Georgia Middle School Association 35 th Annual Conference February 2013

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Public and Private Schools Public and Private Colleges and Universities Public Libraries

Your portal to authoritative age-appropriate databases on multiple topics

Databases can contain magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, newspaper articles, reviews, and…

Databases can also contain primary source documents, encyclopedia entries, book chapters, images, videos, and much more

Seamless access on-campus via IP authentication Log in off campus with GALILEO password

Passwords change 4 times a year Each public school system, private school, public library system, and academic institution gets a unique password Teachers: Get your password from your media specialist

 On-level informational text  Primary sources  Multimedia  Citing  Curriculum Tools  Lesson Plans from GALILEO

Discover GALILEO search box Discover GALILEO By Topic to see individual databases Compton’s by Britannica (articles, multimedia) Compton’s by Britannica SIRS Discoverer (articles with Lexiles, multimedia, maps) SIRS Discoverer NoveList K-8 (fiction book recommendations with Lexiles) NoveList K-8 Georgia history resources Georgia New Georgia Encyclopedia Digital Library of Georgia GeorgiaInfo By Type to see databases for a particular type of format Primary Source Documents Pictures, Maps, and Flags

 Discover GALILEO offers a single search of resources with magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles as well as book chapters, primary sources, and multimedia  Search from GALILEO Teen for any topicGALILEO Teen

 Middle Search Plus (articles) Middle Search Plus  Student Research Center (articles, multimedia, primary sources) Student Research Center  History Reference Center (articles, multimedia) History Reference Center  Book Collection: Nonfiction (book chapters) Book Collection: Nonfiction  SIRS Discoverer (articles, multimedia, maps) SIRS Discoverer  NoveList K-8 (fiction recommendations) NoveList K-8  See Lexile HandoutLexile Handout

 Discover GALILEO (use Limit by Type to find primary sources) Discover GALILEO  Digital Library of Georgia (also in Discover GALILEO) Digital Library of Georgia  SIRS Discoverer (NOT in Discover GALILEO) SIRS Discoverer  Maps – current, historical, and outline  Annals of American History (from Britannica, NOT in Discover GALILEO) Annals of American History  American Memory (from Library of Congress, NOT in Discover GALILEO) American Memory  See more at Teen > By Type > Primary Source DocumentsPrimary Source Documents

 GALILEO offers resources with images, videos, and/or audio  Discover GALILEO (use Limit by Type to see Videos, Audio, and Non-Print Resources) Discover GALILEO  Compton’s by Britannica Compton’s by Britannica  SIRS Discoverer (NOT in Discover GALILEO) SIRS Discoverer  See more in Teen > By Type > Pictures, Maps, and FlagsPictures, Maps, and Flags  See more in Teen > By Type > MultimediaMultimedia

 Where I’m From in GALILEO – create a local history poem Where I’m From in GALILEO  Create Your Own Story – create a digital story Create Your Own Story

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