Last fall, the Library introduced a brand new way to search its collections. OneSearch allows you to search across many of our databases and the Library's catalog to locate books, articles, videos, CDs, music scores, maps, and archival materials. We've added OneSearch on the Library's homepage, in the upper right corner. The subject specific databases and the Library's catalog can still be used separately; to access them, click on their tabs next to the OneSearch tab.
We've found, since we adopted OneSearch, that certain parts of the research process have gotten easier. First, you no longer have to search multiple databases in order to research interdisciplinary topics. Second, full text copies of articles are much more accessible in that you no longer have to use Journals by Title in order to track down those copies; the links are often directly available in OneSearch.
Because OneSearch can do so much, it can be a little overwhelming when a simple search returns thousands, or even millions, of items. We've put together a pair of tutorials that can help you use OneSearch more efficiently. The tutorials, which cover narrowing and expanding your search, can be found here, on our tutorials page.
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