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Author Searching with GIL

GIL is the online library catalog for books and for nonprint items such as CDs and DVDs. Searching by author can help you find books and/or nonprint items by a particular person or organization.

  1. Click on the GIL@gpc.edu link in the left column of the JCLRC home page.

  2. Choose Exact Search.

    selecting Exact Search

  3. Type in the last name of your author plus his/her first intial and click the radio button next to Author.

    Searching for Jack Henry Abbott

  4. Click GO to begin your search.

  5. GIL presents you with a list of possible author names that are close to what you typed. Choose the author name that most closely matches the author you want and click on its blue print.

    Jack Henry Abbot in the author list

  6. GIL then gives you one or more titles by your author. Items that have Click Title or Clarkston as their location, are likely to be in the library.

    Books by assorted Abbots

  7. To find a book or nonprint item's location, click on its blue title, and then scroll down to its Clarkston call number and availability information.