HIST 7635 - Readings in Latin American History (Archives and Power): Georgia Southern Commons
How is Georgia Southern Commons organized?
Georgia Southern Commons is organized into Communities and Collections.
Communities are academic or campus units such as College of Education, Department of History, or Zach S. Henderson Library.
Collections are groups of digital objects that are similar to one another. Examples include: Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Finding Aids, or Peace Officers Association of Georgia collection.
What is Georgia Southern Commons?
Georgia Southern Commons is an open-access digital repository that collects, archives, and disseminates the intellectual and creative output of the University’s faculty, staff, students, and community partners. Georgia Southern Commons hosts contributions from across the campus and the community, including campus documents and publications, faculty and student research, conferences, journals, research data, news, and more
Digitized and Digitally-Born Special Collections for both campus collections are housed in Georgia Southern Commons University.
How do I search for materials?
Basic Search
The basic search box, found in the upper left of every page, allows you to search in Georgia Southern Commons or across all bepress Digital Commons repositories. You can also search within a collection if you navigate to that collection.
- Enter your search terms in the textbox
- Choose from “this collection,” “this repository” or “across all repositories.”
Advanced Search
The “Advanced Search” box, found in the upper left of every page (underneath the “Search” text boxes), can be used to search on a variety of fields. You can search on one field or an unlimited number of fields. After submitting appropriate terms to textboxes, you can filter your search by:
- Entering beginning and ending dates
- Choose from “this collection,” “this repository” or “across all repositories
- ”Sort by “Relevance” or “Publication Date”
How do I browse materials?
Select Browse All Collections from the Georgia Southern Commons homepage.
- Expand specific communities (including its associated collections) by selecting the "+" to the right of the community title.
- Select a collection to view by clicking on the hyperlink
