Finding Materials Using OneSearch
The library OneSearch box found on the library homepage at esearch.sc4.edu will help you find a wide variety of library resources. It searches almost all of the 200+ library databases at once. You can use it to find peer reviewed journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles, streaming videos, ebooks, print books, audio recordings ...
Below are directions on how to find materials using OneSearch. Written directions are given first followed by a video. Read the directions or watch the video whichever you prefer.
OneSearch will help you find materials on your poet or topic. If you were looking for peer reviewed articles on Volumnia in Coriolanus, you might enter the search string: Volumnia AND Shakespeare. The AND Boolean operator is used to narrow the results to Shakespeare's Volumnia. (There are others!)
There are 141 results.
Narrow to peer reviewed sources using the limiters in the left-hand column. Note: There are many different ways to narrow your search results using the limiters.
There are 18 results.
The first result is presented in full when you click on the title.
The library databases will often show you how to cite the item. Be sure to select MLA style format for an English paper unless your instructor tells you otherwise.
We can go back to the search results to change Peer Review to Books & eBooks.
You may read an ebook online or download it to your device. Your instructor does not necessarily intend for you to read an entire book when conducting research (unless the entire book is assigned). You may use only a chapter or two out of the book.
Please contact a reference librarian if you need help!
The video below will show you how to find materials on Volumnia using OneSearch.
