Databases

Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database now available in GALILEO

Posted: June 02, 2011

Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, the result of an international research project that offers a search of African names and slaving expedition records, is now available at http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=voyg or through the…

Databases

OCLC Per-Search Databases Discontinued May 31, 2011: Biology Digest, Geobase, & Wilson Select Plus

Posted: May 31, 2011

OCLC Per-Search databases have been removed from GALILEO menus for public libraries. OCLC is discontinuing access to all remaining per-search databases on June 30, 2011. GPLS has decided to discontinue access to per-search databases on May 31, 2011.…

Databases

Civil War in the American South now available in GALILEO

Posted: April 22, 2011

The Digital Library of Georgia and the Association of Southern Research Libraries have launched their new archive, Civil War and the American South, which is now available at http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=amso or though the GALILEO site. In…

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Support Children’s and Young Adult Literature with GALILEO

Posted: April 14, 2011

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…

Databases

New Interface for Ancestry Library Edition

Posted: April 13, 2011

As announced previously, on Wednesday, April 13th, the new search interface for Ancestry Library Edition will be released. (Ancestry Library Edition is available on-campus to public and academic libraries.) ProQuest has advised that the new search…