Facets appear to the left of the search results.
Held by Library: limits the search to collections in one of three library levels – home institution, Quebec academic libraries or international libraries.
Format: limits the search to predefined document types (book, article, video, periodical/review, sound recording, etc.). Multiple document types can be selected.
Content Type: limits the search to certain types of content (scientific paper, open access publication).
Publication Year: limits the search to a specific date or range of dates.
Language: limits the search to a specific language (i.e.: English items only).
Topic: limits the search to a specific topic.
Author/Creator: limits the search to a specific author or creator.
For more information on facets, click here.
Search results may be sorted by relevance. One of Sofia’s unique features is to provide three types of relevance sorting:
Best match: priority is given to the number of times the word appears in the record. Items where the keyword appears most often come up first in the results list.
Recency: priority is given to the publication date of items. However, the date is not the only sorting criteria. Do not confuse it with sorting by date (most recent).
Library: priority is given to items from the user’s library collection.
Author (A to Z): search results are sorted by alphabetical order according to the author’s family name and given name.
Date (newest first): search results are sorted according to the publication date of the item (most recent to oldest).
Date (oldest first): search results are sorted according to the publication date of the item (oldest to the most recent).
Most widely held: search results are sorted according to the number of international libraries that hold the item. The most held item is ranked first, and the least held is ranked last.
Title (A-Z): search results are sorted by alphabetical order by title.
A section of Sofia is dedicated to locating documents placed in course reserves. The link is located in the upper left corner.
This section usually includes recommended or mandatory material for a course. You may find items with the following criteria:
Click on the course to view related material. The item’s location, call number and description are displayed.
