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Research Skills

How to find and evaluate sources and navigate the Chester Fritz Library.

Finding Articles on a Topic

Finding Articles in Primo:

Primo is the main search bar on the library's homepage. It searches the Library's catalog, several general and subject databases, publisher's online journal collections, and many valuable research collections that are available on the internet. While Primo does include books and other materials from the library catalog, as well as thousands of articles and academic databases, it is not comprehensive.

When using the search bar, these are the effects of the different search options:

  • Everything - searches the library's print and online books, online journals and online reference sources.
  • Articles - searches online journal, magazine and newspaper articles, reviews, and conference proceedings available through many of the library's electronic subscriptions.
  • Books+ - searches all UND libraries' catalogs - books, videos, government documents & journal titles in print.
  • Journal Titles - use this if you have the name of a journal and you want to see if the library owns it online or in print.

Finding Articles in Databases:

Aside from Primo, there are also other places that you can search for articles that may yield more results, since Primo is not comprehensive:

A - Z Listing of All Databases - Helpful to search for the name of a specific database, such as Business Source.

Research Guides by Subject - The subject guides give advice on the best databases and journals for their topics.

Finding Journals in a Subject Area

Best Tools to Use