Primo Search is Charles Sturt Library's main search tool. It searches across most of what the Library provides, as well as many resources that are on open access. This includes:

• most of the Library's online journal articles and newspaper content
• books, journals, DVDs and other physical items found in the library
• most of the Library's eBooks
• CSU research papers and theses in CRO (CSU Research Output).

Primo Search is useful because:

• You are searching across many resources at once, in the one search
• You will get different types of materials in your results
• You can use the refiners at the left of the results screen to narrow your results in many different ways.
• You can often quickly find a journal article or book chapter if you already know the title

But remember that in Primo Search:

• The search functions are limited compared to journal databases, so a broad search will yield less relevant results
• You will often be presented with a very large number of results

Journal databases are recommended for finding scholarly journal articles if you are searching by topic.