Discovering What's New in GALILEO
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Discover GALILEO:A New Way to
Search
Agenda
• What is Discover GALILEO?• What’s the difference between discovery tools
and federated search?• What’s in Discover GALILEO?• Demonstration of Discover GALILEO• Timeline for Future Enhancements
What is Discover GALILEO?
A single search of GALILEO’sresources and digital collections
as well as print materials from library collections
Discover GALILEO will include
AcademicJournal Articles
MagazineArticles
eBooks
DigitalCollections Book Records from Your
Library Catalog
Pending Phase 2
A little more about Discover GALILEO…
• Powered by EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)• EDS was selected by the GALILEO Steering
Committee through a process– Discovery Tools review committee– Institutional and pilot implementations– Information sessions for libraries
What’s the Difference?
Federated Search• Searches each
database• Gives results in
one list• Limited
options with narrowing results
What’s the Difference?
Discovery Tool
• Searches one index
• Gives results in one list with a relevancy ranking
• Users can sort, limit, and customize results
What’s the Difference?
Federated Search• Searches each database
Discovery Tool• Searches one index
What’s the Difference?
Federated Search• Searches each database
Discovery Tool• Searches one index
What’s the Difference?
• Can only search the inventory of your grocery store
• Can search the inventory of all the grocery stores
Federated Search Discovery Tool
What’s in Discover GALILEO?
• Initial decisions about content made based on resources licensed for a GALILEO community
• Winter 2013 – GALILEO staff will work with individual institutions to customize content
A little more about content…
See our FAQ on content in Discover GALILEOhttp://help.galileo.usg.edu/faqs/content_what_is_in_discover_galileo_ebsco_discovery
How can I tell what’s inDiscover GALILEO?
See the “Limit by Database” in search results to see what content is included in a given search
Linking to Full Text
• Users access full text through– Find It buttons (SFX)– EBSCO links to EBSCO content and other
subscription content hosted by other vendors– Options for ILL or finding print
• Winter/Spring 2013 - evaluate whether EBSCO’s A-to-Z and LinkSource products provide better fit for libraries
Demonstration
Let’s Discover GALILEO
Discover GALILEO
Information Centralhttp://help.galileo.usg.edu/librarians/discover_galileo_information/
Troubleshooting
• May need to add *.ebsco.com as Trusted Site in some browsers and change a setting
• See GALILEO FAQs for assistance, or…
Contact Us
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/contact