GSU Library Research Guides: Information Literacy Skills for Career and Lifelong Learning: Introduction to Research: Book & Article Search

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to navigate the library's website and conduct a keyword search in a database.

Discover: Article Search

Find an Article from a Citation

Catalog Search for Textbooks and eBooks

Software needed to download eBooks

GIL-Find: the library catalog
Searches Law Library, Special Collections as well as the University Library for all campuses.

eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
A wide selection of over 119,000 eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Search the collection on its own or side-by-side with other EBSCO databases.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Find scholarly ebooks in multiple subjects from world-renowned publishers. Create highlights, notes, and bookmarks for later, and share research with others
eBooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Choose from more than 2.4+ million e-books, including 370,000+ DRM-free titles covering a subjects from business to science and engineering to the humanities.
SAGE Knowledge Collection This link opens in a new window
This database is home to the full range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, containing over 5,100 titles, including reference works - such as SAGE Handbooks, academic books, professional development titles, CQ Press titles and more

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Google Scholar

Newspaper: Current News Sources

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Historical Archive 1883 - Current This link opens in a new window
Nearly 120 years of coverage from Georgia's most influential newspaper. A comprehensive digital archive of local, state and national history.
New York Times (ProQuest Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Coverage ranges from 1980 - current. The New York Times is considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences.
News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full text of U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of several major U.S. and international newspapers such as The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, and the Times of London.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Provides selected full text coverage for 245 national and international newspapers, newswires, and other sources.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
A business research tool for finding information on politics, current events, and government data. Warning: Use is restricted to reader access for research & education purposes only. Text mining prohibited. Analytics of the content is also not permitted..
Provides limited access to Atlanta Business Chronicle. Login information is belowTO LOGIN TO FACTIVA
Go to: https://my.openathens.net/
Enter and select “Georgia State University Library” in the “Find My Institution” search box
The login information for Factiva will be displayed. If prompted, use the username and password provided.
NOTES:
- The Factiva link will not work if bookmarked. You must access via MyAthens each time.
- Our Factiva license is limited to 10 simultaneous users. If you see an error message indicating “username and password is already in use,” it means the maximum number of simultaneous users has been reached.
- When you have finished your research, please log out so that other users may access the system.

Assignment and Assessment

Using the keywords developed from previous assignment, search each of these databases. Take a screenshot of first page of results. How do they differ? What types of resources are found in each.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. PDF content dates back to 1887.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full text of U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of several major U.S. and international newspapers such as The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, and the Times of London.