How to find books, journals, e-books, articles and more using Primo at Forsyth Library, and how to save them to your e-shelf.

1. Using Forsyth Library’s
New Search System: Primo
Find full-text articles, e-journals,
books, e-books, and much more,
all in one place!

2. To access Primo, go to
www.fhsu.edu/library
Search here if you are looking for
books, e-books or journal titles
Click the gold button labeled
Online Catalog for articles

3. Select the collection you want to search
Library Catalog: Books, e-books,
print and e-journals, CDs, DVDs,
Gov’t Docs, etc.
Article Databases: Full-text
articles from library databases
Digital Collections: Digitized
items including FHSU Master’s
Theses, historical photographs,
Reveille Yearbooks, and more
Search It All: Search
across all 3 collections at
once.

4. Library Catalog search for
holistic nursing
44 book and journal results, of which 3
are available online and 41 are available
in the library
Use the
limits in
this
pane to
focus
your
search
by
resourc
e type,
topic,
date,
etc.

5. Click the Details tab to find out more
about each item.

6. Limiting results to “full-text online” brings
up 29 journals and e-books.
Click “View It” to
find the link to the
full-text journal
articles or e-book

7. Changing our search to the Article Databases
collection brings up over 16,000 full-text articles
Limit to
peer-reviewed,
by article
type, by
topic,
date, and
more
Click “Details” to see the
abstract, and “View It” to find
link(s) to the complete article.

8. The View It tab shows the link to the
database that contains the complete
article

9. Click “Advanced Search” to add terms, select
search types and limit by date or year.

10. Click the star beside a title to save it
to your e-shelf
You can use this feature
as a guest, but once you
close out of Primo, these
items will be lost.

11. Sign in with your TigerTracks to save items to your
e-shelf that will remain after you close your search.

12. Click e-shelf to view and organize
your items.
You can create folders to organize your e-shelf. Check the boxes for
the articles and drag and drop them into the folder. You can also e-mail
or print, and make notes using the note icon.

13. Questions?
Click “Help” in the upper
right corner
of the screen, or
contact us
at 785-628-5283 or
refserv@fhsu.edu
We’ll be glad
to help 