Study skills library resources

Library &

Information

Services

Introduction to Library Resources

Overview of Library Resources

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Library Catalogue

Visit the online

catalogue for

information on:

• Books and

Ebooks

(Dawsonera),

• Journals and

Newspapers

The Library Databases

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Click on the icons to access the databases

Accessing Online Resources

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Student Portal

https://www.gsomportal.com/

student/login.aspx

My Athens

http://www.openathens.net

https://auth.athensams.net/my/

Accessing Resources through the Student Portal

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Accessing Resources through MyAthens

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List of databases

Discovery

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Discovery

Lists of DatabasesSubject Guides

GSM Subject Guides

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Click on the documents to access the full text in PDF format

Creating a Search Statement

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The Cartwheel Approach by

William P. Statsky

Creating a Search Statement

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Boolean Searching – AND, OR, NOT

Creating a Search Statement

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Boolean Searching – AND, OR, NOT (continued)

And (Find all of my

search terms)

Or (Find any of my

search terms)

Not ( search limit

results to one or two

keywords)

Each result contains

all search terms. (fair

trade and chocolate

and Great Britain)

22,666 results*

A sample with fair trade

or chocolate and Great

Britain will retrieve

several results.

1,737,492 results*

Results contain those

items associated by the

indicators (fair trade and

chocolate not Great

Britain)

38,779 results*

Example:

Find information using

1) Fair trade

2) Chocolate

3) Great Britain

as keywords to conduct a

search on Discovery

* Research made on 8 March, 2015

Advanced Search in Discovery

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Limiting your Results

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• Full text

• GSM collection

• Peer-reviewed

journals

• Date

• Source type

Limiting your Results

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More ways to

limit your search

results

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For any problem encountered when accessing your

MyAthens account,

you can email the Library and Information Services at

[email protected]

You can access the resources of the library with your tablets

and smartphones also using a free QR reader app