Exploring

Have you tried the Beta version of GALILEO Academic?

When you log on to our portion of GALILEO Academic, there is a lovely bright orange link to the beta version.

Beta means - not finished yet, testing, trying it out, making sure everything works. The more complete GALILEO will go into production in December.

That gives us 3 months to play, explore, look carefully and let the folks at GALILEO know what we think.

They can't do everything we might wish but they can do a lot- if we just let them know what works well as we're searching for information.

When I got up this morning I did a little looking around. I like that the Search feature highlights the "Try These First" with the big boys Ebsco and ProQuest along with the Encyclopedia Britannica.

A little history : When Quick Search was implemented, folks complained that they couldn't limit the quick search to their favorite ProQuest or Ebsco databases from the home page (these two were prominently displayed as options on the home page pre Quick Search).

This new search feature seems to have answered that concern! See, they are listening.

Go and explore- if you find something you like- tell them. If you find something you wish were a bit different - tell them.

And no, I don't work for GALILEO but I do treasure it as a fantastic resource. Georgians have no idea how fortunate they are to have this available to them.

Get the current password for home use of GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.