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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 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
You can access the resources of the library with your tablets
and smartphones also using a free QR reader app