You can use keyword searches in Discover to search for information on a topic. You can use the basic or Advanced Search, or the Discover search boxes on the Library website.

Basic search

There are Discover search boxes throughout the Library website, including in the subject guides. The Discover search box on the library website homepage has 3 different tabs:

• The All Resources tab is selected by default
• The other tabs will limit your searches to Articles and Journals or Print books and eBooks

You can use these, or the basic search screen in Discover, to start your search.  Type in your search terms, such as a subject term, a journal article title, or author. Click on Search to see a list of results containing your search terms.

For more information about how your results are displayed see our FAQ "How will my Discover search results be displayed?".

For more information on how to refine and edit your searches see our FAQ "How do I refine my Discover search results?".

Advanced search

The Advanced Search will allow you to:

• combine search terms such as author and title in the same search
• build more complex keyword searches
• limit your search to Peer Reviewed journals, or specific format types such as books, eBooks, images or newspapers

Enter your Search terms and then click on the drop-down box to select the relevant Search index, e.g. Author or Title, see our FAQ "Which search indexes are best to use in Advanced Search?". Click on the Search button near the bottom of the page to see your search results.

You can click on Advanced Search to return to and edit your search.

Please see the Skills for Learning Finding information page for more detailed guidance on literature searching.