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What is OneSearch?
OneSearch Links to an external site. is a tool that allows you to search many of the Library’s databases, books, and selected free web sources, at the same time.
Why use OneSearch?
OneSearch works well when you want to access a wide variety of sources at once, and is a good tool when starting your research. Be prepared to use the "Refine Your Results" feature on the left to focus the large results list.
When to Use OneSearch
Using OneSearch is convenient, but like Google, rather overwhelming at first. You will need to sort through, limit, and edit your results to understand what, where, and how relevant your sources are.
Here are the types of sources you could retrieve in a single search:
- Print Book
- eBook
- Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Article
- Newspaper Article
- Magazine Article
- Conference Materials
- Trade Publication
- Book Review
- Primary Source Document
- Report
- Video
- Audio
OneSearch Video Tutorial
Watch the short (2:56) video below on searching and refining your results in OneSearch Links to an external site..
Now You Try
- Start at the library homepage Links to an external site.
- Click on
or OneSearch all Databases Links to an external site.
- From off-campus, you will be asked to login with your Canvas/Cabrillo login.