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Modern Languages and Literatures

Limit By Language Searches

If you are looking for content in a specific language, you can use the Limit by Language feature within the KSL Catalog to find materials that are in that language. On the main page for the KSL Catalog, you will see two tabs with the main search bar: Basic Search and Advanced Search. Basic Search is the default, but to limit results by language, select Advanced Search.

KSL Catalog Basic Search and Advanced Search tabs

Once you are working in the Advanced Search, there will be an option to Add Limits. The default does not display the limits you can add. To see what the optional limits are, select Show Options in the Add Limits (Optional) section.

When revealed, you will find the option for Language after Location and Material Type.

The first option is to search for materials in any language. Then, English is first in the list of specific language choices, and the other available languages follow in an alphabetical list. You can scroll up or down to go through the listed languages to find what you need, and then select the language that you'd like all of the materials in your search results to be in. You can also add other limits to narrow your search results even further.