An Introduction to the Study Centre’s One Stop Search Tool for all your resources

What is Discovery? 1.The Library Catalogue 2.All eBooks 3.Journals 4.Magazines 5.Newspapers A user-friendly search engine for the Study Centre’s collection This is the Study Centre's equivalent of an internet search engine BUT Discovery provides access to content that isn’t freely available via the open web.

Where do I find Discovery?

The Study Centre VLE

To recap… The following slides will help you to make the most out of

Discovery search results examples: Accessing a Journal article ‘Click here for Full Text’ To read an eBook online click on ‘PDF Full Text’ Books from the Library Catalogue –Click on “Retrieve Catalogue item” Heritage Cirqa will open giving you further information regarding that book and where it is located. Come into Study Centre to take it out on loan

Research Starters Over 60,000 topics providing an easy starting point for students to understand their research topic, covering Keywords, Biographies and Company Profiles. Also each article has a ‘text-to-speech’ option if students prefer this. Click ‘More’ for the Full Article

Searching Discovery Keywords Be precise, or try different terminology Synonyms Look at using similar words related to your search term Remember… Is the information accurate, reliable, relevant and up to date? Information is trust worthy from Discovery but this can not be guaranteed from a Google search

Advanced searching Boolean operators Narrow or widen your search terms using “and” “or” or “not” For example using the search term “New York” ”New” AND “York” - all your results will have both words in. ”New” OR “York” - all your results will have either “New” or “York in but not necessarily both together (this widens your search) ”New” NOT “York” – would narrow your results to become more specific

Limiting Your Search Results As multiple source types will be searched across all our resources this often producing numerous results. You can reduce & find more relevant information by using the limiters on the left hand side, or by using the Date Slider. Use the Limiter

Don’t forget to… Citing Articles All articles in Discovery have a ‘Cite’ option available via the detailed record or in the full text, where referencing is available. This can be copied & pasted by clicking on either the ‘Cite’ link or on the ‘Cite’ icon.

If you have any questions regarding Discovery we are happy to help Click here for a self help tutorial Click here to access a user guide Useful Support Links: