Omni Search Tips

Omni can search three different domains: 

1. Queen's (physical and online resources)
2. Queen's + Omni Libraries (default): adds physical holdings of the 18 partner university libraries
3. Add results beyond: vast academic e-resources provided through the vendor's database. Includes journals, articles, ebooks, reviews, legal documents, technical reports, conference proceedings, and research data sets.​

Basic Search Tips

Apply Boolean operators to focus results:

• AND is assumed between words (AND must be in capitals) e.g. happiness (AND) productivity 
• Quotations for phases e.g. "genetically modified foods"; "inclusive classroom"
• OR between related words (OR must be in capitals) e.g. habitat OR ecosystem
• NOT to exclude terms (NOT must be in capitals) e.g. corona NOT virus
• Asterisk for alternate word endings e.g. cultur* for culture, cultural, and culturally
• Question mark for single character wildcard e.g. wom?n for woman, women
• Brackets to group terms e.g. "climate change" (ecosystem* OR habitat*) Ontario
• Automatic search expansion includes additional terms e.g. ADHD returns "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder"; heart attack returns "myocardial infarction"