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

GALILEO Resources for National Hispanic Heritage Month

Posted: September 13, 2013

National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated from September 15 to October 15, will be starting soon. If you're looking for resources to celebrate this month, GALILEO offers quite a few. To find a great list of books to read, search for…

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

50th Anniversary: “I Have a Dream”

Posted: August 28, 2013

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. On the 50th anniversary of this event, you can read the full text of the "I Have a Dream" speech in MAS Ultra in GALILEO. Image from the…

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NoveList Adds Tools for Finding Visual Appeal

Posted: June 12, 2013

Readers have a new tool for helping to discover books they love -- a new category of appeal terms called illustration appeals. These new appeal terms are now available in NoveList and NoveList K-8. Illustration appeals describe the visual impact of…

General | K-12 | Public Library

Need Summer Reading Ideas for the Kids?

Posted: June 05, 2013

If you're looking for books to keep children and teens reading this summer, NoveList provides several book lists for younger and older children and for teens that go along with the summer reading program at your Georgia public library. * Summer…

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

This Day in Georgia History: May 24, 1850

Posted: May 24, 2013

On this day in 1850, Henry W. Grady was born in Athens, GA. He was known as the "Spokesman of the New South" and was the managing editor for the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s. Before working at the Atlanta Constitution, Grady shared ownership in…