Quick Searching with GIL
GIL is the online library catalog. Like any catalog, it provides information about items that the library owns such as: books, electronic books, videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, and musical scores. For many topics, Quick Search provides a fast and effective way to find information.
- Click on the GIL@gpc.edu link in the left column of
most of the JCLRC library web pages. Type your search terms in the box.
- Use the drop down menu to select your search.
Find all words is a fairly narrow search that works
for most topics. It means that all of your search terms will appear in
any order in your results. For example, the
search, baseball Yankees, retrieves results that
cover both baseball and the Yankees.
Find any word broadens your search, while Search for a phrase narrows a search.
- To launch your search, click on the GO button or hit Enter.
- GIL usualy presents you with itles listed in groups of ten
(10) and ranked by a rough measure of relevance.
- Look carefully at the locations written in italics
under the blue title links. Items with the
locations, Click Title or Clarkston, are usually in the library.
- To find an item's location, click on its blue title
and then scroll down to its call number and availability information.
- To return to GIL Quick Search, use your
browser's back button or click Exit in the top
left coner of the screen. You can also scroll to the
bottom of the web page and click on the Quick Search link.
- If you do not get results that you like, please try again or ask a librarian for help.