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GALILEO Resources for Women’s History Month

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In honor of Women’s History Month, here are a few resources in GALILEO to help you find the stories of women throughout history.

First, explore Encyclopædia Britannica‘s spotlight on women, the Encyclopædia Britannica Profiles 300 Women Who Changed the World. There, students will find an illustrated timeline of women throughout history along with articles, essays, speeches, video clips, and learning activities.

For speeches, letters, and other primary source documents, search for women in Annals of American History to see a letter from Horace Greeley on women’s rights or a declaration of rights for women from Susan B. Anthony.

A quick search of SIRS Discoverer (elementary and middle school) or SIRS Researcher (high school) will bring back news and magazine articles, images, and more. SIRS Discoverer also includes a spotlight for Women’s History Month, so click the Spotlight of the Month feature at the bottom of the SIRS Discover home page to investigate this (scroll to the bottom of the Spotlight page to see archives). SIRS Researcher includes an extensive leading issues feature about Women’s Rights with a detailed timeline, global perspectives, statistics, and more. Search for women’s rights to see this. To see the spotlight on Women’s History Month, go to the Databases Features tab and choose Spotlight On… to see the spotlights. Scroll down and go to the 2011 Archive to see current and past spotlights.

A search for women in History Reference Center reveals articles about Amelia Earhart and other women aviators, about women in space, about female athletes, about women living the pioneer life on the frontier, and much more. Don’t miss the historical images and videos to the right of the search results.

To see even more images than what is available in Britannica, SIRS, or History Reference Center, check out Images at EBSCOhost. Just search for women or for a name, place, or event to see historical and present-day images.

For literary criticism of works by women, search Literary Reference Center for a title, author, or theme. Here’s a tip to limit your search to articles related to works by female authors. Go to Advanced Search, leave the search box blank, and choose Female in the Literary Author’s Gender field. You can then click the Biographies tab in the search results to see a list of authors or click on Plot Summaries to see a list of works. This tip also works in NoveList and NoveList K-8 to find a list of female authors. Or, you can search NoveList for a name, title, or theme to find book recommendations.

Want to meet important women in Georgia? Take a look at the Women of Distinction in Georgia feature in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Your students can read about interesting women like Mary Musgrove, Hazel Raines, Rosalyn Carter, Alice Walker, and many more fascinating women. Students can also see Famous Georgia Women in GeorgiaInfo.

Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

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Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs
Encyclopædia Britannica High School: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs
Compton’s by Britannica (for middle school): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm
Britannica Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk
Annals of American History: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zeba
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks
History Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbhr
Images (EBSCOhost): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbim
New Georgia Encyclopedia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ngen
GeorgiaInfo: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=gnfo
Literary Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zblr
NoveList: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zknl
NoveList K-8: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne
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Find Presidents in GALILEO

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In honor of President’s Day this month, it seems fitting to highlight some of the great resources in GALILEO that provide biographical information on our nation’s presidents.

Encyclopædia Britannica includes articles on all presidents from Washington to Obama. For multimedia, essays, primary sources and more, check out Britannica’s spotlight on The American Presidency.

Annals of American History provides speeches, letters, and more primary source documents. Just search for a president of your choice to see these.

SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher also offer a great deal of information. In SIRS Issues Researcher, just search for presidents or search for one by name. In SIRS Discoverer, students can browse to Notable People and then click U.S. Presidents, or they can click Biographies on the right to find a particular person.

History Reference Center offers articles, speeches, images, and videos. Search for United States presidents or search for a president by name to find these.

For a look at Georgia’s own former president, search the Digital Library of Georgia for Jimmy Carter to see editorial cartoons, historical images, oral histories, and newsfilm clips. Limit by collection or media type on the left to see each. For example, limit to the Vanishing Georgia collection on the left to see historical images.

You can find these resources and more in the Browse by Type > Biographies section in GALILEO High School, or the By Type > People section in GALILEO Teen.

Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

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Image from Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs
Encyclopædia Britannica High School: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs
Compton’s by Britannica (for middle school): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm
Britannica Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk
Annals of American History: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zeba
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks
History Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbhr
Digital Library of Georgia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1
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GALILEO Resources for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a memorial day for the victims of the Jewish Holocaust.

GALILEO provides several resources with images, videos, articles, and more to help us remember the events of that time.

Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition offers a special spotlight titled Reflections on the Holocaust with encyclopedia articles, images, videos, educational materials, and much more.

History Reference Center includes articles as well as historical images and videos related to the Jewish Holocaust. Readers can also search for topics such as Auschwitz, Nuremberg Trials, or Adolf Hitler to learn more about the places, events, and people related to this time in history.

Students can also search SIRS Discoverer (elementary and middle school) and SIRS Issues Researcher (high school) for “Holocaust” to find articles and images. SIRS Discoverer also includes links to editorially-selected websites about the Holocaust for further exploration.

Images @ EBSCOhost offers a variety of photos that include present-day images from the news of survivors and memorials as well as some historical photos.

