OneSearch can search just about all of the Los Rios Libraries databases simultaneously.  Find the best books and eBooks, academic articles, news articles, videos and more in one simple search!

Sample Topic: 

Potential employers should/should not be able to request access to your password-protected Facebook account.

Sample Searches: 

1. employer access facebook
2. employer access (facebook or social media)
3. employer password* (facebook or social media)

Remember to take advantage of the limiters on the left of your search results to ensure you are getting current resources that you can access!

Search Tips:

• 3-5 keywords often works well
• Take advantage of the limiters inside of OneSearch
• Try different keywords (think synonyms)

Using Parentheses: 

Use parentheses around keywords separated by the word "OR" to expand your search and get more results. 

Example: dating (underage OR legal minor)

In the example above, we are running two searches at once: 

dating underage and dating legal minor. 

Using the Asterisk (*): 

Use an asterisk to shorten a word and search for all possible endings of a root word. This will give you more results

Example:  poverty child*

This is searching for the keyword poverty and the keywords: child, children, childhood, etc.