Ongoing updates keep Encyclopædia Britannica current and relevant. Each month, more than 1,200 articles are added or updated, and photos, videos, illustrations, and maps are added to enhance the articles. From biographies of current political…
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…
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…
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…
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…