LibGuides: Using Library Primo: Primo bells and whistles

The facet menu

Including/Excluding facets

The left hand side menu under Tweak your results, shows a list of characteristics or "facets" for each result. These facets are lumped into specific categories such as: availability, resource type, subject, and publication date (range). Review the drop down menus under each category to include or exclude certain facets. For example, the below screenshot shows that I have created a search limited to results which are available online and excluding the resource type "reviews". Once you have finished refining your search to include and exclude certain results, always select the green Apply Filters button.

Expand My Results

Primo searches default to return ONLY results for which patrons can access full text. However, you may want to explore resources which are not part of the library catalogue but do exist and which you may want to request for purchase or inter-library loan. The first screenshot below shows a search which includes all results immediately accessible (4,446). The second screenshot shows how with the Expand My Results option box selected, Primo returns many more results (over 18,000).

Citation trails

Citation trails help you find related articles, influential research and researchers. If available, you can view related citations that are either cited in this record or citing this record .

For example, in the below example, selecting will bring you to a list of articles which this article cites (has in its Works Cited/References section). Selecting will bring you to a list of articles which all cite this specific 2015 article by Jee-Lyn Garcia and Zulfacar.

Turn on alerts for saved searches

In addition to saving searches, Primo allows signed-in users to turn on alerts (bell icon) and receive emails when new items are added to a saved search. For example, if you created and saved a search for XXX and turned on alerts for that search, you will receive a weekly email (every Friday) listing all new articles, ebooks or other resources added that week.

NOTE: If an alert has NOT been triggered (if new resources have NOT been added to the catalogue) for two months, the alert with be disabled by the system.
NOTE: Alerts are NOT possible for the EBSCO ONLY search profile slot.

Turn alert ON

Click the My Favorites button at the top of the page.
Select the Saved Searches tab to display all of your saved searches.
Click the Turn on Alert bell icon that appears next to the saved search to turn on the alert.
The alert is sent to your auarts email by default.

Turn alert OFF

Click the My Favorites button at the top of the page.
Select the Saved Searches tab to display all of your saved searches.
Click the Turn off alert solid beel icon that appears next to the saved search to cancel the alert.