Discovery Tools

OPENING DOORSTO STUDENT RESEARCH

A variety of databases (targets)

AuthenticationDedupingTopic portals

FasterLess DuplicatesImproved Accuracy

Federated vs. Discovery

Federated Tools Discovery Tools

Discovery at Lincoln Memorial University Library

Web Scale Discovery

Relevancy Searching Faceted Searching All Content Types

Discovery at Lincoln Memorial University LibrarySocial Media

Tagging Profiles Shared Lists

WorldCat Local CatalogDatabase Searching

120+ databasesIntegration with

IlliadKnowledge baseOCLC Central Index

The Great Debate

Complex techniquesDefinitive databases

Google like searchingOne stop shopping

Opening Doors to Research

Providing optionsFaster and betterOpportunities

For the students…

More attractiveFaster, accurate

searchingResearch options

Implications

Students choose catalog firstMore options, harder to use?Instruction takes on challenge

Questions?

LAURA SLAVINLAURA.SLAVIN@LMUNET.EDU

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