arts integrated research library guide

locating books and journal articles: 

to find books (print or ebook), or journal articles use the library's main search tool,  omni.   a complete search guide for using omni is available here.  

you can divide your search question into separate "ideas" or "concepts" and enter each concept on one line in omni "advanced search".  you can put quotation marks around a phrase. you can also enter similar words on the same line separated by "or" (in capital letters).  

you can also narrow your search by material type (books, ebooks, articles) in the drop down menu on the right of the first search box. 

results are displayed using a relevancy ranking, but you can change this to display your results by newest date first.   change the “sort by” option to “date - newest” 

to limit your search results you can use the limiters on the left side of your search results screen. 

a few tips to filter your results: 

• to limit your search to online, under “availability” select the “available online” filter. 
• you can limit these results further by selecting a “resource type”. for example if you are interested in an ebook, you can select the “books and ebooks” filter. 
• to find print books available in the education library (thunder bay campus) only, select “thunder bay education library” under the “library locations” filter
• to find books available in the education library (orillia campus) only, select “orillia education library” under the “library locations” filter

to search for journal articles specific to a subject area, check the library's list of subject specific databases for all subjects, including education.