Finding Secondary Sources
To do a broad search that includes monographs, articles, dissertations, and other secondary source materials, you can use the Primo Search tool. This will search a combination of materials owned by UF and materials available through our database subscriptions.
- Searching "Everything" will return results with both physical and electronic items.
- Searching "UF Library Catalog" will exclude items from our subscription databases.
- Searching "Statewide Catalog" will expand your search to include items owned by other Florida colleges and universities.
- Searching "Articles" will limit your search results to contents from our subscription databases.
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To do a more focused search of electronic materials, you can search individual databases. You can access these by searching the A-Z Databases list.