Tips on Using Libsearch

The fastest way is to just add words to the basci search box.

Don't copy/paste a reference

This method might work sometimes, but it often returns a 0-hit result or many irrelevant references.

An example - looking up this book 

Saunders, M., Thornhill, A., & Lewis, P. (2019). Research methods for business students. (8. ed.). Pearson Education Limited.

Go to basic search

Add a few words from the title and the author's last name to the search box.
 

The most precise way to look up a document. 

Don't copy/paste a reference

This method might work sometimes, but it often returns a 0-hit result or many irrelevant references.

An example - looking up this book

Saunders, M., Thornhill, A., & Lewis, P. (2019). Research methods for business students. (8. ed.). Pearson Education Limited.

Go to advanced search 

1. Change "Any field" to "Creator/Author" and add an author surname.
2. Change "Any field" to "Title" and add a few words from the title.
3. Click "Search".

Newspaper articles are not searched by default in Libsearch.

To search for newspaper articles, go to the "Newspapers" search section of Libsearch.

Search tip: 

• Think like a journalist when you search - what wording would they use?
  Would they use "covid" or "corona virus"? Would they use "olympics" or "olympic games"?
   
• Advanced search is not possible for searching newspapers. However, you can use "boolean searching" see the example below. 
   
•  See a detailed description on using boolean operators in the section Keyword search