Navigating LIRNPortal

LIRNPortal collects all of the individual databases to which your institution subscribes, offering three views: alphabetical, subject, and vendor views.

Last Modified: 12/21/2024

Basic Keyword Searching in LIRNSearch

A basic keyword search in LIRNSearch will lead you to many results. Learn how to narrow your search to the most important concepts (= keywords) in your topic, as well as how to use truncation to search for word variations. While this is demoed in LIRNSearch, these search strategies can be used in many other databases.

Last Modified: 12/21/2024

Advanced Keyword Searching in LIRNSearch

An advanced keyword search in LIRNSearch will lead you to more relevant results. Here's how to nest keywords and synonyms to create an advanced search string. While this is demoed in LIRNSearch, these search strategies can be used in many other databases.

Last Modified: 12/21/2024

Limit by Database in LIRNSearch

Instead of navigating to individual databases on your LIRNPortal, you can limit to individual databases within LIRNSearch.

Last Modified: 12/19/2024