1. Discovery Search vs. Library Catalogue
Comparison search
Discovery Search vs. Library Catalogue
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2. You are looking for books on robots and artificial intelligence
Example
You are looking for books on
robots and artificial intelligence

3. At Concordia, you have 2 places where you can search for books

4. 1- Discovery Search
A search tool which allows you to search for books, ebooks, articles, and more in the Library Catalogue and many of our databases.
2- Library Catalogue
A search tool that allows you to search for ebooks, print books, and other material at Concordia Library.
It is a better tool than the Discovery Search for doing more precise searching such as by subject or call number.

5. Go to library.concordia.ca
to find search boxes for the Discovery Search and the Library Catalogue

6. For the Discovery Search, a simple keyword search works best

7. Library Catalogue
For the Library Catalogue, search strategies like truncation(*) and search operators (AND) are recommended

8. In the Discovery Search, articles are listed in the results
In the Discovery Search, articles are listed in the results. Use the “Limit Results” options to modify this.
Discovery Search

9. For example, to view only items available in the Library, click on “Library Catalogue”
Discovery Search

10. Also, under Format, click on Books or Ebooks to view only these items
Discovery Search

11. In the Library Catalogue, to limit your search to just books or ebooks, click on the “Modify Search” link.
Library Catalogue

12. You can limit your search by location.
Choose “Internet” for ebooks only, or Webster or Vanier for print books at one of these libraries.
Library Catalogue

13. Also, under “Material Type,” you can limit your search to books or ebooks.
Library Catalogue

14. In the Discovery Search, under “Library Location” you can also limit your search in a similar way

15. will give you more information about
In the Discovery Search and Library Catalogue, clicking on any book title
will give you more information about
the book, such as a table of contents

16. The book record will also include a Subject Heading field, which includes tags that describe what the book is about

17. In the Library Catalogue, you can find books on the same topic by clicking on the subject headings

18. Searching with subject headings in the Library Catalogue may retrieve books that are more focused on your topic than using just a keyword search
Library Catalogue

19. Note that the subject heading feature does not work in the Discovery Search

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