LibGuides: Discovery at CapU Library: Get Started

Search Discovery

Discovery is the Library's one-search experience. Find articles, books, films, music and more!

Start your research here.

Learn more about Discovery with these video tutorials:

Where am I searching?

At minimum, the system matches your search terms to the item record, but sometimes it can search the full text. These include:

Title of article or book
Title of journal
Publisher
Author
Abstract/Notes
Subjects/author-supplied keywords
Full text of SOME articles
Table of Contents of SOME books/ebooks

Discovery searches for ALL the words you enter.

There is no need to use "AND" between your keywords, the system does this automatically.

Where doesn't Discovery go?

Currently, these CapU Library subscriptions are available through a linked search on the RIGHT side of the Discovery results page:

CBCA Canadian Reference & Current Events
Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies
The Globe and Mail 1844-2009
Gale Literary Databases
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Music Online

These CapU Library subscriptions are not available through Discovery and must be searched separately:

Encyclopedia of British Columbia

KnowBC was launched in 2001 as the online edition of Harbour Publishing’s Encyclopedia of British Columbia. The encyclopedia remains the cornerstone of KnowBC, but there is much more on the site today. This new version of KnowBC represents a comprehensive redevelopment that will consolidate KnowBC’s standing as British Columbia’s leading general reference site. The original hard-coded pages were replaced by a state-of-the-art Content Management System (CMS) that will allow enhancements and additions to occur more readily than in the past.
LawSource

A legal database containing law reports, journals, indexes, digests and legislation (statutes and regulations). Includes the Canadian Abridgement, the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest and the Index to Canadian Legal Literature. Don't forget to SIGN OFF once you have finished your LawSource session.
Passport GMID

Euromonitor's Passport database provides data and reports on consumers, markets, companies, and economies in over 350 markets and 207 countries. Passport includes:--data on consumer trends in over 70 countries, including drinking and eating habits, spending patterns, and crime and culture indicators;--market size data on 330 consumer products in 80 countries, often with a 5-year forecast;--profiles and market shares of 3,000 leading fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies worldwide;--market profiles for 8 of the world's leading industrialized countries;--thousands of market reports offering strategic analysis of consumer lifestyles, service and retail markets, global industry overviews, and in-depth consumer markets; and--source information to allow for direct contact with the associations, publications, and institutions used by Euromonitor's analysts.This subscription also includes Passport Canada Industrial. This module analyses the industrial makeup of Canada’s economy, separated into 177 industries in 17 categories, including Personal Goods, Transport and Communication, Business Services and more. Information and statistics include market size, import/export, and industry costs.
Primal Pictures Interactive Anatomy

A comprehensive selection of dynamic, interactive modules featuring more than 6,500 highly accurate, three-dimensional anatomy models. Modules focus on individual organs, regions of the body, or anatomical systems.
QuickLaw

A legal database containing law reports, journals, indexes, digests and legislation (statutes and regulations). Includes progress of bills and texts of and commentary on Canadian free-trade treaties.

Intro to Discovery

What is Discovery?

Discovery offers a Google-like search experience across the majority of CapU Library's collections and subscriptions, including:

books
ebooks
journal articles
magazine articles
news articles
reports
data
music
video

Discovery has tools to make your research easier, including:

save/email/share by item or by search
limit by subject, resources type, date, geography and more
search by title, author, publication title, subject and more