Finding and Using Books

GIL-Find is the the library's catalog. For help using GIL-Find, please try Step by Step Quick Searching with GIL-Find.

In case you may still need a GIL PIN to borrow books from other libraries and get the GALILEO passowrd. Watch this video to learn more about getting your GIL-PIN.

Add Power to Your Search

• To combine more than one main idea, use AND in UPPER CASE. Example: unemployment AND families for the effects of unemployment upon the family.
  
  
• To search for an idea that's a phrase, put it in "quotes." Example: "traumatic brain injury."

Finally, long books can seem scary. To help you get the most out of them, remember the table of contents in the front and the index in the back to find information on y our topic.

To help find the books on the shelf, don't forget to ask a librarian or watch From Catalog to Shelves, a video on how to locate books.

There is also a tutorial on How to Shelve Books (Read Call Numbers) to help you better find them. This tutorial needs Flash/Shockwave.