What is OneSearch?
OneSearch is a single search interface that allows patrons to simultaneously search several article databases, catalogs, and other data sources for books, journal articles, videos, scores, maps, and more! This catalog is shared by members of the Orbis Cascade Alliance (Summit), a consortium of 37 academic libraries across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. OneSearch contains 8.8 million titles and over 26 million resources.
What can it do?
OneSearch offers our users major advantages, such as:
For more information about using OneSearch visit the Using OneSearch Resource Guide.
Search operators help clarify, narrow, or broaden a search. Here are tips for using them in your searches:
Quotes
Quotes can be used to identify and search for a specific phrasing of words strung together. Quotes can be very useful for searching titles. For example,
| The Color Purple | Searches all instances of the term "color" and "purple", ranking instances where they are together higher |
| "The Color Purple" | Looks for instances for the entire phrase "The Color Purple", and when those words exist in that order |
Boolean Operators
These narrow or broaden a search. Using all-caps in OneSearch is important; you'll get different results by using lowercase.
Puppy AND Kitten --- Returns instances where both "puppy" and "kitten" are mentioned in the record
Puppy OR Kitten --- Returns instances where either "puppy" or "kitten" are mentioned in the record
Puppy NOT Kitten --- Returns instances of the word "puppy", but not where "kitten" is included in the record
Created by the librarians at Northwest Arkansas Community College Library. See their guide for other search hacks: http://library.nwacc.edu/search-hacks/home
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