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Posted April 10, 2013
Ace Your Golf Game with GALILEO
In celebration of the Masters Tournament in Augusta this week, let’s take a look at what GALILEO offers for golf enthusiasts in Georgia.
Use the Discover GALILEO search box to search for golf* to find articles about all aspects of golf, or search for golf courses, golf equipment, golf clubs, golf techniques, or another related topic. For a more specific search, try searching for a particular golfer, tournament, or course to see articles, images, and more.
GALILEO also includes several golf magazines, including Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, Golf World, Sports Illustrated, and more. Note that you can receive email alerts when a new issue of a magazine is added to GALILEO by clicking the Alert/Save/Share link in the upper right of the page and then clicking the Email Alert link.
For a look at golf in Georgia, the New Georgia Encyclopedia has several interesting articles about the Masters Tournament and several golfers, including Bobby Jones, Tommy Aaron, Louise Suggs, and more. The Digital Library of Georgia includes many wonderful historical images of golfers and golf courses in the Vanishing Georgia and Picturing Augusta collections.
Image from the Vanishing Georgia collection in the Digital Library of Georgia
Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access.
Posted April 9, 2013
UGA Press National Poetry Month Picks
Looking for some poetry to celebrate National Poetry Month?
UGA Press offers National Poetry Month Picks and invites you to discover or rediscover some current and past poets.
Posted April 4, 2013
Research on Youth Sports Safety
April is National Youth Sports Safety Month, and GALILEO provides plenty of information and research on this topic.
Just use the Discover GALILEO search box to look for youth sports injur* prevent* or for a specific sport or type of injury to see research and other articles related to prevention of injuries in youth sports.
Image from Britannica Elementary
Posted March 29, 2013
30 Years of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
In celebration of 30 years of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, the University of Georgia Press has been sharing guest posts by award winners throughout the month of March.
To see these, check out the 30 Days of the Flannery O’Connor Award at the UGA Press blog.
For more about the author, see our post to celebrate Flannery O’Connor’s birthday earlier this week on March 25th.
Posted March 28, 2013
Georgia Laws 2000 - Present Now Available in Georgia Government Publications
The Georgia session laws from 2000 to the present have now been digitized and are available through the Georgia Government Publications (GGP) database.
This new addition (as well as other recent additions) can be accessed through the Georgia Laws link on the right side of the GGP home page.