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Introduction to Primo

This guide provides an introduction to Primo, the library's new discovery tool.

Advanced searching in Primo

The Advanced Search gives you more options for setting up your search in order to retrieve a more focused set of results.

For example, the search below will retrieve resources that include the word "training" in the title, the phrase "peer teaching" among the subject terms in an item record, and "college students" in at least one field in the item record:

Looking for a specific book?

To find a specific book, use the Advanced Search to search the library catalog by title and author:

Looking for a specific article?

Use the Advanced Search to locate the article by title (in quotations):


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