Answered By: Amanda Kalish MCC
Last Updated: Dec 02, 2025     Views: 216

What is OneSearch?

OneSearch searches across everything on the shelf in our physical libraries (books, journals, movies and more), as well as across most of our paid-for databases (including articles, ebooks, and online videos).  OneSearch cannot include some specialty databases, and not every item in every database is included. Because of this, it's a good idea to use both OneSearch and the individual databases, such as the EBSCOhost databases.

Search tips

  • Filter Your Results: In your search results, use the options on the left hand column to limit by availability, resource type, date, subject, library, etc. If this makes your number of search results too small, you can delete the filters you chose.

  • Phrase searchingIf you are searching for a particular phrase, using quotation marks around your search will return results with the words in that particular order, giving you a smaller number of results. e.g. “video games”
  • Advanced Search: Use the Advanced Search option to find a smaller number of results. You can use the drop down menus to only search within the title or the author name, or to limit your search to particular years.

What's New in OneSearch?

Some of the useful features of the OneSearch include:

Sign In

Signing in to the OneSearch ensures you're seeing all available resources.

My Account

Once you have logged in, you can access "My Account" to manage your Library account, including renewing loans, cancelling materials requests, and seeing any overdue charges.

 

Add an item to Your Favorites

Collect your favorite items by using the Pin Icon. An item already in Your Favorites will be highlighted yellow. Remember to Sign In to ensure you can see these favorites later.

Search History

You can also view your search history, which will be available across multiple sessions as long as you're logged in while searching.

To access your search history, click the icon  at the top of the page.

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