Using Find It: Overview

This guide has been developed as an introduction to the Find It Discovery Service at UFV. 

Find It is a great place to start your research.  It helps you quickly find relevant resources on a subject, without having to decide which database(s) to search.  The facets allow you to limit your search results in a variety of ways, including date range, source type, subject, and scholarly designation.  The library's catalogued resources are also integrated into the search results.

• To find Canadian newspaper articles, use Canadian Major Dailies. This not not directly searched in Find It.
• To take advantage of the richest features of a database, including the subject thesaurus or specialized limiters, you may choose to search a specific subject relevant database.  For example, Business Source Complete, PsycINFO, and Medline have powerful features only available in their unique interfaces. 

Find It , formerly known as the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), provides a single, unified search box for searching the UFV Library's information resources, including scholarly journal articles, books, e-books, internet documents, research reports, and much more.  Features of the service include:

• Single, simple entry point for searching many databases at once, including the UFV Library catalogue
• Pre-indexing of a vast quantity of metadata ensures immediate search results
• Detailed metadata (e.g., author-supplied abstracts,keywords, subjects)
• Indexing for thousands of journals from publishers such as Sage, Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Cambridge
• Complete library catalogue loaded directly into EDS, with availability checks and daily updates
• Ability to limit searches by date, source type, subject, content provider, full text availability, scholarly designation and more
• Powerful, user-friendly interface based on the familiar EBSCOhost platform