasyBib, RefWorks, EndNote, etc.)
Add to project: Select "Add to project" to save a citation to a project you've created within your personal EBSCO account. This is a good option if you are working on multiple projects/assignments and want to organize your sources.
Share: Select "Share" to save to OneDrive, create a link to copy/paste, or email the article.
Download: Select "Download" to download either the full text of the article, or just the bibliographic metadata (the item record).
Full Item Record
Opening an item's full record reveals additional information about the article, including things like unique identifiers, notes, etc. Descriptive metadata terms are hyperlinked in full Atla records. Select a hyperlinked term to open a results list of articles that share that attribute: the same author, same publication, same subject heading, etc.
Options that are available from the brief record are also available from the full record: Save, Cite, Add to project, Share, and Download:
The PDF Online Reader allows you to read the article without downloading it first. There is a menu of options similar to those found in the brief and full item record at the top right of the reader. Two additional options are available via the Reader:
1. Search is not yet available, but soon selecting the magnifying glass icon will allow you to search within the full text of the article.
2. Select the headphones icon to listen to the article read aloud. There are options for volume, playback speed, and the ability to download an mp3 of the audio.
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