Using Discovery Search at RVU
Step 1: Visit the library’s website to start your research.
Step 2: RVU’s Discovery Search enables you to search broadly across the library’s entire holdings (e.g. over 40 million articles, 10,000 eBooks, etc.).
If used effectively, Discovery Search is a powerful search engine that helps you find peer-reviewed articles, case files, systematic reviews, and much…much…more
Step 3: Use your student username and password to log into the library’s proxy. Remember, do not include “@rvu.edu” in your username.
Step 4: More often than not, Discover Search will return thousands of results—too much to process in one single session.
If you want to reduce the number of results into a browsable chuck of information and focus your search, use Limiters.
Standard limiters include:
- Author
- Full Text
- Peer Reviewed
- Subject
- Journal
- Database
- Publisher
- Item Type
Finding relevant information can be an intimidating process—know that we are here to help. Visit the circulation desk for assistance or email jfisher@rvu.edu for a research consultation.