Tips and Training

Tip: Text-to-Speech Features in GALILEO Resources

Posted: September 08, 2010

Several GALILEO resources have recently added text-to-speech, or read aloud, features so that users can have the text of an article read to them. This feature can be very helpful for students struggling with reading or for those who just prefer to…

Databases

Films on Demand available now for USG sites and Augusta Tech

Posted: September 08, 2010

Films on Demand is now available via GALILEO for all University System of Georgia institutions and Augusta Technical College. Films on Demand consists of 7,000 video titles (77,000 segments) in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics,…

Community Stories

GALILEO Fan: Laura Carter

Posted: September 08, 2010

Laura Carter, librarian at Athens Regional Library System, says, “The Search Books section of HeritageQuest Online adds 26,000 books to my personal library that I do not have to dust or make room for. This collection has family histories and local…

Databases

OCLC ends support for WorldScope Global and Disclosure Corporate Snapshots

Posted: September 07, 2010

OCLC ended support for the following FirstSearch Per-Search databases as of August 31, 2010: * Disclosure Corporate Snapshots * Worldscope Global These databases will be removed from GALILEO menus tomorrow morning, September 8, 2010. These two…

Community Stories

GALILEO Fan: Gordon Baker

Posted: September 07, 2010

Gordon Baker, Dean of Libraries at Clayton State University, says, “GALILEO is the most useful resource that librarians and all the citizens in Georgia have! Whether you’re a kindergarten student or an adult pursuing your graduate degree,…