1. GALILEO Overview for K12 Teachers and Media Specialists Russell Palmer
Assistant Director, GALILEO Support Services

2. Access Website: galileo.usg.edu Password: turtle (Aug. 6=diving) Also:
MackinVia
Add GALILEO resources to any school site (express links)

3. GALILEO serves as part of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
GIL: 313 miles (503 KM) from Dalton State to Valdosta State, same day delivery via GIL Express
Illustrate the way that all the programs are interconnected and interoperable, up to a point beginning with “Mother GALILEO and her creation in 1995” through to the success of OER/ALG
Since ALG started in , the program has saved USG students over 31 million us dollars in textbook costs

4. Navigation basics Discover Search (Search lots of resources at once)
Discover Search Resource linking (Find full text)
A-Z Lists (Databases, Publications)
Browse by subject
Browse by Type of resource (Almanac, Encyclopedia, etc.)
Help!? & Support Services

5. Discover Search, browsing options

8. Databases A-Z

9. Magazines A-Z

10. GALILEO Interfaces Scholar Kids Book Collection: Nonfiction
Britannica School Elementary
Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia
History Reference Center
Primary Search
High School
15 databases (ebooks, articles, encyclopedias and more)
Teen
20+ databases (ebooks, articles, encyclopedias, and more)

11. =Search by Lexile and/or grade level

14. Note the levels: 1-3 (roughly, elementary, middle, high)

15. GALILEO offers eBooks for K12!
Collections for all ages
EBSCO Non-fiction collection
EBSCO K8 Collection
EBSCO High School Collection
Ebook Central (focus is on academic non-fiction)
Use on desktop or mobile devices

16. Primary documents Digital Library of Georgia New Georgia Encyclopedia
Georgia Historic Newspapers
National History Day Portal

19. Georgia Historic Newspapers

20. National History Day

21. Resources for your professional development
Professional Development Collection
ERIC (at EBSCO with direct links to full text when available)
Ebook Central
EBSCO ebook Academic Collection

22. Media Specialists!
Integrating GALILEO resources into Learning Management Systems
Creating lists of resources and using permalinks
Accessing GALILEO resources outside the GALILEO portal web page
Creating accounts to save research
GALILEO content

23. Making the most of GALILEO in the classroom and beyond
Express Links
Direct links to books/articles
Curriculum builder

25. We are here for you!
GALILEO Support Services

27. Authentication With OpenAthens

28. Goal: Make authentication as easy as possible

29. GALILEO Portal Redesign Project

30. GALILEO Development Advisory Committee K12 Representatives
Katie Dirr Malcom Bridge Middle School
Leigh Perisino Kincaid Elementary
Maile Steimer Jones Middle School
Jess Burke Georgia Humanities Council/National History Day

31. Demo and Q&A time

32. GALILEO training is available
Our training schedule:
Face to face training?

33. Thank you!