GALILEO at the Reference Desk GOLD/GALILEO User Group Conference July 31, 2009

GALILEO at the Reference Desk Readers’ advisory Facts Georgia information Company information Consumer health

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 –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 federally- funded 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) 1 2

Consumer Reports Title Page in EBSCO OR Select an issue Search within all Consumer Reports issues

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.

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