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Support Common Core Georgia Performance Standards with GALILEO. Georgia Middle School Association 35 th Annual Conference February 2013. What is GALILEO?. http://www.galileo.usg.edu. G eorgi A LI brary LE arning O nline Georgia’s Virtual Library. Who’s in GALILEO?.
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Support Common CoreGeorgia Performance Standards with GALILEO Georgia Middle School Association 35th Annual Conference February 2013
What is GALILEO? • http://www.galileo.usg.edu GeorgiALIbrary LEarning Online Georgia’s Virtual Library
Who’s in GALILEO? Public and Private Schools Public Libraries Public and Private Colleges and Universities
What’s in GALILEO? Your portal to authoritative age-appropriate databases on multiple topics
What’s in a database? Databases can contain magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, newspaper articles, reviews, and…
What’s in a database? Databases can also contain primary source documents, encyclopedia entries, book chapters, images, videos, and much more
Get GALILEO Anytime, Anywhere • Seamless access on-campus via IP authentication • Log in off campus with GALILEO password
GALILEO Password Each public school system, private school, public library system, and academic institution gets a unique password Passwords change 4 times a year Teachers: Get your password from your media specialist
GALILEO offers • On-level informational text • Primary sources • Multimedia • Citing • Curriculum Tools • Lesson Plans from GALILEO
What’s in GALILEO for Middle School • 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
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