Smart Search

Go to Smart Search

Beginning this fall, UI Libraries users can search smarter. The new and improved Smart Search on the UI Libraries website provides a single search box that searches the InfoHawk Catalog, the Iowa Digital Library, E-resources, E-books, E-journals and even journal articles. During this early release period, we want to hear about your experience using Smart Search. We will compile these responses to continue improving functionality for our library users.

Smart Search allows you search a variety of University of Iowa Libraries information resources at once. Find Resources allows you to search the Libraries online catalog – InfoHawk; the Libraries rich collection of e-journals, e-books, databases and the Iowa Digital Library. When you search Find Articles, you can find journal articles from several onlne publications for a variety of subject areas with one search. Following is a list of databases that are searched for each of the subject areas:

• General Resources
  Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), Periodicals Index Online (Historical), Readers’ Guide Retro (WILSON) and Newspaper Source (EBSCO).
  
  
• Art
  Art Full Text (WILSON), Art Index Retro (WILSON), Avery Index to Architecture, Bibliography of the History of Art, JSTOR Art & Art History and JSTOR Architecture & Architectural History
  
  
• Business
  ABI/Inform (ProQuest), Business Source Complete (EBSCO), EconLit, JSTOR Business, JSTOR Economics, Factiva, and PsychINFO (Ovid)
  
  
• Communication
  CIOS/ComAbstracts, Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO), Film & Television Literature Index, and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
  
  
• Education
  Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), Education Full Text (WILSON), ERIC (OVID), PsycINFO (Ovid), and Web of Science (ISI).
  
  
• Engineering
  Compendex and Inspec (Ei Village 2), Web of Science (ISI), and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
  
  
• Government Resources
  CQ Researcher Plus Archive, GPO Access via Firstgov and SourceOECD
  
  
• Health Sciences
  CINAHL Plus (EBSCO), Health Reference Center (Gale), Health Source: Nursing (EBSCO), and PubMed
  
  
• Law
  Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), CQ Researcher Plus Archive, CQ Supreme Court Collection, Law Journal Library (Hein Online), and JSTOR (All Subjects)
  
  
• Math
  MathSciNet (AMS), Science Direct (Elsevier), SpringerLink (MetaPress), and Web of Science (ISI)
  
  
• Music
  International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text (ProQuest), JSTOR Music, Project Muse, and RLIM Music (OCLC)
  
  
• Physics
  Institute of Physics Journal (IOP), Science Direct (Elsevier), SpringerLink (MetaPress), Inspec (Ei Village 2), and Web of Science (ISI)
  
  
• Political Science
  CQ Weekly (CQ Press), JSTOR Political Science, PAIS International (CSA), Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
  
  
• Psychology
  Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA), PsycINFO (Ovid), PubMed, and Web of Science (ISI)
  
  
• Religion
  Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) and ATLA with ATLA Serials (EBSCO)
  
  
• Social Work
  AgeLine (CSA), PsycINFO (Ovid), Social Services Abstracts (CSA), Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO), Sociological Abstracts (CSA), and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
  
  
• Sociology
  AgeLine (CSA), GenderWatch (ProQuest), JSTOR Sociology, PsychINFO (Ovid), Sociological Abstracts (CSA), and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO).