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ENG 220 Secs. Y01 & Y02 (for Shepard) Spring 2023

Library research guide.

Searching Primo for Articles (Including Peer-Reviewed) and Ebooks/Books

Primo, the Library's discovery tool, searches most of the Library's databases at once. 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.

The following example shows you how to search Primo for articles (including peer-reviewed) and ebooks/books. Directions are also given for how to access these different types of resources.

Starting from the Library's home page:

  • go to the Advanced Search

Primo, arrow to advanced search

 

  • 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., controvers* retrieves controversy, controversial
  • note: think of terms and phrases to use; some not so obvious suggestions:
    • debate, argument, issues, advantage, disadvantage, controversy, statistics, data

advanced search box, search almost everything, use quotations to search a phrase, capitalize ANDs to narrow search, capitalize ORs to broaden search, use asterisk to get various endings of term, add a new line, search

 

 

  • on the results page refine your search
    • select publication dates, and other options as you choose, e.g., available online, peer-reviewed journals, articles, books

refine your results, show only, peer-reviewed journals if needed, publication date, resource type, show more

 

 

  • you can refine your results further, e.g., subject(s)
    • sometimes one or two at a time, works best

select subjects, apply filters

 

 

  • at the top of the filters column, you can see your active filters
    • the X will remove a filter
    • or you can reset

active filters, X will remove filter, reset filters

 

 

  • to see more information on a search result, click on the blue title

arrow to article title

 

 

  • to access 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
    • note the citation tool

arrows to database to retrieve article from, details, citation tool

 

 

 

  • if your search result is an ebook

ebook, arrows to select title for more information, available online

 

 

  • to access an ebook
    • select a database to retrieve it from, then follow the links
    • note the DETAILS for more information on your selection
    • note the citation tool

arrows to database to retrieve ebook from, details, citation tool

 

 

  • if your search result is a print book

book, click on book title for more information, on shelf print book

 

 

 

  • to get a print book
    • note the DETAILS for more information on your selection
    • check availabilty
    • note call #
    • note the citation tool

print book, details provides more information about book, note: availability, call number, citation tool

 

 

 

Link to Library's Website

Accessing SUNY Broome Library's E-Resources

When remotely accessing the Library's e-resources, you will get a SUNY Broome dialog box asking for your SUNY Broome (mycollege) username and password.