GALILEO Tutorial

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• GALILEO Tutorial
• ProQuest Search Basics

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July 2008
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ProQuest provides

• A collection of databases developed and provided
  by ProQuest Information and Learning and licensed
  to GALILEO for your use
• Access to the full text of thousands of
  magazines, journals, books, and pamphlets in many
  different fields
• Indexing and abstracting of thousands of other
  titles
• Basic and advanced search tools that are both
  powerful and easy to use

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From the Librarys Web page, click on the link
to GALILEO
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Click on Databases A-Z
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Type proquest in the search box and click the
Find Database button.
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Scroll down and click on ProQuest Databases.
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The Basic Search screen lets you do simple
searches easily.
2. and click the Search button.
1. Enter search terms in the box,
Clicking More Search Options lets you limit
your search further.
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This screen shows the additional search
options. We will use Basic Search for this
tutorial.
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We will search for full text articles on teen
suicide.
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ProQuest suggests alternative subjects for us to
search.
Our search returned 352 articles.
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Results are shown in groups of 10 per page.
At the bottom of each page are links that let you
jump to the first, next, or last page, or to
choose which page to display.
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You can also choose how many results to show on
each page.
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ProQuest displays articles in 3 different formats.
Full Text,
TextGraphics,
and Full Text PDF.
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Full Text shows an abstract of the article,
followed by the text. Pictures or graphics in
the original article are not shown.
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TextGraphics shows an abstract, the text of
the article, and any pictures or graphics from
the original article.
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Articles displayed in Full Text or TextGraphics
have buttons at the top and bottom of the page
for printing the article or e-mailing it to
yourself or someone else.
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Page Image PDF shows the article as it
originally appeared in the magazine, with all
pictures and graphics in place.
PDF files have their own controls for printing
the article or saving a copy to disk.
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You can search multiple ProQuest databases at
once.
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Central Georgia Techs collection of
ProQuest databases has been customized to best
meet the needs of our faculty and students.
Through GALILEO, we have access to 13
databases Covering a wide range of subjects.
Click View titles to see a list of all the
titles included in the database.
Click more info for detailed Information about
a database.
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For further information

• The Library staff are ready to help. Please ask.
• See our presentation on using EBSCOhost.
• Please e-mail library_at_centralgatech.edu and let
  us know how we can improve these tutorials to
  better serve your needs.
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