To see a slightly different perspective, students can read entries from The Southern Israelite, a historical newspaper in the Digital Library of Georgia that covered news of the southern Jewry as well as issues that involved Jewish populations throughout the nation and world, including the Holocaust. Students can search for extermination, Nazi holocaust, or other names and places associated with the Holocaust to find news from that time period. Students will need the DjVu plugin in order to view newspaper pages.

For book recommendations, search NoveList for Jewish Holocaust to find books for all ages. The NoveList editors also offer suggested book lists for grades 3-5, grades 6-8, teens, and adults as well as a list of picture books for grades 3-8.

Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

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Image from Encyclopædia Britannica

Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:

Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs

Encyclopædia Britannica High School: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs

Compton’s by Britannica (for middle school): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm

Britannica Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk

History Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbhr

SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd

SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks

Images (EBSCOhost): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbim

The Southern Israelite Archive: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=sois

Digital Library of Georgia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1

NoveList: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zknl

NoveList K-8: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne

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GALILEO Resources for Black History Month

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Black History Month will soon be here, and GALILEO has quite a few great resources to share with students and teachers.

The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) offers a variety of primary sources and education materials on the Civil Rights Movement, including films clips, images, oral histories, and more. Don’t miss the Educator Resources, especially the Freedom on Film site, for lesson plans and more.

For a look at the history of African Americans in Georgia, the Digital Library of Georgia offers historical images (Vanishing Georgia in particular), newspapers, and more. You can browse by your county or by subject (such as Peoples and Cultures) to see collections. Several collections of note are “Integrated in All Respects”: Ed Friend’s Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics of Segregation; Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander’s Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library; and The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s.

As always, Encyclopædia Britannica offers authoritative information on famous African Americans and historical events. Don’t miss the spotlight on Black History because Britannica has pulled together a nice collection of biographies, documents, multimedia, learning activities, and more.

SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher both offer spotlights on Black History Month. In SIRS Discoverer (for elementary and middle school), just click the Spotlight of the Month at the bottom of the screen and then scroll down to see the Spotlight Archives. In SIRS Issues Researcher (for high school), click the Database Features tab and then choose Spotlight on… to see the current month’s spotlight as well as the spotlight archives at the bottom of the screen. Students can also search either resource for “African American” or for names, events, or places to find articles and multimedia.

NoveList and NoveList K-8 offer book recommendations for all age and grade levels. Search for African Americans to see books, lists, and articles related to this topic, or check out the Advanced Search where you can limit your search to books written by African American authors (Hint: Leave the search box blank and choose African-American in the Author’s Cultural Identity field to see a list of books by African American authors.). Check out the Teaching with Books section on the right of the main page in NoveList to see award lists (including the Coretta Scott King Awards), BookTalks, Book Discussion Guides, Picture Book Extenders, and curriculum-based lists.

History Reference Center provides articles from many historical journals as well as images and videos. Book Collection: Nonfiction, Kids Search (for elementary), and Student Research Center (for middle and high) also include tons of articles, book chapters, and more for student research.

GALILEO staff recently offered a session showing these resources. You can view the archive for this session and others on the Self-Guided Sessions page. We also have training sessions designed for K-12 coming up, so check out the Training page to register for those.

As always, if you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access.

Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Civil Rights Digital Library: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=crdl
Digital Library of Georgia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1
Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks
NoveList: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zknl
NoveList K-8: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne
History Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbhr
Book Collection: Nonfiction: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbnf
Kids Search: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbks
Student Research Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbst

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Image from Encyclopædia Britannica

Upcoming GALILEO Training

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New webinars have been added to the GALILEO training calendar. Webinars are easy to attend and are great tools for professional development. Connection instructions are sent a day before the webinar to everyone who has registered. The instructions include a connection wizard that helps you make sure your computer is ready. Certificates of participation are sent to all attendees soon after the session. Below is a list of upcoming sessions currently scheduled. More will be added, so keep a watch on the training page and the GALILEO list for new opportunities.

Upcoming webinars:

  • Black History Month Resources — Demonstration of the Civil Rights Digital Library and GALILEO subscription resources
  • Holocaust Resources in GALILEO — In time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27
  • Grab GALILEO for Great Multimedia Projects — This session is great preparation for submissions to the Georgia Student Media Festival
  • Meet GALILEO for Elementary/Middle/High School — Separate session that focus on each grade level
  • Digitized Maps in the Digital Library of Georgia —A look at Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and an examination of historical maps to trace the changing environment of a Georgia city
  • Civil War Resources — Explore subscription and DLG resources covering the American Civil War
  • Bueno GALILEO: Language Resources — GALILEO foreign-language resources include encyclopedias for several languages and Spanish-language magazines
  • Journals and Magazines: Best Practices in GALILEO — Tips on searching journals and magazines in GALILEO and optimizing usage with alerts and linking

Archived webinars include a wide range of topics for all audiences.

GALILEO Staff
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

Language Translation Features in GALILEO Resources

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Many of the resources in GALILEO have recently added the ability to translate articles, which can be helpful for students who are learning English or other languages.

