Electronic information resources search

Alternative ways to search

Single resource search

Beside the use of the service discovery.muni there is an option to search every single resource by visiting its web page and using the provided search form. The disadvantage is that users can search only one resource at a time and web pages of various resources can differ significantly. On the other hand, the biggest advantage is that the dedicated web pages are optimized for their contents and can bring several customized features, none of which the general search engines can provide (for example precise subject classification).

Google Scholar

Users can also search the electronic information resources via Google Scholar. It works on a similar basis as discovery.muni. The Google Scholar service is also connected to the Masaryk University's Alma Linker. However, Google Scholar's indexed content is not exactly known and the Scholar's web interface is not as rich as that of the discovery.muni.

To search the Electronic Information Resources at Masaryk University you can use the discovery.muni service:

https://discovery.muni.cz/

The discovery.muni service works on the same principles as Google does. Compared to Google, discovery.muni especially indexes especially high quality, licensed scientific content: metadata (including keywords) and full texts. The discovery.muni service is provided by Clarivate, so it is also known as Primo which is the name of the product itself.

Alma Linker is another part of the discovery.muni service. This tool helps users to find out about full text availability based on their search results. Discovery.muni also searches the printed publications in the university libraries.