GALILEO at the
Reference Desk
GOLD/GALILEO User Group Conference
July 31, 2009
GALILEO at the Reference
Desk
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Readers’ advisory
Facts
Georgia information
Company information
Consumer health
Readers’ Advisory
NoveList and NoveList K-8
Readers’ Advisory
NoveList and NoveList K-8
Find books in
series order
Click “Quick
Print” to
create a
print-friendly
list
Readers’ Advisory
NoveList and NoveList K-8
Find read-alikes
Find similar books
Subject terms
Readers’ Advisory
NoveList and NoveList K-8
Award Lists
Caldecott Award
Coretta Scott King
Award
Carnegie Medal
Agatha Award
Georgia Children’s
Book Award
Georgia Peach
Award
National Book Award
Parents’ Choice
Award
Nebula Award
Tons more ! ! !
Fact Finding in Britannica
Databases
Fact Finding in Britannica
Quick facts
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Canada is the second largest country (Russia is first)
World’s largest lake is Baikal in Russia
Pythagorean theorem is older than Pythagoras
Chess first appeared in India in the 6th century AD
There are about 320 species of hummingbirds (Family:
Trochilidae)
– More of the world's farmland is devoted to wheat than to any
other food crop (about 570,000,000 acres)
– The Hippocratic Oath comes from a manuscript called the
Hippocratic Collection. The text of the Oath is in Britannica.
Fact Finding in Britannica
From the “This Day
in History” spotlight
on the Britannica
home page, click
“Learn More” to
search a database
of days of the year.
Fact Finding in Britannica:
Dictionary
Use the Britannica search box to search
the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
(adults) or the Merriam-Webster’s
Student Dictionary (K-12)
Fact Finding in Britannica:
Dictionary
Double-click any word
in Britannica to see
a definition of the
word and hear the
correct
pronunciation.
Fact Finding in Britannica:
Other Useful Tools
GeorgiaInfo: A Web Directory
of Georgia
GeorgiaInfo for All Things Georgia
More GeorgiaInfo
GeorgiaInfo includes information
on all things Georgia
• Maps, including map masters for
handouts
• Flora and fauna
• Photographs and other images
• Statistical data
• Georgia history
• Government information
• Organizations
• Places
• Tourism
• Economy
More GeorgiaInfo
GeorgiaInfo: Georgia African
American History and Culture
More GeorgiaInfo
GeorgiaInfo for All Things Georgia
Company Information
• Hoover’s Company Capsules and
Business Source Complete
– Job interviews
– Business plans
– Contact information
– Investments
Company Information in Business
Source Complete
Hoover’s Company Records
Consumer Health Complete
for Health and Medical
Reference
CHC: Patient Fact Sheet
Patient fact
sheets include:
- Definition
- Causes
- Risk factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prevention
- And more!
CHC: Drug Information Fact
Sheet
CHC: Images and Diagrams
Georgia Health GoLocal
A federallyfunded
initiative
implemented
by Georgia
medical school
libraries, other
Georgia
libraries,
Georgia health
initiatives, and
others. Listings
are not
purchased by
providers.
Georgia Health GoLocal: Services
by Location (Clarke County)
Georgia Health GoLocal
Go to
MedlinePlus
for GoLocal
in other states
Magazines for Reference
• Use the Journals A-Z or Magazines A-Z
tab to search specific titles
• Good reference desk magazines include
Consumer Reports, Car & Driver, news
magazines, Popular Mechanics
• And many more
Finding a Magazine in GALILEO
Magazines for Reference
• Select the title, then a database (your
choice)
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Consumer Reports Title Page in
EBSCO
Search within
all Consumer
Reports issues
OR
Select an issue
Consumer Reports Title Page in
ProQuest
Finding a Database in GALILEO
Use the
Databases
A-Z tab to
browse by
letter or
type in the
name of
the
database
Bookmark Frequently-Used
Databases (or Add to Favorites)
Under the
Databases
A-Z tab,
click
Express
Links
Bookmark Frequently-Used
Databases (or Add to Favorites)
Copy the
Express
Link for the
database
you want to
bookmark
Bookmark Frequently-Used
Databases (or Add to Favorites)
Go to the
database
and add to
favorites or
bookmarks
Bookmark Frequently-Used
Databases (or Add to Favorites)
Right-click
on the
database
you added
then select
Properties
Bookmark Frequently-Used
Databases (or Add to Favorites)
In the Properties box,
change the URL to the
Express Link.
The next time you click
on the Favorite link, you
will go straight to the
database (in the library;
remote users will be
prompted for GALILEO
password first.
Thank You !