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Finding Articles, Books, and
Other Research Materials
Articles:
All Georgia Southwestern State
University students, faculty, and staff may use GALILEO,
the statewide virtual library. Off-campus users will need to
get the password. The password for GALILEO changes
each semester. You can get the current one by asking at the
Circulation Desk, by calling (229-931-2259), or by emailing the
library. You have to be a registered student, and you will
be asked for your name and ID number. You may also enter
your active library account number from the back of your GSW
identification card in the "Home/Password" box on the
GALILEO home page.
GALILEO provides access to
over 200 online databases including full text resources as well as
indexing resources. For information on using GALILEO
databases, please see the following guides and tutorials.
"Basic
Guide to Library and Online Research" is a
step-by-step guide to using GALILEO's basic indexes
including GIL, the library's online catalog..
GALILEO &
Other Databases Available through GSW provides brief
information about some of the most often used GALILEO
databases.
The
Great GALILEO is just one chapter of
the Online Library Learning Center tutorial produced by GALILEO.
Books, government publications,
ebooks, and other items owned by JECL
GIL,
the library's online catalog is accessible at http://gil.gsw.edu.
You can also click on gil@gsw
on the GALILEO home page. GIL has records for books,
government publications, ebooks, audiovisuals, and other items
owned by JECL. For more information about using GIL,
please see the following guides.
Basic
Guide to Library and Online Research
GIL:
The Library's Catalog and How to Use It
"GIL:
GALILEO Interconnected Libraries"
is another chapter from the Online Library Learning Center
tutorial.
To find books and other research
material that may not be in our library but that can be
requested through Interlibrary Loan, use Books in Print
and WorldCat in GALILEO. Check the
News/Facts Reference database category, subdivision Books and
Book Reviews, for additional databases such as Georgia Library
Catalogs and netLibrary.
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