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Finding Resources

The primary reason people use the library is that they're looking for information, right? 

So how do you do that?

Answering that question can get complicated, so let's take it from the beginning.

If you know that you're looking for information in a format that you can immediately touch and hold in your hands, like: a print book, a three-dimensional model, or a DVD, you'll need to click on the sub-tab, "Find Physical Resources".  Doing this will take you what is sometimes called the "library catalog".  Here at Gordon, we only use the library catalog to organize and locate these types of resources.

If what you're wanting is something you can only access through a computer or device, like: an ebook, a database article, or a streaming movie, you'll need to click on the sub-tab, "Find Digital Resources."  This will take you to a complete A-Z list of Gordon Library databases.  Once there, you'll need to search within a given database.  You can browse the individual databases:

  • alphabetically by title
  • by subject (e.g., Business, Medical Science, Education, etc.)
  • by database type  (i.e., whether the database is primarily composed of ebooks, streaming video, articles, etc.)
  • by vendor (i.e., the company that supplies the database)