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