All About GALILEO

What is GALILEO?

GALILEO is an online portal that connects library users all across the state of Georgia to databases, academic journals, magazines, government publications and more. 

GALILEO includes many wonderful resources, including the following:

Mango Languages

Mango Languages is a language learning website that offers interactive lessons for more than 70 different languages.

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Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is an independent nonprofit that tests, researches, and reviews products to assist consumers in the buying process.

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Ancestry Library Edition

Accessible at your SRLS library at no cost, Ancestry Library Edition is a collection of databases (including U.S. Census records, draft cards, obituaries, and more) for genealogy research.

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eBooks on GALILEO

In addition to eBooks available on the Libby and Palace Project Apps, SRLS cardholders can also access eBooks through GALILEO. Whatever subject interests you, GALILEO has an eBook for that! 

Searching on GALILEO

With gardening season soon approaching, let’s research “vegetable gardening” with GALILEO.

Visit the GALILEO homepage and type in your search terms. For this example, we’re using Bento Search.

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The Bento Search results page will automatically take all of your results and group them by format. Now all you have to do is select the eBooks option. (There are over 22,000 eBook results for our search!)

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You will now be on your eBooks result page, where you can sort and limit your results.

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Once you find an eBook you’d like to read, click on one of the links at the bottom of the entry. This eBook has both a PDF and an ePub option.

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The links will take you directly to your eBook.

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How to Access GALILEO

You can access GALILEO from the Sequoyah Regional Library System’s website. When you are on our homepage you will click on the “E-LIBRARY” link, and GALILEO will be the first option listed.

You will need your library card number and the PIN associated with that library card to log in.

Don’t have a library card? Find out how to get one on this page: https://www.sequoyahregionallibrary.org/card

Forgot your library card’s PIN? Visit a Service Desk at any of our library locations and library staff can help you.

Happy reading!