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All Georgia Southwestern State University students, faculty, and staff may use GALILEO, the statewide virtual library. Off-campus users will need to get the password. The password for GALILEO changes each semester. You can get the current one by asking at the Circulation Desk, by calling (229-931-2259), or by emailing the library. You have to be a registered student, and you will be asked for your name and ID number. You may also enter your active library account number from the back of your GSW identification card in the "Home/Password" box on the GALILEO home page.
GALILEO provides access to over 200 online databases including full text resources as well as indexing resources. For information on using GALILEO databases, please see the following guides and tutorials.
"Basic Guide to Library and Online Research" is a step-by-step guide to using GALILEO's basic indexes including GIL, the library's online catalog..
GALILEO & Other Databases Available through GSW provides brief information about some of the most often used GALILEO databases.
The Great GALILEO is just one chapter of the Online Library Learning Center tutorial produced by GALILEO.
Books, government publications, ebooks, and other items owned by JECL
GIL, the library's online catalog is accessible at http://gil.gsw.edu. You can also click on gil@gsw on the GALILEO home page. GIL has records for books, government publications, ebooks, audiovisuals, and other items owned by JECL. For more information about using GIL, please see the following guides.
Basic Guide to Library and Online Research
GIL: The Library's Catalog and How to Use It
"GIL: GALILEO Interconnected Libraries" is another chapter from the Online Library Learning Center tutorial.
To find books and other research material that may not be in our library but that can be requested through Interlibrary Loan, use Books in Print and WorldCat in GALILEO. Check the News/Facts Reference database category, subdivision Books and Book Reviews, for additional databases such as Georgia Library Catalogs and netLibrary.
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