Primo is a "discovery layer," which means it provides one Google-like search box to search across all the library's resources, including books, Ebooks, streaming video, journals, newspaper articles, and more!
Primo is a single search tool, which means you can use it to find not only physical items (like books and DVDs), but also digital items such as Ebooks, articles, journals, online videos, and more. From Primo, you can also request material from other I-Share libraries and Interlibrary Loan/Tipasa. You can also search course reserves.
When you enter your search in Primo, you will see different options, also called search scopes.
There are times when it may be better to go directly to a database and search there. Doing that will let you take advantage of some of that database's features and you will have better search results.
Some databases best searched directly (instead of through Primo):
