Signum function and Fourier transform

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I'm extracting a portion of my notes which I believe I might have copied wrongly.

Given this equation:

$$\frac{G(\omega)}{2ic\omega} [e^{ic\omega t}-e^{-icwt}]$$

I want to find the Fouerir transform of the above. I believe it involves the Fourier transform of the signum function. The Signum function is:

$$sgn(x) = \left\{\begin{matrix} 1 ,&x>0 \\ 0,&x=0 \\ -1, &x<0 \end{matrix}\right.$$ On my notes it says the Fourier transform of sgn(x) to be $$\frac{1}{\pi i\omega}$$ (is this the correct?)

Secondly, how do I apply the fourier transform to the above equation?

I'm pretty lost so any help would be good.