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Lives Change with Reading

Posted: April 15, 2014

What book has changed your life? A study at Emory recently suggested that reading a novel can trigger actual changes in the brain that linger, at least for a few days, after the novel is finished.* Most of us have felt this, but now there is hard…

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Lives Change with Job and Career Resources

Posted: April 14, 2014

GALILEO's National Library Week news series showcases ways GALILEO, along with Georgia's libraries, can change lives. It's no stretch to say having access to resources that help Georgia citizens get jobs and advance their careers can be a real life…

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Research Starters Available in GALILEO Discovery Search

Posted: February 20, 2014

Research Starters is a new feature in Discovery search results that provides citable, authoritative summary articles for thousands of popular topics. Research Starters appear at the top of the results list and include an overview of the topic, links…

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2014 Edition of Statistical Abstract of the United States Available

Posted: February 05, 2014

The 2014 edition of the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States has been loaded into the database and is available to all GALILEO libraries and media centers. Users can search the 2013 and the 2014 content together or the 2014 content on…

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GeorgiaInfo Features New Interface and Site Organization

Posted: January 21, 2014

GeorgiaInfo, the online almanac for the state of Georgia, boasts a graphically rich new interface and new site organization to optimize intuitive navigation. GeorgiaInfo is valuable as a ready reference resource for all things Georgia and is rich in…