Social Sciences

You can access One Search by clicking the link below. The log in screen will ask you for your UWS email and password.

Signing In

One of the first things you should do is sign in to your account. The sign in link is in the top right hand corner - use your usual UWS log-in.

Signing in enables you to access your account, providing you with the ability to view the print books you've borrowed and renew them. Additionally, being signed in helps you to see where the full-text of books and journal articles are available electronically and activates the option for you to reserve print books.

My Library Card

Once you've logged in, you should see your name in the top right hand corner.

If you click on this you will be able to access a section called My Library Card - by clicking on this you will be able to

• See what books you have on loan.
• Renew these books where this is possible.
• See if items you have requested are available for collection.
• View your saved items (any items you have pinned to My Favorites).
• View previous searches you have run.

You can also access One Search through the Library tile on the UWS student app.

If activated, your personalised 'My Library Card' entry will be displayed automatically.

One Search will be really useful for easily accessing books and journal articles - for a lot of academic research, these will be important components. To search for these effectively you have to use different searches to locate these resources.

Books: when you're looking for a book, whether print or electronic, use the Local Search function.

Journal articles: if you're looking for a journal article, use the Articles search.

Basic Search

Use the default Basic (Simple) Search in One Search for very straightforward searches, e.g. an author's surname and a word from the title. 

By default, the system will look in any field for entries that match your search terms. This means it searches for the term across the item record - in the title, the authors' names, subject headings.

You can enhance your search by using some of these techniques:

• Phrase search - including the terms in double quotation marks "" to ensure they appear together (e.g. "logistics innovation").

• Boolean search:

  • AND (+) - narrows down the results. All connected terms must be included in the results (e.g. logistics AND supply chain).

  • OR (|) - broadens out the results. Either connected term can be included in the results (e.g. logistics OR supply chain).

  • NOT (-) narrows down the results. The second term must be excluded from the results (e.g. "logistics innovation" NOT patenting).

• Truncation symbol * to find variations of word endings (e.g. leaders* will find leaders and leadership).

Advanced search

Prefer the Advanced Search option when you are looking for more complex topics. This options enables you to specify the search field you wish to use.

When searching for literature in general, and journal articles in particular, the search terms used are crucial to the success of the search. It is a good idea to consider your search terms in advance, partly due to the volume of literature available and  partly as the same topic may be written up using different terms.

• Try brainstorming all the different search terms you might want to search, as well as sub-topics and specific aspects you wish to focus on.
• Think of different ways of expressing the same topic.
• Remember variant spellings and different terminology used in different countries.

When you start reading around your subject you may learn new terms - if you do, it can be a good idea to re-run your literature search with these terms.

Can't find the support you need?

• Email us
• 'Log a Call' on the self-service portal
• Visit the Library Info Point on campus

You can also book an appointment with an academic librarian to discuss how best to find information on your topic, referencing, using EndNote and more.