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Omnivore OneSearch Help Guide: Getting Started

Search with Omnivore

Omnivore is the CIA Library’s main search tool for books, ebooks, articles, media, and more.

Start with one search, then use filters to narrow results and connect to full text.

What Omnivore can do

  • Search books, ebooks, articles, and media together.
  • Help you narrow your results with filters.
  • Connect you to full text when it is available.
  • Let you request items from other libraries.
  • Help you manage your account and saved items.
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Find what you need

Start with a search

  • Everything: Books, articles, ebooks, and media
  • Books: Print books and ebooks
  • Articles: Journal and magazine articles

Refine your results

  • Full text: Read the source online
  • Peer reviewed: Find scholarly research
  • Format: Choose books, articles, videos, and more
  • Publication date: Find newer or older sources

Choose databases

Omnivore searches all CIA Library databases by default. Choose specific databases when you want to focus your search.

Narrow your search

  1. Select one database or a group.
  2. Use the checkboxes to add or remove databases.
  3. Choose Select All in Group for an entire group.
  4. Click Save Changes before searching.

Database groups

  • Quick Search: Broad and academic databases.
  • News: News sources and newspapers.
  • Business: Business-related databases.
  • Humanities and Social Sciences: Subject-focused research.

Try a subject database

For more focused research, search a database directly. View all databases by subject .

Advanced search

Combine search terms, choose specific fields, and apply filters to find more precise results.

Build your search

  • Use Add Row to include more search terms.
  • Combine terms with AND, OR, or NOT.
  • Search by author, title, abstract, journal, language, or subject.
  • Use quotation marks to search an exact phrase.

Refine your results

  • Limit results to peer-reviewed sources.
  • Choose a format, such as book, article, or DVD.
  • Set a publication year or date range.
  • Search the CIA Library or expand to libraries worldwide.
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Searching is a process

Start with keywords, review your results, and adjust your search as needed. Finding useful sources often takes more than one try.

Start here

  • Begin with keywords.
  • Apply filters such as full text, peer review, date, or format.
  • Read the abstract or summary.
  • Use subject headings to find related sources.

Search tips

  • Phrase: Use quotation marks, such as "culinary science".
  • Truncation: Use an asterisk, such as farm*.
  • AND: Combines terms, such as stocks AND sauces.
  • OR / NOT: Expands or excludes terms.

Save your results

Use the database tools to save, email, export, or cite useful sources.

Save, share, and cite

Use the tools in your search results to save records, share links, email items, and create citations.

Share

  • Email: Send a record to yourself or someone else.
  • Permalink: Copy a permanent link to the record.

Cite

  • Format a citation: Generate APA, MLA, or Chicago.
  • Export: Send citations to EndNote or RefWorks.

Save

  • My List: Save records during your current session.
  • Sign in: Keep records saved in your account.

Browse the shelf

The Browse the Shelf tool appears in print book records and shows nearby books on the library shelf.

How to use it

  1. Open a record for a print book.
  2. Scroll to the Browse the Shelf section.
  3. Select a nearby title or browse by call number.
Screenshot showing the Browse the Shelf feature in Omnivore

Need something the CIA Library doesn’t have?

Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request books or articles from other libraries. ILL is free for CIA students, faculty, and staff.

What to do

  1. Search Omnivore first.
  2. If the CIA Library does not have the item, use the ILL request button below.
Request an item through Interlibrary Loan