How to Find Articles, Ebooks/Books in Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)
Starting from the Library's home page:
- go to "Advanced Search"
Search for "Almost Everything"
- enter your terms and phrases in search boxes
- use quotations around phrases; single word terms do not need quotations around them
- databases usually retrieve search results that include plurals 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 possibilities: statistics, data, debate, issues, controversy
Refine your search results
- peer-reviewed, if needed
- publication dates
Select resource type(s)
You can refine your results further, e.g., subject(s)
- sometimes one or two at a time works better
- the X will remove a filter
- or you can reset
To see more information abut a search result, click on the title
If your search result is an article and how to access it
- see DETAILS for more information on your selection
- select a database to retrieve the article from, then follow links to the article
- note the citation tool
If your search result is an ebook or print book
Print book example and how to find
- see Details for more information on the book
- check availability
- use the call number to find the book
- note the citation tool
ebook example and how to access
- see DETAILS for more information about the ebook
- select a database to retrieve the ebook from, then follow links to the ebook
- note the citation tool
