Basic step-by-step on searching in UCT Libraries Primo

1. Basic guide on how to search
using Primo

2. Primo can be
found on UCT
Libraries’
homepage
where you
can see the
quick search
feature.

4. For example:
Search for a
particular author
AND discipline

5. Primo will retrieve
relevant resources.

6. Click on your
resource of
choice.
You can see
where this
resource is
available
physically or if
it’s available
virtually.

7. Useful features/ tools
for storing or sharing
Where the resource
is available…
Online via various
Databases
Physically at
different libraries.

8. See what’s other
books are on the
physically on the
shelf

11. Restricting search
to Articles &
other E-resources

12. Click on the
record to see the
link to the
database where
the article lives

13. This is an example of
an article view in the
database however
each database has
their own look.

14. Check out the
citation feature

15. Electronic
Dictionary entry