How to use a discovery layer in library databases. Introduction to filtering this search, as well as the positives and negatives of using a discovery layer.

1. DUBSEARCH: USING A
DISCOVERY LAYER
sam alfrey, research and instruction librarian
s l i d e s h a r e . n e t / s a l f r e y

3. JSTOR
Academic
OneFile
Plus Over
50 More
Databases!LexisNexisPsycInfo
OmniFile
SportsDiscus
EconLit
GreenFile
Clase
and
Periodica
Early
American
Imprints
Naxos
Music
Library
MathSciNet
PubMed
Sociological
Abstracts

4. Early
American
Imprints

5. Early
American
Imprints
+most comprehensive
search
+one stop shopping
+includes avenues you might
not have thought about
- still requires good
keywords, good filters
- results can be confusing
- have to evaluate what
kind of source it is
- might include citation-
only results
- might include books we
don’t have on campus

6. WWW2.WHITTIER.EDU/LIBRARY
“John Woolman”

12. DubSearch is a collection of links to library sources
and non-library sources. Since Wardman Library
doesn’t control all the sources it links to- some of
those links might be broken!
:(

14. SLIDESHARE.
NET/SALFREY

15. RESEARCH
CONSULTATIONS:
REFERENCE@WHITTIER.EDU