Tutorials ” George A. Smathers Libraries ” UF Libraries ” University of Florida

Intro to UFLIB:​ Searching with Primo Search.

After this video , you ’ll be able to search for book using the Library Catalog , use Primo Search to search for article , and filter result to narrow your search .

Your first step is to find the UF Libraries website. There you could use our Primo Search tool to do a quick search, think a search engine for academic sources.

You can search the Library Catalog using Primo Search. The Library Catalog searches for items available in the UF Libraries collections, including books, eBooks, journals, technology and tools, DVDs, streaming videos and more.  However, the Library Catalog does not search for individual articles, which we will do later in this video.

One way to search the library catalog is by using the Libraries Quick Search on the homepage and selecting Library Catalog from the dropdown menu. Another way is from the “Find” dropdown menu. Click on “Books” then on “Library Catalog.”

Let’s do a search on the homepage. Type a topic, title, author, or any other identifying information into the box, select “Library Catalog” from the dropdown menu, then click search.

The search results will show any library materials related to your search. These might be located online or in any of the library buildings around campus. To change the location you can use the filters on the left to narrow to a specific library.

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Once you find something you would like to check out, make sure to note the call number (the book’s address on the shelf) and if it is available before visiting the library.

If you only want to view eBook results you can click the “Available Online” filter.​ To access the eBook, you can either click on the “Available Online” link from the results page or click on the title and find the link in the record.

After you find the item you are looking for, you can copy the permalink to this page, email it to yourself, or sign in with your Gatorlink and pin it to “My Favorites.” You can also save the generated citation, but always double check it with the style manual.

let ’s start again from the homepage and learn how to look for article . We is go can go to the “ find ” drop down menu and this time , choose article . You is search can search for article in Primo Search or a subject – specific database . let ’s look for an article in Primo Search by click on the search button .

suppose you are in a psychology class and you want to learn about self – esteem . You is type can type self – esteem or any keyword in the search box , and the auto fill will suggest other term you can use . Keep in mind that if you are not on campus you will need to connect to the VPN , you is watch can watch our VPN video if you have question . let ’s try it out .

Once you is run run the search you can narrow your result with filter on the left . First , we is limit can limit by peer review journal which are article review by other scholar in the field . This is reduces reduce the number of result . We is narrow can narrow our search again to only article .   I is narrow ’ll narrow once more to article publish since 2010 .

One of the ways to narrow your search is to be more specific with your search terms. For example, maybe you are interested in self-esteem in your peers: other college students. We will then reapply the filters chosen from last time (peer reviewed, articles, and publication date). Maybe you are interested in how racial disparities affect self-esteem. You can then click on the article. Once you do, all the databases that host that article are listed. I will choose the first one available and it takes me to the article.

You is find can find more tutorial on the library tutorial page .

This video was create by the Information Literacy Committee .