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General Search

A guide to using ECU's General Search discovery system.

Coming soon!

New look and functions for General Search as of Monday, Dec 16, 2024!

 

EBSCO, the vendor behind EBSCO Discovery Service — known locally as General Search — has redesigned the user interface.

Banners on the library website and the classic UI are being used to notify users of this change. Faculty will also be notified of this change at meetings and through other communication channels.

As of January 2025, all library workshops will use the new interface.

Same content, new functions & look.

Click to try the New General Search UI now!

 

If you have any questions, please contact the eResources + Discovery Librarian.

What is General Search?

General Search is

  • ECU Library's name for EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)
  • A single interface where you can search for print books, magazines, ebooks, journal articles, and other library resources
  • Accessible on or off campus with your ECU email log-in & password

General Search includes

  • Everything in the library catalogue (books, artist's books, exhibition catalogues etc.)
  • All EBSCO databases & ebooks ECU Library subscribes to
  • Full-text links to most content from non-EBSCO databases
  • Links to print and digital journal subscriptions (use Publication Finder)
  • Links to videos from Bloomsbury Videos, Criterion on Demand, Feature Films @ECU, Kanopy, NFB, World Cinema Collection

General Search does not include

  • ProQuest's Art, Design & Architecture Collection
  • Image collections e.g. Artstor
  • Open access archives and special collections e.g. AIGA Archives, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum Collection, the V&A Online Collections

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