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Discovery Help

What is Discovery?

Discovery is a search engine that searches almost all of the Goddard Library's collections. Scholarly journals, books and ebooks, and newspapers can all be searched simultaneously. 

Access Discovery from the Goddard Library Homepage. 

Search Summon in 3 Steps

1. Enter keywords and click Enter. 

Tip! Use quotation marks around phrases to search the exact phrase. Ex) "world war i" 

Discovery at Clark Libraries Search box with highlighted text "world war i" + "trench warfare" in the search box.

2. Limit results.

Once you are on the Results page available limiters will be found on the left side of the screen.  

Results page from a search in Summon for "world war i" + "trench warfare". Red box around panel on left hand side of screen with limiters.

3. Review results.

From the Results page, you can click the title to access the result, use the limiters to refine your search, search the A-Z database list and chat with a librarian. 

Results page of a search in Summon for "world war i"+ "trench warfare". Red boxes and text note to click the title to access the resource, use buttons to save, link, cite and email the resource, search the A-Z database list, and chat with a librarian or schedule a meeting.

Modified from Capella University Library