Galileo has just released a toobar that you can download for use with Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. This toolbar will appear below the url/address bar on Internet Explorer. The toolbar allows you to search within Galileo without having to open up Galileo in a separate window. When you search, you search a group of databases connected with a certain vendor, ex. EBSCO databases, Proquest databases, or by Journals A-Z. It will also allow you to search in the Chattahoochee Technical College catalog. A drop down list on the left will allow you to navigate to various sections and datbases of Galileo, such as Lexis Nexis.
One other interesting feature of the toolbar involves Wikipedia. Once the Galileo toolbar is installed, references in Wikipedia articles that are endnoted at the end of the artilce will now display a link (in most cases) that appears as a purple tab that says 'Find It.' Clicking on the tab at the end of the endnote will take you to a page that will tell you whether or not an article or book can be found in full-text in Galileo and what databases(s)the article is in. To see an example of this, go to the Wikipedia article on President Obama and look at the endnotes near the article's end.
Remember, if you need the current Galileo password, please contact your local Georgia librarian.
JWF
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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