Galileo Getting Use

What is the tool?
GALILEO stands for GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online. Galileo is an online database that was created by the state of Georgia to increase the databases and provide equal opportunities for information and resources to all libraries and institutions.

How can it be used?
Galileo is best used when needing credited information about a topic. Many students can use Galileo as a search system for good information they are able to reference to or read for their own knowledge. I have found Galileo the most beneficial when trying to write a research paper because teachers usually require the information to be credited.

Advantages of this tool:
-Sometimes people think they can just “Google” a topic and everything that comes is correct, but that is not true. Anyone is allowed to post anything on Google, but not on Galileo.
-Galileo is a database that only allows information that is credited and factual
-Access to full text books and journals
-Information that will benefit Pre-K+
-Free for Students of participating School Systems
-Holds more than 35,000 Georgia Government Publications
-Holds Georgia’s first online encyclopedia, New Georgia Encyclopedia
-Galileo is constantly updated: removing old information and replacing it with better, up to date information

Disadvantages
-At this time, only educational institutions are eligible to participate in GALILEO.
-Students must have access to login and password
-Students must have access to a computer
-Costs institutions a fee to use services

Who is the audience for this tool?
EVERYONE! Everyone has access to this tool if they want to, but they need to find an institution who will provide them with a password or pay to use the database. I used this information beginning in 5th grade and I still use it today. Galileo serves over 9 million users in Georgia and over 2,000 institutions. Galileo provides information for grades K-12 and college students at all levels, undergraduate, graduate, masters, and doctorate programs.

Where can we learn more about this tool?
All About Galileo
West Georgia Galileo

What is your opinion on the usefulness of this tool?
I think this tool is very helpful because it provides information about important issues and topics that are always from reliable sources. I think Galileo is the tool that allows you to skip the middle mad of figuring out which information will or will not be valuable, because you know everything found here is a useful source. Galileo has been readily available and encouraged at every school I have gone to. I will highly suggest this database to my classroom so they can find valuable information in an easier, more efficient manner.

By: Kelly W