Support Common CoreGeorgia Performance

Standards with GALILEO

Georgia Middle School Association 35th Annual Conference

February 2013

GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning OnlineGeorgia’s Virtual Library

http://www.galileo.usg.edu

What is GALILEO?

Who’s in GALILEO?

Public and Private Schools

Public and Private Colleges and Universities

Public Libraries

Your portal to authoritative age-appropriate databases

on multiple topics

What’s in GALILEO?

Databases can containmagazine articles,scholarly journal articles, newspaper articles,reviews, and…

What’s in a database?

Databases can also containprimary source documents,encyclopedia entries,book chapters, images, videos, and much more

What’s in a database?

Georgia Resources in GALILEO

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Each public school system, private school, public library system, and academic institution gets a unique password

Teachers: Get your password from your media specialist

GALILEO offers On-level informational text Primary sources Multimedia Citing Curriculum Tools Lesson Plans from GALILEO

• Discover GALILEO search box• By Topic to see individual databases

• Compton’s by Britannica (articles, multimedia)• SIRS Discoverer (articles with Lexiles, multimedia, maps)• NoveList K-8 (fiction book recommendations with Lexiles)

• Georgia history resources• New Georgia Encyclopedia• Digital Library of Georgia• GeorgiaInfo

• By Type to see databases for a particular type of format• Primary Source Documents• Pictures, Maps, and Flags

What’s in GALILEOfor Middle School

Informational Text Discover GALILEO offers a single search of

resources with magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles as well as book chapters, primary sources, and multimedia

Search from GALILEO Teen for any topic

Search Individual DatabasesBy Topic

Search Individual DatabasesBy Topic

Compton’s by Britannica

Compton’s by Britannica

Compton’s by Britannica

Compton’s by Britannica

Compton’s by Britannica

BritannicaCurriculum Standards Tool

BritannicaCurriculum Standards Tool

BritannicaCurriculum Standards Tool

Search Individual DatabasesBy Topic

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Discoverer

SIRS Resources Correlated to Standards

Search Individual DatabasesAll Resources

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

What Databases Have Lexiles?

Middle Search Plus (articles) Student Research Center (articles,

multimedia, primary sources) History Reference Center (articles,

multimedia) Book Collection: Nonfiction (book chapters) SIRS Discoverer (articles, multimedia, maps) NoveList K-8 (fiction recommendations)

See Lexile Handout

Search Individual DatabasesBy Topic - Georgia

New Georgia Encyclopedia

New Georgia Encyclopedia

New Georgia Encyclopedia

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Search Individual DatabasesBy Topic - Georgia

Digital Library of Georgia

Digital Library of GeorgiaVanishing Georgia Collection and other historical images

Digital Library of GeorgiaSanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Digital Library of GeorgiaHistorical Newspapers

Search Individual DatabasesBy Topic - Georgia

GeorgiaInfo

Search Individual DatabasesBy Type

Primary Sources Discover GALILEO (use Limit by Type to find primary

sources) Digital Library of Georgia (also in Discover GALILEO) SIRS Discoverer (NOT in Discover GALILEO)

Maps – current, historical, and outline Annals of American History (from Britannica, NOT in

Discover GALILEO) American Memory (from Library of Congress, NOT in

Discover GALILEO) See more at Teen > By Type >

Primary Source Documents

Search Individual DatabasesBy Type

Multimedia GALILEO offers resources with images,

videos, and/or audio Discover GALILEO (use Limit by Type to

see Videos, Audio, and Non-Print Resources)

Compton’s by Britannica SIRS Discoverer (NOT in Discover

GALILEO) See more in Teen > By Type >

Pictures, Maps, and Flags See more in Teen > By Type > Multimedia

GALILEO Lesson Plans Where I’m From in GALILEO – create a local

history poem Create Your Own Story – create a digital

story

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specialist orContact Us

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