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Foley Library User Services Training Guide

Library Search (Primo)

 

Here are some basic tips on how to assist with Library Search (or what we call Primo). You can access Primo from the Foley homepage. It is the white search box in the middle of the page:

Screenshot of library's main page including the white search box for Primo.

 

For this example, we are going to run a search for “food desert.” Running a search from the main page will bring up all available results, whether they are physical items here in the building, physical items available through Summit, or electronic resources such as eBooks and journal articles.

Screenshot of Library Search results for the phrase "food desert"

The default scope of your results will be automatically set to “Gonzaga Libraries + Summit”. You can change the scope of your search in the drop-down menu to the right of the search term. For example, if you were only interested in searching for physical items here at Foley, you would change the scope to “Foley Physical Books and Media.”

Screenshot of using the dropdown menu near the white search bar to change the scope of the search from Gonzaga Libraries + Summit to another scope.

 

You will also notice that the left-hand column has a number of filters to refine your results. You can filter your results by categories such as Resource Type, Subject, Author, or Location. You can also filter by “Peer-reviewed Journals” if you are only interested in seeing articles that have been peer-reviewed. 

Screenshot of facet menu where you can refine your search results and sort by "Peer Reviewed Journals"

 

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