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.
Link to Library's Website
Note: This is a Long Web Page
This is a long web page but if you take the time to scroll through to the end, you will find some very useful tips.
Searching Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)
Some Searches and Strategies Using Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)
Starting from the Library's home page
- go to the "advanced search"
- (see graphic above)
- Primo subject search results for: You Can't Take It With You
- Primo any field search for: "you can't take it with you" (use quotes around the phrase)
- you may get a lot of results for estate planning, to help narrow these out:
- on your search results page, scroll down until you see on the left side "subject"
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
- sometimes one or two at a time works best
- (see graphics in search example below)
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
- on your search results page, scroll down until you see on the left side "subject"
- you may get a lot of results for estate planning, to help narrow these out:
- Primo any field search results for: "george s kaufman" (use quotes to search as a phrase)
- Primo any field search results for: "moss hart" (use quotes to search as a phrase)
- refine these searches:
- The following graphics show you how you can refine these two searches using the subject limiter
- the example below is for George S. Kaufman (you can apply the same strategy for Moss Hart)
- The following graphics show you how you can refine these two searches using the subject limiter
- on your search results page, scroll down until you see on the left side "subject"
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
- sometimes one or two at a time works best
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
More Primo Search Strategies
"you can't take it with you" (use quotes to search as a phrase)
AND
play OR theater OR theatre OR drama
on your search results page, scroll down until you see on the left side "Subject"
- for directions, see the graphics above in "Some Searches and Strategies Using Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)"
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
- sometimes one or two at a time works best
Other terms/phrases to try:
- use quotes around phrases
- "reception history"
- "character study"
- interpretation
- review
- "theater review" note: also just try review
- analysis
- criticism
- playwright names, e.g., "George S Kaufman", "Moss Hart"
Primo Search - The Great Depression
Primo search results for: Great Depression
- on your search results page, scroll down until you see on the left side "Subject"
- for directions, see the graphics above in "Some Searches and Strategies Using Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)"
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
- sometimes one or two at a time works best
Primo Search - Income Tax History
- Primo subject search results for: Income Tax -- United States -- History
- Primo subject search results for: Taxation -- United States -- History
- on your search results page, scroll down until you see on the left side "Subject"
- for directions, see the graphics above in "Some Searches and Strategies Using Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)"
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
- sometimes one or two at a time works best
Primo Search - Race and New Deal
Primo "any field" search results for: race AND new deal
- on your search results page, scroll down until you see on the left side "Subject"
- for directions, see the graphics above in "Some Searches and Strategies Using Primo (Library's Discovery Tool)"
- open up "show more" and select subjects that interest you
- sometimes one or two at a time works best