A View from the Trenches:
Using GIL-FIND in Instruction,
Reference and Marketing
GUGM 2010
5/20/2010
Lori Critz
Rebecca Drummond
Cliff Landis
Claudia Shorr
REFERENCE/INSTRUCTION
Survey of GSU Research Support Staff
• GIL-Find still very new: Over half don’t use it with
students. Many librarians use GIL Exact search.
• Librarians say they use it in blogs, libguides, email
reference, chat, and other sites; urls are
permanent.
• Half the librarians surveyed use it in classes;
advanced search may increase use.
• Many have not seen students using it; librarians
who use it in classes say, “YES! Students are using
it.”
“I need a Spanish dictionary…”
Student wanted a
dictionary to
check out
Results
Use Facets
to narrow
the search
Use Location Facet
Librarian
knows
books on
the 4th floor
can be
checked
out
Spanish/English dictionaries
Choose no. 5: Oxford Spanish
dictionary
GIL-Find item
Item is
available
“I want a book on something that
happened before 1500.”
Librarian suggested
books about the Vikings
in America (not a sports
team!)
Results
Choose number 4
The item
Use Similar
items to
find more
From Similar Items!
You could
use the
subjects to
find more.
Find works by a GSU faculty member
Enter author in
normal way
Items by Stephen Dobranski
Spellcheck: ‘pschology’
GILFind now checks
simple misspellings
Did you mean ‘psychology’?
Only 13
items have
the term,
‘pschology’
Some items really have
the word misspelled!
Provides the
closest word &
offers
alternatives
‘Psychology’: Correct spelling
Correct
spelling
provides
more than
40,000
results!
Use facets/
advanced
search to
narrow
Advanced search: now available
Narrow by
Call Number,
Language or
Format
‘psychology AND tests’
with Format: electronic
Results
Narrow by
topic
Educational tests and measurements:
Format: Electronic
Mozart AND The Magic Flute
Format: musical score
Narrow
by
Format
Results
Use
facets if
needed
Scenario: Searching for Ottoman
Empire materials
Plenty
of facets
to
explore!
Scenario: Searching for recent books
by a particular author
Google
Preview
Scenario: Previewing,
evaluating contents
Common words and
phrases with Web
2.0 Indexing!
Map of
places
mentioned
Scenario: Need Lit
Criticism –
Author as Subject
Looks
interesting,
but checked
out. What to
do?
Scenario: Follow-up on
interesting but checked-out
book.
Easy-access,
alternative book
choices:
The pearl search: follow subject link
Single-screen-integrated GIL UC link and
other retrieval links
Basic Instruction
• English 1101/1102 classes.
• Assignments involve research paper or annotated
bibliography.
• “No Brainer?” Put GILFind in handouts and on
libguides.
• Two Approaches for classes:
1. Quick Catalog Search from homepage.
2. Identify title in GIL, then pull up title in
GILFind.
• Why? They’re going to use it anyway!
English 1102 Libguide
http://research.library.gsu.edu/engl1102
Link to
GILFind
Typical English 1102 handout
Give GIL-Find
link
Quick Catalog Search
http://gilfind.gsu.edu/
Goes to GIL-Find:
Search All fields,
Title, or Author
Quick Catalog Search Results:
‘popular culture’
Item in GIL-Find
Show
Cite this,
Text, Email
Look
at
Similar
Items
Cite This
GIL-Find still uses the
old MLA & APA style;
new release should fix
this.
Google Preview
Search in a
book
Find in a
Library
(WorldCat)
Back to Classic GIL
Link goes
back to
Classic
Catalog
Classic GIL
Location
provides PDF
maps
Advanced Instruction & Subject Guides
• Link to research resources, items on reserve,
items on the Prof’s syllabus.
• Show one title to demonstrate GIL-Find.
• Examples: Engl. 3955: Language in the African
American Community; Engl. 8080 Modern
Grammar; Poetry research;
(http://research.library.gsu.edu/ : English.)
