After you enter in your search terms in CountyCat, use the facets (or limiters) on the left hand side of the screen under Refine by to narrow a broad topic to the specific item you desire. The checkboxes let you:
- Availability–Limit results to those at the library (for checkout or on the reference shelf) or available online.
- Found In–Limit search results by setting WHERE your search term is found: in the author, title or subject field. This is especially useful when searching the name of a person. If someone has written books under that name, then selecting subject will give you biographies of that author. Selecting the author facet will return books written by that person.
- Format—Limit results by format (DVDs, music CDs, ebooks, etc.)
- Location—Limit your results to a specific library location
- Age – Limit results by age level (adult, child, young adult)
- Language—Limit results to a certain foreign language or translation. You can also eliminate them from your results by selecting English.
- Tag—Check this option to limit and search subjects noted by both librarians and members of the library community, very helpful for broader searching.
- Place—Check this option to filter by the geographic setting of the book or film
- Publish Date—Limit results from a specific time.
