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Overview of Library Resources
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Stefano Mastrocicco / Greenwich / March 2015
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 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
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
athens@gsm.org.uk
You can access the resources of the library with your tablets
and smartphones also using a free QR reader app
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