SUPPORTING AND CUSTOMIZING GALILEO FOR YOUR SCHOOLGAETC Annual Conference | November 3, 2010

Ken Henslee & Courtney McGough—GALILEO Support Services

Accessing GALILEO—How To! GALILEO manages K-12 schools at the

system level On-campus access through IP address

recognition We need to know all public IPs for school

system Remote (Home) access via GALILEO

password Any media specialist can be added to pw

distribution list GeoLocation (public library access w/out

PW)

Troubleshooting and Support Most Common Issues for School Systems

IP Update Process What we need from school system How to provide updated Ips

Filtering and Network Security (Firewalls etc…) GALILEO Exceptions List

Teachers and media specialists unable to download plug ins and toolbars

Nightly reimaging of machines changes settings

Plug-Ins

Plug-ins required for some GALILEO resources Adobe Reader Quicktime and Flash DjVu reader

Getting Help

Contact Us Button Primary Contact for School System Password Contacts GALILEO Help

FAQs Technical and Access Problems Support for Librarians

GALILEO Toolbar

GALILEO Toolbar Browser-based “add-on” that allows you to:

Link directly to GALILEO resources Search key GALILEO databases

GALILEO Toolbar

GLRI (GALILEO Local Resource Integration)

Add and manage local resources (databases, catalogs, websites, etc…) within GALILEO. For K-12 public schools, resource must be purchased at the school system level.

Get and utilize GALILEO Express Links for local resources

GLRI Database in GALILEO

GALILEO Express Links

• What is a GALILEO Express Link?• Persistent URL to GALILEO or GLRI resource• Add to online and print resources• Authentication handled by GALILEO• Authorization controlled by GALILEO or You (if GLRI)

• Where can I locate an Express Link?• Click on the more>> link beside a database name• Databases A-Z> Express Links (in left navigation bar)

• More information--FAQ

Direct Links to GALILEO Pages

• All GALILEO URLS are durable• URLs can be captured and placed within print/online

resources• URLs are institution-specific.• Home users must authenticate if they select a link or

service (search) that requires log in.

Example: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/high-school/k12-demo/subjects/diseases/articles-databases/

User View Institution MainTab

Subject Category

Subject Category

Tab

Examples of Direct Links to Pages

You may want to think about linking to:• Journals/Magazines A-Z page

• Example: Jefferson County Library Magazines A-Z• “Search” page

• Example: Cobb County Schools High School Search• Databases A-Z page

• Example: Gordon College Databases A-Z• Specific Subject Category

• Example: Consumer Health Databases AFPL• Specific “Type” like dictionaries or encyclopedias

• Example: Teen Encyclopedias Worth County Schools

Direct Links to Magazines

Magazines A-Z Search for magazine Find It Menu appears Select Capture Citation or Persistent URL Make it Tiny!

Direct Links to Articles

EBSCO and Britannica persistent links in articles

Can build link using citation information in Find Cited Article tool

Custom GALILEO Search Boxes EBSCO Search Box Builder

Search multiple EBSCO databases at once Remote access by GALILEO password

GALILEO Search Box Search multiple databases from different

vendors at once Contact GALILEO to create

Feel free to contact us @http://www.galileo.usg.edu/contact

Questions??