Using the Library: What do you need

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Using the Library What do you need?

• Panther ID or other picture ID
• Login Info username and password
• www.student.gsu.edu

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Borrowing materials from other Libraries

• Panther card _at_ all USG institutions
• Other schoolsInterlibrary Use Card from
  Reference Desk
• Interlibrary Loan--http//www.library.gsu.edu/ill/
  

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Printing

• 150 free copies on card to print from computer
  (7.50)
• For photocopying, use cash or visit Auxiliary
  Services to change card to Panther Cash
• Copy Center is on 3rd floor

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Off Campus Accesswww.library.gsu.edu

• GALILEO password
• see
• http//www.library.gsu.edu/access/
• Other databases use barcode number--begins 20785

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The 10-Step Process

• Formulate Your Question
• Get Background Information
• Focus Your Search Topic
• Consider Your Resource Options
• The Tools Available/Select the Appropriate Tool
• Use the tool
• Gather Your Materials
• Evaluate Your Sources
• Organize and Write
• Compose Your Bibliography

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Consider Resource Options

• Books
• Magazine/Popular articles
• Newspaper articles
• Scholarly/Peer reviewed articles
• Reference books
• Websites
• Surveys/opinion polls
• Statistical sources, government publications

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The Tools Available

• GILour GSU Store
• GALILEOour online mall/shopping center
• List of Databases

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Available Tools Resources
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The Flow of Information

• Consider Your Resource Options
• The Tools Available

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The Flow of Information
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Search Techniques for Databases

• General Search Techniques See handout in packet
  or http//www.library.gsu.edu/instruction/general
  /searchtips.htm
• Keyword vs. Subject Searching
• Use the Database Thesaurus or Subject Listing
• Utilize Database Limits (date, language, format,
  etc.)

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Databases for Public Administration

• PAIS International
• Academic Search Premier (at EBSCOhost)
• ABI/INFORM Complete (at ProQuest)
• Business Source Premier
• CQ Researcher/Weekly
• Current Contents
• Georgia Government Publications
• PolicyFile
• Political Science Abstracts, Worldwide
• State Capital Universe
• Statistical Universe

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Search Strategy

• Boolean Logic--AND
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Boolean Logic--OR
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Boolean Logic--NOT
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Popular vs. Scholarly
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Accessing Materials Once You Have A Citation (I
have a citation, where is the article?)

• Articles
• Check the E- Journal Locator to see if we have
  the journal electronically. If it is listed,
  connect to the database indicated and do a title
  or author search to pull up the article.
• Check GIL to see if we have the journal in paper.
  Write down the location and call number.
• If it is not in either place, do an Interlibrary
  Loan Request at the Circulation Desk or Online
  at http//www.library.gsu.edu/ill/

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Examples / Articles

• Poor image hampers public service recruitment.
  Worklife Report, 2002, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p8
• Brewer, Gene A. Selden, Sally Coleman. Whistle
  blowers in the federal civil service new
  evidence of the public service ethic. Journal of
  Public Administration 8413-39 no 3 Jl 1998

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Search Techniques for Online Catalog GIL,
http//gil.gsu.edu

• Basic Search Keyword anywhere
• civil service women
• Subject Browse Example
• Civil Service

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Accessing Materials Once You Have A Citation

• Books and Dissertations
• Check GIL, Pullen Librarys Online Catalog, to
  see if the library owns a particular book or
  dissertation.
• Check WorldCat in GALILEO to see if a near-by
  library owns a particular book or dissertation.
• If dissertation was written recently at GSU, you
  may be able to download it for free from
  Dissertation Abstracts (in GALILEO).

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Getting Assistance

• Reference Desk, 1st floor of Library North
• Reference Desk via phone [phone]
• Reference Desk via e-mail libref_at_langate.gsu.edu
  
• Me, La Loria llkonata_at_gsu.edu or 404.651.3726

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Additional Information

• http//www.library.gsu.edu/liaisons/lkonata/

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Hands-On Exercise

• Select two of the following databases do the
  same search and compare results
• PAIS International
• Academic Search Premier (at EBSCOhost)
• ABI/INFORM Complete (at ProQuest)
• Current Contents