Library Instruction Winter 2009 Find Books and More!

Today... What Primo is and what types of resources you can use it to find What special features Primo has that can enrich your research experience Where to look when something is not in Primo

What is Primo? “LOVE IT. Much better than the current search system in place. Please make it the default one as soon as possible!” – Undergraduate student Primo is a search tool that allows you to find and access a wide range of print and electronic resources from a single search point – User-friendly – Has many unique and useful features (“did you mean?” spell checker, book covers, material type icons, facets, grouping, and sorting options)

What can you use Primo to find? Right now... Materials from UW / Laurier / Guelph – Books / E-books – Journals / E-journals – Government documents (online and print) – Conference proceedings

What can you use Primo to find? In the future... Articles, course reserves, GIS data, and more! Primo has the potential to add an unlimited number of data sources

Primo and TRELLIS: A quick comparison! Right now... Primo mirrors TRELLIS holdings In the future... Primo will include things that TRELLIS does not – like article indexing, GIS data etc. Primo is primarily a “discovery layer” Primo and TRELLIS have very different strengths

Accessing Primo

Primo main page

Primo – Fast Facts and Help

Primo – Sorting

Primo – Facets

Primo – Display features

Primo – “Did you mean?” spell check

Primo – Links in item records

Primo – Add to e-shelf

Primo – Saving / exporting

Primo – e-Shelf

What if something isn’t in Primo? Book?  Place an interlibrary loan using RACER

What if something isn’t in Primo? Book?  Place an interlibrary loan using RACER

What if something isn’t in Primo? Book?  Place an interlibrary loan using RACER

What if something isn’t in Primo? Journal?  Check the A-Z list

What if something isn’t in Primo? Journal?  Check the A-Z list

What if something isn’t in Primo? Not on the A-Z list?  Place an ILL using RACER

Looking for articles? Use the Library’s research databases – Quick search on homepage – Use the Library’s Research Databases page

Finding course reserves Course reserves will be integrated into Primo likely in the spring term For now, find course reserves through TRELLIS or the link on the Library’s homepage

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