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: