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Tips for Genealogy Research in GALILEO

Posted: June 27, 2012

Last week, we listed several resources for researching your family history. Today, we wanted to provide a few tips to help you get more out of these resources. ####Historical State Maps HeritageQuest Online includes historical maps of the states,…

General | Public Library

Find Your Ancestors in GALILEO

Posted: June 20, 2012

Interested in learning about your ancestors? Ever wondered if you might have a famous (or infamous) person in your family tree? Public libraries in Georgia offer several genealogy resources through GALILEO to help you research your family. Since all…

General | K-12 | Public Library | Scholar/Academic

Celebrating Flag Day

Posted: June 14, 2012

On Flag Day, we celebrate the adoption of the United States flag. You can read the history of the United States flag and read more about the establishment of Flag Day in Encyclopædia Britannica. Find images and more about the history of Flag…

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Tip: Find the Best Books by Searching for Starred Reviews

Posted: June 12, 2012

Trying to narrow down that list of books to read by finding the books that have received the best reviews? Here's an advanced search tip for NoveList to do just that. 1) Log in to NoveList 2) Go to Advanced Search 3) In the first search box, type in…

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Congratulations to Georgia’s Own Natasha Trethewey!

Posted: June 08, 2012

Natasha Trethewey, a professor of English at Emory University, has been named the U.S. Poet Laureate for 2012-13. Trethewey's works of poetry include Domestic Work (2000), Bellocq's Ophelia (2002), and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Native Guard…