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What is Engine Orange?
Who Can Use Engine Orange?
Tips to Get the Most out of Engine Orange
What Does Engine Orange Search?
What is Engine Orange?
Engine Orange is a powerful yet simple way to perform one search that finds books, articles, films, and much more from the library's catalog and selected databases.
Engine Orange is the local name and branding applied to the SHSU library's implementation of the EBSCO Discovery Service.
Who Can Use Engine Orange?
All authorized students, faculty, and staff who possess an SHSU computer account may search Engine Orange and access books, articles, and documents owned by the library. You will need to log into Engine Orange with your SHSU username and password.
Tips to Get the Most Out of Engine Orange
- Always put quotation marks around exact phrases, including exact titles.
- Example: "global warming"
- Example: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- Searching for a title (book, article, or otherwise) and not finding the results you expect? Try removing punctuation from the title (especially question marks and exclamation points) and then re-do your search.
- After searching, use the options on the left to narrow your search results:
- Example: Use Source Type to focus just on books or academic journal articles.
- Other useful options for limiting your search include date and subject.
- Check the box for Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals when your assignment calls specifically for this type of research material.
