Finding Articles and Ebooks/Books in Primo
Primo, the Library's discovery tool, searches most of the Library's databases at once. Through Primo you can search for articles, ebooks/books, media, and more. Here you will find materials the SUNY Broome Library owns and/or has access to, as well as what other libraries have. The latter can be requested through interlibrary loan (ILLiad).
You can access Primo from the Library's home page.
Library Guides
Searching Primo - Example Search - Finding/Accessing Articles and Ebooks/Books
- search for "Almost Everything"
- enter your terms in the search boxes
- use quotations around phrases; single word terms do not need quotations around them
- databases usually retrieve search results that include the plural of terms
- use the * (asterisk) to get various endings of words, e.g., statistic* retrieves statistic, statistics, statistical, statistically
- note: think of terms and phrases to use; some not so obvious suggestions:
- statistics, alternative, solution, debate, argument, issues, advantage, disadvantage, controversy
- refine results
- select publication dates, and other options as you choose, e.g., available online, peer-reviewed journals
- you can refine your results further, e.g., subject(s)
- sometimes one or two at a time, works better
- you can select, now or later, your resource type(s)
- at the top of the filters column, you can see your active filters
- the X will remove a filter
- or you can reset
- to see more information on a search result, click on the title
- if your search result is an article
- note the DETAILS for more information on your selection
- select a database to retrieve it from, then follow the links to the article
- if your search result is an ebook
- note the DETAILS for more information on your selection
- select a database to retrieve it from, then follow the links
- if your search result is a print book
- note the DETAILS for more information on your selection
- check availability
- note the citation tool