Language in the African American Community
http://research.library.gsu.edu/africanamericanlanguage
Links go to
GIL-Find
Item in GIL-Find
Talk about other
features: Text,
Email, Cite this;
Google Books
Show GIL
Express;
explain Recall,
Interlibrary
Loan
Training GSU Librarians
Searches in
GIL-Find and
use of facets
demonstrated
GIL-Find – Valdosta State
First, a textbased
instructional
webpage for
visual learners
GIL-Find – Valdosta State
Second, a
introductory
video for
auditory &
visual learners.
GIL-Find – Valdosta State
Third,
integrating
GIL-Find into
other tutorials
and resources.
“How to find Books…”
“Getting Started”
MARKETING/COMMUNICATION
GIL-Find - UGA
Linked from GIL …
GIL-Find - UGA
A series of 4 blog posts
introduced GIL-FIND and
provided an overview of
searching & web 2.0
features …
http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=2841
This one presented an
introduction to GIL-Find.
GIL-Find - UGA
This entry
provided an
introduction
to using
FACETS to
narrow a
search.
http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=2890
GIL-Find - UGA
This entry
highlighted
the Web 2.0
features –
texting of
records.
http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=2961
GIL-Find - UGA
This entry
focused on
the enhanced
full records in
GIL-Find –
with TOCs,
cover images,
Google Books
previews, and
reviews from
Amazon.
http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=3011
GIL-Find - GA TECH
Georgia Tech
utilized a series
of posters &
flyers ….
GIL-Find - GA TECH
A “tabbed”
search box
resides on
the home
page – with
the default
tab
searching
Vu-Find ….
GIL-Find - GA TECH
The new
website (rolling
out this
summer)
integrates VuFind into the
one-stop
search box
GIL-Find - GA TECH
A Google Widget has been
developed with Vu-Find as the
default tab …
GIL-Find – Valdosta State
Setting GIL-Find as the
default search, and
integrating it directly
into the homepage.
GIL-Find – Valdosta State
Blog posts highlighted
the GIL-Find interface,
as well as instructional
materials that were
developed.
GIL-Find – Valdosta State
Integrating GIL-Find into
tutorials and resources to
encourage discovery &
use.
“How to find Books…” slidecast
“Getting Started” video
GIL-Find - GSU
GSU
displayed a
webpage
“banner” to
publicize the
launch of
GIL-Find
GIL-Find - GSU
GSU has a
“one box”
search on
its home
page -the
Catalog
Search tab
connects
to GILFind …
GIL-Find - GSU
GSU’s new website
(in Beta) has a new,
expanded tabbed
search box. GILFind is the
CATALOG search,
and it is the default
tab.
GIL-Find - GSU
The GSU Library
Blog posts link to
GILFind records
(http://homer.gs
u.edu/blogs/libra
ry/) to market
resources and
events …
This entry
connects to
several relevant
GIL-Find records.
GIL-Find - GSU
“Eudora Welty as
Photographer”
record in GILFind.
GIL-Find - GSU
Entry on
David
Sjoquist
connects to
record in GILFind …
GSU Library Blog Posts
GIL-Find - GSU
David
Sjoquist in
GILFind …
GIL-Find - GSU
GSU Library
Blog also
links to DVD
records as
well as
books in
GIL-Find …
GILFind - GSU
“The Annotated
Alice” in GIL-Find
GIL-Find – GA Southern
Georgia Southern
provides the link
to GIL-Find on the
“classic” GIL
homepage, and
the other pilot
sites do so as well.
GIL-Find – GA Southern
The Library received a
large donation from a
recently deceased
professor, and his
family was excited to
hear that they'd be
able to watch the
collection grow in the
library catalog with an
automatic search link.
http://gilfind.georgiasouthern.edu/vufind/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Jacques+H.+Robinson+Collection%22&type=all&SubBut.x=0&SubB
ut.y=0&SubBut=Find
Questions?