Customise the results

Sort by - ordering the results

Results are sorted by relevance. You can change the sorting to date, title or author, but this is recommended only if you have limited results and specific sorting needs. Note that your chosen sorting is remembered throughout your search session, and saved to your account when logged in.

Personal preferences - subject and date

You can also customize your search by clicking [Personalize] above the results. Here you can choose your preferred subject areas in order to make your results more relevant.

This functionality also gives you the opportunity to boost new material.

 Expand your search

Searching Oria will by default give you print and electronic resources you have access to as student or staff at UiO or OUS. By choosing [Expand beyond library collections] you will also see resources that are not available online to UiO and OUS users, but can be ordered in Oria.

You can also expand your search by using the [Search in Full Text] functionality. Oria will then search the whole full text of documents (where it is available). This normally leads to more results, but a less precise results list.

Filter the results

Show only

This is a top-level filter where you can choose physical or electronic material. You can also limit results to items that are currently available on shelf. For electronic material you can also filter results to open access or peer-reviewed publications.

Resource type

If you are looking for a specific format, you can limit the results by resource type.

Creation date

You can choose a specific year, or a time period, for the material you are looking for. For example maybe you only want to see the newest books, or books from the '50s.

Location

You can choose to only see results from a specific library by refining by [Location]. 

There are several more available filters. Take a look to find filters for your own needs.