 Hello everybody and welcome to this video about finding library resources using Omni, the library catalog, and other databases. To start your library research, use Omni, the library search interface. It would help you find articles, books, videos, maps, primary sources, and all other library materials. Before we go any further, it is important to learn about facets. Facets are multiple sides and angles a shape can have. All library resources, such as books and articles, they have facets too. When searching for resources, you need to consider the facets that are important to you. Important facet limits are content type, availability, publication date, peer reviewed, and format. Now that we know about facets, let's begin. Need an easy way to start a research assignment? You can start by scanning the bibliographies in your readings. For example, if your topic deals with the significance of women in the Renaissance theater, you can start looking at the class bibliographies. Look around and see if there is a title that is already listed, such as the one on the screen, that is closely related to your topic. Go to the library homepage, library.yorku.ca, and in the Omni box, just type in the title of the resource you're looking for. Once you find the resource, navigate to its full record and pay attention to the right hand side of the screen where you sometimes can find related readings. This will encourage you to find other resources closely related to the one you just looked for. What happens when you don't have a citation and you have to start from scratch? We will now talk about three major concepts. Using your keywords, using the connectors and an OR, and using the advanced search in Omni. Let's go back to our topic and try to identify two to three distinct keywords. In our example, the keywords are women, Renaissance, and theater. Next, let's talk about our connectors and an OR. You should use and to connect different concepts, such as our keywords, and narrows your search. You should use OR in order to connect similar concepts. As in synonyms, it broadens your search. So let's put it all together. I'm going to use OR to come up with synonyms for my keywords. For example, we can have women, or girls, or females, and Renaissance, and theater spelled two different ways and connected with OR. Start again at the library homepage library.york.ca and click on advanced search under the Omni search box. We are now ready to type our search statement. Please make sure you use quotation marks around expressions. You should also think about different spellings for your keywords, and very important to use the connector OR in capitals. The connector AND is already on the screen and you can add more by clicking add a new line. Once we get the results page, we will use the left side of the screen in order to use the facet limits and refine our results. In our example, we use the facets available online, peer reviewed, and from under the heading subject, we chose to refine by literary criticism to make our results more meaningful and related to our topic. Our next steps are, review the list of results and look for relevant books and articles. If you need articles but you are not happy with the results, there might be a reason why. Omni searches many databases, but not all. Here's some examples of databases not searched by Omni. In fine arts, art and architecture source, and music index. In the humanities, historical abstracts, and Malay bibliography. In the social sciences, anthropology plus, and women's studies international. In health and sciences, SINOL, and SciFinder. Going back to our sample topic, to find all available databases from the homepage of the library, click on research guides. Navigate to the right discipline and subject for the topic. Once in the appropriate guide, click on finding articles, journal articles. You will see a list of subject databases and you should explore multiple resources here. Search the databases the same way we searched Omni, by using keywords, by using quotation marks, and by connecting the keywords with and and or. When using Omni and the databases, don't forget that you can download, save, or pin your records. You can also look for related items, as well as use the function site. If you are stuck or have questions or need some guidance, please go to the homepage of the library and click on ask a question. This is where you can see all the ways we can help. Good luck with your research and talk to you soon.