| Everything |
(Articles & More) + (Books & More). Physical + Electronic |
| Articles & More | Central Discovery Index (CDI) records for our activated sources.(*formerly known as PCI) Electronic only. Articles, citations, images, proceedings, streaming audio & video, book reviews, etc See all Resource Types indexed in CDI |
| Books & More/ Library Catalog | MARC records that migrated from Symphony, as well as local records we've added to our Alma repository since implementation. Physical + electronic. Books, journals, eBooks, databases, scores, music, newspaper titles, multimedia *Includes institutional repository content (KiltHub) *Includes archival Finding Aids (ArchivesSpace) |
| EBSCO | EBSCO subscription content from these databases. Electronic. *Users must be logged in to see EBSCO results |
| Ebooks | Books that are 'available online.' Electronic. |
| Special Collections | Fine and rare books in Hunt Library and Posner Center. |
| Databases, eResources, & Tools | Databases, eResources, & Tools A-Z list is indexed in Primo VE as an external data source. A job runs daily at 04:00 to catch changes made by the LibGuides team in Springshare. |
Visit the Content tab to read more in detail about content sources.
Simple search is the default for Primo VE, but you can also use Advanced search for known items.
See the End User Help documentation for tips on searching for phrases, wildcard characters, excluding keywords, etc.
View the Primo VE Mapping Guide to see how MARC fields are indexed for display, facets, and search in Primo VE.
Changes to records in Alma appear in Primo in about 15 minutes. More information is available here.
When a Central Discovery Index (CDI) collection is activated or deactivated, it takes about 72 hours for the changes to appear in Primo (48 hours is the target timeframe, and expected in the near future).
Read documentation about the FRBR and Dedup process used in Primo VE
Primo includes duplication detection (Dedup) to improve search results. Each Alma MARC record is compared, and when identical records are found they are displayed as a single result in Primo.
Additionally, Primo uses FRBR guidelines from IFLA to find similar records and display them as a single result in Primo. Records grouped in this way will display a link labeled "Multiple sources exist. See all."
* The FRBR/Dedup process has been disabled for the following at CMU:
The Central Discovery Index (CDI) uses a 'Match & Merge' process to create a logical record. Matching is based on identifiers for like items in order to create a master record with robust metadata.
Note that these CDI resource types are excluded from the match & merge process: