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Google SSL Search
Google’s SSL Search is available in Beta at https://encrypted.google.com/. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a protocol that helps provide secure Internet communications for services like web browsing, e-mail, instant messaging, and other data transfers. When you search over SSL, your … Continue reading
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Link Search
Find the Web pages that link to a particular site by including “link:” before the websites address. Example: link: www.georgefox.edu This works in Google, Yahoo! and Bing. It may work in other search engines too.
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Nature Available Online
The library now subscribes to Nature online rather than in print. Nature.com web feeds allow you to sign-up for rss feeds that provide headlines, summaries and links for all the new content from various scholarly journals. If you would rather … Continue reading
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Tip For Using Lit Resource Center
Here’s some helpful information for using Literature Resource Center. This database includes access to Gale’s Literary Index which is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms … Continue reading
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Videos On Demand At GFU
Tip: You can find a list of all the Videos on Demand (streaming videos) by going through Foxtrax and doing a keyword search for “vod”. We have almost 400 though so to narrow your search: Go to Foxtrax Select Advanced … Continue reading
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Find Videos at GFU Libraries
Watch this short video to see how easy it is to use the catalog to find videos at GFU libraries. [youtube]whEMBbb3GyY[/youtube]
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How to Read More
We are all so busy and it can be a challenge to find time to read. Here is a brief post from “The Happiness Project” with “Twelve Tips for Reading More“. Related articles by Zemanta How to make time for … Continue reading
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EBSCO Visual Search
There is more than one way to search the EBSCOhost databases. Some of you might like to give EBSCO’s visual search feature a try. The search allows you to view your results in colorful blocks or columns that represent a … Continue reading
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About Ordering Dissertations
If you ever need to order a dissertation through InterLibrary Loan (ILL) services here is some helpful information: When the ILL request is made for a dissertation the library first tries to obtain that dissertation on loan from another institution. … Continue reading
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Cambridge Histories Tip
GFU Libraries subscribe to Cambridge Histories Online. Here’s some helpful information for using the advances search features: The advanced search page allows you to execute a more detailed search using a combination of search fields: Full text (i.e. full text … Continue reading
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