All grade levels of Encyclopædia Britannica allow you to turn on the Spanish translator in an article and then click a word in the article to see the translated word.

Articles in SIRS Issues Researcher have a Translate dropdown menu to allow users to translate the article into a variety of languages.

Many EBSCO resources, including Kids Search, Middle Search Plus, Student Research Center, MAS Ultra, Literary Reference Center, History Reference Center, and others, allow you to change the language of the database interface as well as the language of the article.

Students can also find a Spanish-language encyclopedia and article databases in the Spanish Resources section of GALILEO High School and GALILEO Teen. In addition, Global Reference Center provides encyclopedia and reference resources for several languages, including Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, and Japanese.

Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

Screenshot from Translate feature in MAS Ultra

Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs
Encyclopædia Britannica High School: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs
Compton’s by Britannica (for middle school): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm
Britannica Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk
SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks
Kids Search: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbks
Middle Search Plus: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbms
Student Research Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbst
MAS Ultra: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbma
History Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbhr
Literary Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zblr
Global Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zegr
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Lexile Scores in GALILEO

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Lexiles are standard scores that match a student’s reading ability to the difficulty of the reading material. Many GALILEO resources not only include Lexile scores, they also let students limit their search results to a particular Lexile range. Let’s take a look at GALILEO resources that include Lexiles.

NoveList and NoveList K-8 include a Lexile score in the information for many books as well as a link to a Lexile chart. To limit your search to a specific Lexile range, just click on Advanced Search and choose your range. Tip: In Advanced Search, you can leave the search box blank and just choose the Lexile range of your choice to see all books in that range.

SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher both include a Lexile score in articles. In either database, search for the topic and then choose to sort results by Lexile. To limit to a particular range in either database, click on the Advanced Search and type in the Lexile range.

Many EBSCO resources, such as Student Research Center, MAS Ultra, Middle Search Plus, Kids Search, and Searchasaurus, also include Lexile scores. Most resources let students limit their search to a Lexile range from the main search screen. In Kids Search, students can choose the Detailed Search to limit their search.

See this handout for more information.

Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

Screenshot from Advanced Search in NoveList

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Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
NoveList: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zknl
NoveList K-8: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks
Student Research Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbst
MAS Ultra: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbma
Middle Search Plus: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbms
Kids Search: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbks
Searchasaurus for Middle: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zpms
Searchasaurus for Primary/Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zpps
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Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations in GALILEO

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New Year CelebrationLooking for resources to support Georgia Performance Standards related to holidays, celebrations, and festivals? GALILEO has several resources with articles and book chapters to help students learn about these.

For information on holidays and festivals from all over the planet, Book Collection: Nonfiction offers book chapters for all grade levels, and History Reference Center includes articles for grades 5-12. From feasts and fiestas in Mexico to the Chinese New Year and from the history of Thanksgiving to May Day, students can find book chapters about the customs of a wide range of cultures.

Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition includes great background information on festivals and holidays around the world with articles about the origin of holidays current holidays celebrated in the United States and other countries.

Students can also search SIRS Discoverer (elementary and middle school) or SIRS Issues Researcher (high school) for a particular holiday or festival. The Spotlight feature in each of these resources also includes  a spotlight on winter holidays as well as other celebrations. To see the Spotlights in SIRS Discoverer, just click on the Spotlight of the Month at the bottom of the screen. In SIRS Issues Researcher, click the Database Features tab at the top and then choose Spotlight On… to see the spotlights.

Kids Search (elementary) and Student Research Center (middle and high) provide articles from newspapers, magazines, and encyclopedias as well as primary source documents and multimedia related to many aspects of celebrations. Search for a particular holiday or search for holidays in Kids Search or holidays in Student Research Center to see the breadth of what’s included.

Finally, for a peek at how Georgians have celebrated holidays and other special days over the years, check out the Digital Library of Georgia.

As always, if you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access.

Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Book Collection: Nonfiction: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbnf
History Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbhr
Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
SIRS Issues Researcher: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks
Kids Search: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbks
Student Research Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbst
Digital Library of Georgia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1

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Image from Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition

Civil War Resources in GALILEO

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If you missed the Civil War Resources in GALILEO session at GaETC, there is still an easy way to check out these resources.

See our Civil War Resources in GALILEO GLMA blog post, and you can also view a training session archive and handout.

Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

GALILEO for Student Projects

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If you missed the Creating Your Story: Tips for Using GALILEO in Student Multimedia Projects session at GaETC, don’t worry! You can still learn more about using GALILEO for student projects from our archived training sessions.

We recently offered a series of sessions on the Create Your Own Story in GALILEO student activity:
Create Your Own Story: Where You’re From (see archive and handout)
Create Your Own Story: Where Your People Are From (see archive and handout)
Create Your Own Story: Where You’re Going (see archive and handout)

We also provide a handout with Tips for Using GALILEO in Student Projects and Papers.

Check out the Create Your Own Story in GALILEO page for more information.

Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.

Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia