Tutorials
Scholar Interface Video Tutorials
Getting Better Results with Search
This tutorial covers strategies to refine or enlarge your search to retrieve best results.- Finding the Best Databases
GALILEO is your portal to hundreds of databases containing articles, books, images, and more. This tutorial provides a few tips to help you make the best database choices for your needs. - Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles in GALILEO
Tutorial to help GALILEO users find scholarly or peer-reviewed articles in subscription databases. - Finding Journals in GALILEO
A short overview of the GALILEO Scholar interface that introduces search options and other features for finding articles and journals. - Find a Specific Article
Tutorial for finding articles in GALILEO when you have a specific citation. - Finding Articles in GALILEO
Tutorial demonstrating different approaches to finding articles in GALILEO search and subscription databases. - Two-Minute Tour of GALILEO Scholar
A short overview of the GALILEO Scholar interface that introduces search options and other features for finding articles and journals.
K-12 Videos
- Georgia Performance Standards and GALILEO
Digital content in GALILEO supports GPS across grades and subjects. This tutorial gives an overview of K-12 resources that include correlation to state standards. - Quick Tour of GALILEO High School
A short introduction to the features of the GALILEO High School interface. - Lexile Range Features in GALILEO Resources
This overview looks at GALILEO databases that include books and articles with assigned Lexile scores. A Lexile is a standard score that matches a student's reading ability with difficulty of reading material.
Other Videos
- Discover GALILEO
A quick introduction to Discover GALILEO, a new way to search - GALILEO Behind the Scenes
A brief look at the technology decisions underlying the GALILEO website. - Using the GALILEO Toolbar
The GALILEO Toolbar lets you search for articles and other content in GALILEO resources, as well as titles in your library catalog right from your browser. This tutorial describes how to download and use the GALILEO Toolbar. - Bibliography Tools in GALILEO
A look at the tools in GALILEO databases that help you create citations and build bibliographies.
Vendor Tutorials
- Ancestry Library Edition (at ProQuest Training) (Scroll down to see materials)
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- CINAHL
- CINAHL Guide “Responsible Literature Searching: CINAHL” from Georgia Health Sciences University
- CINAHL Support Center
- CollegeSourceOnline
- EBSCOhost
- EBSCOhost Guides and Help Sheets (Enter database name and select document type)
- EBSCOhost Tutorials
- Current Contents Connect
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- FirstSearch (including WorldCat)
- Oxford Art Online
- HeritageQuest Online (at ProQuest Training) (Scroll down to see materials)
- Kids Infobits
- ProQuest
- SIRS
- K-12 Self-Guided Training Survey
GALILEO Tutorial
This tutorial from the OLLC walks you through GALILEO. What it is, what’s in it, how to navigate it and how to search it to find what you need.Online Library Learning Center (OLLC)
A series of self-paced tutorials guiding the user through the steps in doing a research project. The OLLC was designed for use as a bibliographic instruction unit for University System of Georgia students.