GALILEO for K-12
Select databases by grade
www.galileo.usg.edu
ELEMENTARY
Britannica Learning Zone—PreK-2 learning environment that includes developmentallyappropriate activities for young learners, including an interactive atlas, learning games, engaging
audio and video, and effective vocabulary builders.
Book Collection: Nonfiction—More than 3,800 popular nonfiction books for youth on core subject
areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, technology, life skills, and more.
Britannica Elementary—Encyclopedia articles on historical figures, events, movements,
governments, and places. Includes interactive learning materials, timeline, and world atlas.
Kids InfoBits—Find magazine, newspaper, and reference book articles from titles geared for
elementary students. Many reference book titles come from Gale’s reputable print collection,
including First Facts about U.S. History, Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, and more.
Kids Search—Includes magazine articles and excerpts from reference books, such as
Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures, Discovering America, Events of the Middle Ages, and the Our
States series. Includes an Encyclopedia of Animals database.
NoveList K-8—A fiction readers' advisory tool that includes tools for finding read-alikes; lists of
books in series; lists o award-winning books; and lists of books on certain topics, geographic areas,
or periods of time.
SIRS Discoverer—Search for magazine and newspaper articles. Features include “Country Facts”
for essential information on each nation’s government structure, biographies, learning activities,
maps, and a special section for help with research papers.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Book Collection: Nonfiction--more than 3,800 popular nonfiction books for youth on core subject
areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, technology, life skills, and more.
Compton’s by Britannica—Encyclopedia articles on historical figures, events, movements,
governments, and places. Includes interactive learning materials, timeline, and world atlas.
Consumer Health Complete—Includes articles from health and medical reference books, journals,
patient handouts, drug information, and videos and animation pertaining to anatomy, disease,
injuries, and other health topics
Discoverer WebFind—Directory of reviewed and reliable Internet sites for middle school students
History Reference Center – Find full-text articles from history reference books, encyclopedias,
non-fiction books, and periodicals as well as historical documents, photos, maps, and videos
Kids Search—Includes magazine articles and excerpts from reference books, such as American
History and Politics, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures, Harlem Renaissance, and more.
Literary Reference Center – Find full-text articles, plot summaries, synopses and work overviews,
literary criticism, author biographies, and book reviews from reference works, books, literary
journals as well as poems, short stories, novels, author interviews, and images
New Georgia Encyclopedia—Authoritative information on people, places, events, history, and
other topics about the state of Georgia.
NoveList K-8—A fiction readers' advisory tool that includes tools for finding read-alikes; lists of
books in series; lists of award-winning books; and lists of books on certain topics, geographic
areas, or periods of time.
SIRS Discoverer—Search for magazine and newspaper articles. Features include “Country Facts”
for essential information on each nation’s government structure, biographies, learning activities,
maps, and a special section for help with research papers.
HIGH SCHOOL
Annals of American History—Primary source documents and year-by-year documentary of
American thought and action
Advanced Placement Source – Find full-text journal articles, maps, photos, and flags on a variety
of subject areas appropriate for high school students enrolled in various AP courses
Book Collection: Nonfiction--more than 3,800 popular nonfiction books for youth on core subject
areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more.
November, 2007
Consumer Health Complete—Includes articles from health and medical reference books, journals,
patient handouts, drug information, and videos and animation pertaining to anatomy, disease,
injuries, and other health topics
Digital Library of Georgia—Databases include primary source documents, such as diaries,
treaties, and letters; historical books; and historical photographs relating to the state of Georgia,
including the Vanishing Georgia collection of photographs.
Encyclopædia Britannica—Encyclopedia articles on historical figures, events, movements,
governments, and places. Includes interactive learning materials, timeline, and world atlas.
History Reference Center – Find full text articles from history reference books, encyclopedias,
non-fiction books, and periodicals as well as historical documents, photos, maps, and videos
Literary Reference Center – Find full-text articles, plot summaries, synopses and work overviews,
literary criticism, author biographies, and book reviews from reference works, books, literary
journals as well as poems, short stories, novels, author interviews, and images
NoveList—A fiction readers' advisory tool includes tools for finding read-alikes; lists of books in
series; lists of award-winning books; and lists of books on certain topics, geographic areas, or
periods of time.
SIRS Researcher—Find magazine and newspaper articles on social, scientific, health, historic,
business, economic, political and global issues. Includes tools for choosing a topic and researching
reports and research papers.
Student Research Center—Find magazines and newspaper articles on most topics, biographies,
country reports, film & video. Searches all EBSCO databases appropriate for this age group.
SKS WebSelect—Directory of reviewed and reliable Internet sites for high school students
Teachers
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)—Index, abstracts, and some full text of articles,
books, and documents covering education research and practice.
Professional Development Collection—provides full-text articles from nearly 550 high quality
education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more
than 200 educational reports.
Resources for Educators Page in GALILEO—Links to teachers’ resources in various GALILEO
databases. Find in the GALILEO Help section or go to http://www.usg.edu/galileo/help/educators/
Educators Resources are available from many K-12 database vendors.
 SIRS Discoverer http://www.proquestk12.com/productinfo/sirs_discoverer.shtml
 SIRS Researcher http://www.proquestk12.com/productinfo/sirs_researcher.shtml
 Britannica databases http://www.eb.com/training/
 NoveList and NoveList K-8
http://support.epnet.com/training/novelist/NLC/Support_School.htm
 EBSCO Databases http://www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?topicID=219&marketID=20
Images
Digital Library of Georgia—Images relating to Georgia’s history and culture can be found in many
databases, including Vanishing Georgia, Barnard’s Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign,
various historical diaries, and other resources.
New Georgia Encyclopedia—The encyclopedia includes images on Georgia’s history, places,
people, arts, and more. The NGE includes video and audio clips that are viewable through the
QuickTime plug-in.
Several subscription databases include image collections. Under fair use guidelines, images may
be used for educational projects and papers that will not be published. Databases with image
collections include the following:
Encyclopædia Britannica
EBSCO Images
Encyclopedia of Animals (Kids Search)
SIRS Discoverer
November, 2007