GALILEO Planet News
Posted April 18, 2012
Earth Day: Research Related Issues in GALILEO
In honor of Earth Day, which is coming up this Sunday, April 22nd, we thought you might like a few GALILEO resources to help you research issues such as climate change, conservation, biodiversity, energy, green economy, recycling, and sustainable agriculture and development.
You can research these issues and more in GreenFILE, Environment Complete, and Encyclopaedia Britannica. Find these databases and more in the Ecology (for GALILEO Scholar or GALILEO Library) or Environment (for GALILEO High School) subject areas.
Image from Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Earth article
Posted April 13, 2012
You Belong @ Your Community in Ancestry Library Edition
To celebrate our theme of You Belong @ Your Community in GALILEO during National Library Week, we have looked at how to learn more about your city or county in Georgia history resources, including the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the Digital Library of Georgia, and GeorgiaInfo, and in genealogy resources, HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition.
This week, we have looked at the Georgia history resources, New Georgia Encyclopedia, Digital Library of Georgia, and GeorgiaInfo, and at one genealogy resource, HeritageQuest Online.
Today, we’ll look at Ancestry Library Edition, a genealogy resource with a wide variety of historical records, publications, and more.
Georgia Information
To limit your search to Georgia information, log in to Ancestry Library Edition and click the small all databases link at the bottom of the page. Then, scroll down to Filter by Location on the left of the screen to see collections from Georgia.
Blank Forms
Ancestry Library Edition includes many blank forms to help your research. This includes blank census forms from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, which can help when you’re trying to decipher the text of a census record scan. There are also charts and research forms to help you keep track of all the wonderful information you dig up during your search. To access these, log in to Ancestry Library Edition (only available in the library) and click the Charts and Forms tab at the top.
Comparison Chart
If you’re wondering about the difference in HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition, the vendor, ProQuest, has created a chart, which you can access here.
We hope you have found something interesting about your community this week. Thank you for celebrating National Library Week 2012 with GALILEO!
Posted April 13, 2012
Find the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2011 in GALILEO
As a part of National Library Week, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has released the “Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2011” list.
Read about these books in NoveList, Novelist K-8, or Literary Reference Center:
ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age groupThe Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Reasons: Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age groupThe Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violenceMy Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Reasons: Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age groupThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age groupAlice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: Nudity; offensive language; religious viewpointBrave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: Insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicitWhat My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: Nudity; offensive language; sexually explicitGossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: Drugs; offensive language; sexually explicitTo Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Reasons: Offensive language; racism
See the ALA site for more information on banned and challenged books.
Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access.
Posted April 12, 2012
You Belong @ Your Community in HeritageQuest Online
To celebrate our theme of You Belong @ Your Community in GALILEO during National Library Week, we are looking at how to learn more about your city or county in Georgia history resources, including the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the Digital Library of Georgia, and GeorgiaInfo, and in genealogy resources, HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition.
So far, we have looked at the Georgia history resources, New Georgia Encyclopedia, Digital Library of Georgia, and GeorgiaInfo.
Today, we’ll look at HeritageQuest Online, a genealogy resource with census records, local histories, and more.
Historical State Maps
HeritageQuest Online includes historic maps of the states, which are helpful in determining which counties existed (or not) in past years.
To access these maps:
- log in to HeritageQuest Online
- click on the Search Census section
- click Browse above the search box to browse census records
- choose a census year
- choose a state
- click the View State Map link that appears beside the state dropdown
This will open a pop-up window with a map of the state for that year with current county lines as well as the county lines during that year.
Local Histories
To find local history books, log in to HeritageQuest Online and choose the Search Books section. Then, search for your city or county in the Places section.
Tomorrow, we’ll find Georgia collections in Ancestry Library Edition.
Posted April 12, 2012
Support Children’s and Young Adult Literature with GALILEO
NoveList and NoveList K-8 feature great tools for readers’ advisory for children and teens. Here are some of the resources you will find:
- Recommended reading lists and award winners
- Book talks and book discussion guides
- Read-alike tool for finding similar books
- Lexile search in Advanced Search
- Author nationality/cultural identity search
Explore NoveList K-8 or NoveList now.
Remember you can keep current in the field of serving children and young adult populations with GALILEO databases. Go to subject categories on “Education” and “Library and Information Science” for recommended resources.