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Midterm
Preparation
Outlines
from Your Peers
How to Find a
Book in Fenwick
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Open the library webpage
at http://library.gmu.edu
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Click on the word "Mason"
under the gold words "Library Catalogs" to go to the catalog for GMU
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Enter "weight lifting"
in the field and choose "keyword" search
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Choose the book that you
want to find in the Search Results list
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Make sure the book isn't
charged and write down the
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call number
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author name
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book title
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Get the book from the
shelf using the call number
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Go to the circulation
desk and check out the book using your GMU ID card.
The Process of Finding
A Periodical
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Go to http://library.gmu.edu
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Click on DATABASE
by alphabetical
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Click on EXPANDED
ACADEMIC
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Type a word or phrase
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"weight lifting" or
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weight AND lifting
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Choose your option: keyword, title,
or author
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Choose the item from the
results list that you want to view
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Note these things about
it:
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title of source
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volume number and/or date of source
publication
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title of article
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author name
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If it has full text, click
on that link and print it out or save it to disk
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If it has no full text,
check if Mason subscribes to the source by clicking on Mason Link
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If Mason subscribes to
the source, look for its format:
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microform comes in two formats; either
format is stored alphabetically by source name and requires a machine to
read it
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microfiche (flat)
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microfilm (like movie or camera film)
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print/paper will be stored alphabetically
by source name in the periodical room in either:
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current stacks (very popular periodical
need to be checked out from the librarians at the desk in the periodical
room) or
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bound stacks
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