Discover @ Georgia Southern is like Google for the library's print and electronic resources. Discover helps you find print books, ebooks, journal articles, videos, and much more from the library catalog, our research databases, and from open access journals. Discover helps you sort and filter your results and access the full text of the resources you want. For more information about Discover, see here.
For more information about downloading EBSCO eBooks via Discover, see this FAQ article.
For additional tutorials and helpful resources, see EBSCO Connect.
Jump to a specific help topic:
- How do I use Discover from off-campus?
- How do I perform a basic search?
- How do I perform an advanced search?
- How do I refine my results?
- How do I evaluate my results?
- How do I access the full text of my results?
- How do I get to my MyEBSCOhost folders from Discover?
- How do I suggest additions to the Libraries' Collections using Discover?
How Do I Use Discover from Off-Campus?
When using Discover from off-campus, be sure to click Click Here To Log In in the bar that appears at the top of the screen when Discover first opens. Failure to log in may result in some links failing without the opportunity to log in later. You will be prompted to log in using a Microsoft Sign In form and complete dual authentication using Duo. Once you've logged in, you will be directed back to Discover.
How Do I Perform a Basic Search?
To perform a basic search:
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Enter your search terms in the search box. As you type, searches matching your terms appear below the search box. If you see your term in the list, you can click on a search term to go directly to the result list.
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Select any desired limiters from below the search box and click the Magnifying Glass to run your search.
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From the Results List, you can apply additional filters by clicking the All filters button below the search box.
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View article details by clicking an article title or the View details link. When Full Text is available, select a reading option (Publisher Site, Online Full Text, PDF) from the Access now drop-down menu.
How Do I Perform an Advanced Search?
To perform an Advanced Search:
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Click the Advanced Search link below the search box on the Basic Search screen. Any limiters selected on the Basic Search screen will be applied to searches conducted with Advanced Search.
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Enter your search terms in the first search box on the Advanced Search screen.
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Choose a citation search field from the All fields drop-down list (for example, search only the Title field of the citation).
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Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the second set of search boxes.
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Click the Boolean operator drop-down menu to combine the search box entries with AND, OR, NOT. (Default is AND)
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You can select another Boolean operator, keyword, and search field in the third search box set.
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Click the Add fields link below the search boxes if you would like to add more lines of search to your advanced search.
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Under Search options, apply any desired limiters to your search. For example, you may want to limit results to items with full text available online and published within a custom date range you select.
To add a Custom date range, select Custom range and click the fields to select start and end dates from the date picker.
Note: Any limiters that were selected on the Basic Search screen before accessing Advanced search are applied to searches conducted with Advanced Search.
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Click the Search button. The Result List displays.
How Do I Refine My Results?
Limiters can be applied to your searches in Discover before they are run, while Filters are applied to your result list after your results are displayed. To apply Limiters to your search, select the desired limiters from below the search box and click the Magnifying Glass to run your search.
After running your search, you can apply Filters to further refine your results based on several criteria. On the Results List, the All filters button indicates with a blue dot if filters have been applied to your search. Click the All filters button to add or remove filters.
After clicking the All filters button, the Filters panel is displayed on the right side of the screen. Use the arrows to expand facets and display the available filters for each one. Click the arrow again to collapse it. A locked icon indicates that filters are "sticky" and remain applied for your updated searches until you manually clear them.
When you are done modifying the applied filters, click Apply to refresh your results.
How Do I Evaluate My Results?
Discover gives you a range of information about the results you find. Click on the title of a result and you will be taken to the details page for the result. This page includes additional information about the item, which you can use to evaluate it.
How Do I Access the Full Text of My Results?
When you are ready to access the full text of a result you've found, look under the Access Options menu. Look for the Call Number if the item is on the shelf in the library, or click on the Online Full Text or PDF link for the item.
Because Discover includes results for many different databases, access links can look different from item to item. If you are unable to access the item you are looking for, submit an ILL request using the Request via Interlibrary Loan link. Find more information on ILL policies and procedures on this page.
How do I get to my MyEBSCOhost folders from Discover?
Discover uses a new account dashboard which is unable to display custom folders associate with legacy MyEBSCOhost accounts. As a result, you will not see these custom folders in your account dashboard in Discover. Custom folders associate with legacy MyEBSCOhost accounts should become available in Discover sometime in 2025. Until this time, you will need to access your custom folders using one of the Libraries' EBSCOhost databases, for example Academic Search Complete.
How Do I Suggest Additions to the Libraries' Collections using Discover?
Discover includes many ebooks that are available for preview via the Ebook Central (ProQuest) database. The Libraries don't currently own these ebooks, but you may suggest the Libraries purchase a title if you think we should add it to our collection. For more information about recommending these titles for purchase, see this FAQ post.
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