Below are skills some students may find useful in refining their results to find more relevant sources in Library Search.
| Skill | Beginner | Intermediate/Advanced |
| Refining search using alternative keywords | X | |
| Journal filter - including and excluding | X | |
| Subject terms filter | X | |
| Source collection - including and excluding | X | |
| Signing in to save items | X | |
| Sorting items in favourites with labels | X | |
| Turning on Library Search alerts (aka notifications) | X | |
| Up and down arrows ("citation trails") | X | |
| Reading a record - source and other citation information | X | |
| Opening up a record - Subject Search | X | |
| Journal search - searching in specific journal vs library search | X | |
| Library search vs database searching | X |