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OneSearch

Learn how to use the University Libraries' discovery tool

Searching with OneSearch

OneSearch retrieves results from a wide variety of library resources, including books, full-text articles, citations, and other sources from online collections. Results are retrieved and ranked according to relevancy.

  • Begin your search by entering your key words in the search box.
  • Put quotation marks around phrases, so the words are searched together.
  • Type AND in all-caps between search terms you want to include.
  • Then click on the title of the item or the full text link in order to see more information about the item.
  • If the full text of the document is available it will be displayed when you click on the item's title.

OneSearch search box with this text: Instagram AND "self image"

All of your search results - including books, articles of all types, dissertations, and videos - are displayed in one list. The evaluation labels on the right highlight important attributes of the item. Click the "Preview" link to see more information, which often includes an abstract.

OneSearch results screen, highlighting the limits pane on the left, the evaluation labels on the right, where the bookmarking and citing tools are, and with a note to click on Preview to see more information.

Titles you can read online are clearly marked "Full Text Online."  Those labeled "Citation Online" must be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

Two OneSearch results.  One has "Full Text Online" circled.  The other has "Citation Online" circled.