*Sociology*

What's included in 1Search?

• All the materials from the OSU Libraries catalog, such as books, videos, government documents, maps, sound recordings, music scores, etc.
• Scholarly journal articles, newspaper and magazine articles from over 62,000 sources. Much of this content is full-text.
• Resources from the OSU Libraries digital collections, such as OSU theses and dissertations in ScholarsArchive.

When should you use it?

• When you are starting your research
• When you have a multidisciplinary topic (animal behavior and ethics, or microbiology and animal health)
• When you want peer-reviewed articles as well as magazine articles, books, or newspaper articles

Learn more about 1Search on this guide.

Start by entering some keywords. Because 1Search searches so much stuff, you can try more targeted searches. The results of your search are displayed in the main column. Options for refining your search are on the right side. Refining your search gives you the best results. Learn more about refining in the next module (below).

Use the tips below to practice using 1Search, the search box on the upper right-hand corner of the library's homepage. Open up 1Search in another tab or browser (click here to open it) and try it out as you walk through this guide.

*Make sure to login to access more content and to use the saving features.*

Because 1Search has so much content, you may find that your search results are very large and you’ll want to narrow down your search. You can do this in a number of ways including by resource type, topic and publication date. 

The options for refining your search are shown on the right side of the screen. You can either select an option to include, or click the orange box on the right of the filter to exclude it. 

When looking for articles, you will see that some articles are available immediately online from our library in full text. Click on any record that says "Full Text Available" or "Online Access".  Then, under the "View Online" header, select one of the available options. If you have any problems accessing any of these resources, please report a problem.

You may need to get articles or books that our library doesn't have. If a book or article is unavailable at OSULP, there will be grey text that says "Click to Request".

For books, you have two options to request. The first is through Summit, our consortium of libraries in the Pacific Northwest. You can find more information about Summit here. If there are no copies of the book you're requesting in the Summit consortium, you can request the book via interlibrary loan (ILL). Information about how to request via ILL, as well as how to set up your account can be found here.

For journal articles, if we don't have a subscription to the journal or it's not open access, you can submit an ILL request directly from the item record. 

You will receive an email from the Interlibrary Loan department when your article is ready. Click on the link in the email to access the article. It usually takes 2-3 days to get an article.