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General Library Orientation

This is a short guide to using the library's resources.

Primo Library Search

Primo Library Search is a library catalog plus discovery system to search across many of our databases and the physical collections.  When you search Primo you are searching the Gonzaga Libraries: Foley, Chastek Law Library and the Gonzaga in Florence Library in Italy. 

You are ALSO searching our consortium partner libraries (request from them via Summit Borrowing), and searching most of our online Databases. 

You can limit your searches in Primo by selecting 'facets' from the list of terms on the left.

Watch this video to see how facets can help you limit your results, and then try searching Primo!

Databases

When we say database it can have a lot of different meanings. In essence these are online library subscriptions we get through various vendors, and the content can vary. Many databases include full text articles, but some databases are just article citation searches. We also have databases with ebooks, streaming videos, classical music, theater performances and primary sources. If you don't know where to start continue to Research Help by Topic, or you can navigate to the Database list and use the drop down menus to filter by Subjects, or Types.

*We will dive a little deeper into using databases in the Finding Articles section of this guide.
 

 

 

Get Help

If you are feeling lost navigating library resources or starting a research project, our library staff and faculty are here to help!

Chat with the library & other contact information

Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our library chat is available to help.  You can also call, or email!

Research Appointments 

Schedule a one-on-one research appointment with a Foley Librarian via our handy online scheduling system.

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Library Account, Library Search, and Interlibrary Loan

Use your Gonzaga email and password.

  • Library Account: See physical items you have checked out, requests you have placed, and renew items.
  • Primo Library Search: Signing in to Library Search gets you more search results and allows you to place requests for Gonzaga owned items as well as Summit requests for items available in our library consortia, the Orbis Cascade Alliance.
  • Library Databases: Off campus access routes you through our proxy server, which gives you access to our subscription databases.
  • ILL / Interlibrary Loan: Login to your ILL account to request articles and physical items from other libraries, and to download your articles when they arrive (you'll get an email letting you know it is available).
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