Databases | K-12 | Public Library | Scholar/Academic | Tips and Training

New Features in Britannica

Posted: October 27, 2010

There are a couple of new features in Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition that provide great learning activities for students. Create Timelines Britannica Elementary Compton's by Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica High School In…

Databases | K-12

SIRS Cancelled for Public K-12 Schools

Posted: September 10, 2010

Effective September 16, 2010, public K-12 (DOE) will no longer have access to SIRS suite of resources –Researcher, Discoverer, Interactive Citizenship, SKS Webselect , KnowledgeSource; nor the recently provided complimentary resources from ProQuest…

General | K-12

Appreciating Teachers

Posted: May 04, 2010

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, we wanted to share a few of the resources available to teachers in Georgia through GALILEO. Professional Development Collection includes articles and pamphlets on research and best practices for many topics in…

Databases | K-12 | Public Library | Tips and Training

Support Children’s and Young Adult Literature with GALILEO

Posted: April 16, 2010

NoveList and NoveList K-8 feature great tools for readers’ advisory for children and teens. Here are some of the resources you will find: Pre-packaged bibliographies Book talks and book discussion guides Read-alike tool for finding similar books…

K-12 | Public Library | Scholar/Academic | Tips and Training

Celebrate National Library Workers Day with GALILEO

Posted: April 13, 2010

In honor of National Library Workers Day during National Library Week 2010, here are a few of the professional development resources that are available for library staff in GALILEO. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) and…