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New Georgia Encyclopedia Publishes Second Book, The Civil War in Georgia

Posted: August 11, 2011

As part of its ongoing collaboration with the Georgia Humanities Council and the UGA Press in support of the New Georgia Encyclopedia, GALILEO is proud to announce the publication of The Civil War in Georgia. Edited by John C. Inscoe, Editor of the…

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On This Day in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution Was Established

Posted: August 10, 2011

On August 10, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was founded by the U.S. Congress with funds from James Smithson, an English scientist who left his estate to the United States for an "establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Read…

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SIRS Access Restored for K12 as of 8/05/11

Posted: August 04, 2011

GALILEO is very pleased to announce that due to the Department of Education restoring additional funding for SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher for FY12, access has been reinstated for K-12 public schools and will be available via the GALILEO…

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360 Search Replaces WebFeat on Wednesday, August 10th

Posted: August 03, 2011

GALILEO is happy to announce that we will be transitioning the federated search technology behind GALILEO Search from WebFeat to SerialsSolutions 360 Search. This transition will occur on Wednesday, August 10th. We expect that the transition will be…

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On This Day in 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

Posted: August 03, 2011

On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, which is in southern Spain, with 90 men and 3 ships, the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María. Find out the privileges granted to Columbus by the king and queen of Spain (Did you…