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Primo

With Primo Search, you can find books, e-books, movies, music, audiobooks, full-text articles, images, dissertations, theses and more.

 

What Does Primo Search?

With a single search, LVC's Primo provides access to:

  • Books & Ebooks
  • Digital Collections
  • Media
  • Newspaper, Magazine & Scholarly Journal Articles

Primo also includes content from many EBSCO databases, full-text journals, as well as open access resources.

How Do I Access Primo?

Access Primo from the Almost Everything box on the library website. 

Search for all types of materials or to limit to articles only.  For more search options, use advanced search. 

Primo Search Tips

Search Description Example

"religious freedom"

 

Exact phrase search

  • Glues words together.
  • Searches words exactly as they appear within " ". 


 

"freedom of religion"

"free will"

 
AND

Include words

  • Narrow your search by including multiple search terms.
  • Primo automatically assumes AND when you use more than one search term.

church "race relations"

is the same as

church AND "race relations"
OR

Use synonyms

  • Broaden your search using synonyms combined with OR.
  • Use parantheses when combining synonyms with other search terms.

religion OR religious

(religion OR religious) "young adults"

 
NOT

Exclude words

  • Use NOT or a (-) sign before a word or search term you want to exclude.
  • The (-) sign must appear right in front of the excluded word (no space).

"catholic church" NOT pope

"catholic church" -pope

For more information about Primo, please see the Primo LibGuide.