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GALILEO Resources for Participating in the DuPont Challenge Science Writing Competition

Posted: January 12, 2015

The DuPont Challenge is the acclaimed essay contest that recognizes excellence in science writing. Since Georgia schools integrate writing into the science curriculum, the DuPont Challenge offers a fun opportunity to motivate students and to help…

Databases

American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 is now available

Posted: January 07, 2015

American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955, an open access resource from EBSCO, is now available. It provides electronic access to citations from the print index, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities. Express Link:…

Databases

Fuente Académica Premier now available; Economía y Negocios & Fuente Académica no longer availabl

Posted: January 06, 2015

EBSCO is discontinuing Economía y Negocios. To replace the Spanish language content, EBSCO is upgrading the GALILEO subscription for Fuente Académica to Fuente Académica Premier. Economía y Negocios and Fuente Académica have been removed from…

General

This Day in Georgia History: December 29, 1835

Posted: December 29, 2014

On this day in 1835, the Treaty of New Echota was signed. The treaty ceded Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for five million dollars. The treaty was negotiated by Cherokee leader, Major Ridge, who only spoke for a small fraction of the Cherokee…

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Even More New Content Available in LearningExpress Library

Posted: December 23, 2014

Here's a tip for making the most of the down time you have through the holidays or for starting your list of New Year's resolutions: LearningExpress Library provides over 1,000 online practice tests and interactive skill-building tutorials, and more…