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.
Searching Primo - 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, debate, argument, issues, advantage, disadvantage, controversy
- refine results
- select publication dates, and other options as you choose, e.g., available online, articles, books
- you can refine your results further, e.g., subject(s)
- sometimes one or two at a time, works better
- 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 blue title
- to access an article
- select a database to retrieve it from, then follow the links to the article
- note the DETAILS for more information on your selection
- note the citation tool
- if your search result is an ebook
- accessing the ebook
- if your search result is a print book
- to locate a print book
- see DETAILS for more information about the book
- check if it is available
- use the call # to locate the book
- note the citation tool
