Discover books, articles, and more
Find books, articles, and other items from our collections through Discover, a unified library search application.
What does Discover search?
- Articles: academic articles, magazine articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and trade publications
- Books & Media: the NC State University Libraries' catalog, which includes books, ebooks, government documents, movies, video games, and physical items on our shelves
- Everything: all of the above, plus other resource types like images
You can also use Discover to...
- Search newspapers: 1 billion newspaper articles
- Find journals: periodicals by title or topic
- Browse: by author, title, call number, series, or subject heading
Discover is NC State University Libraries' main discovery platform. It replaced the Catalog, Summon, and the Journal Titles application in June 2026. More about this transition