Databases

GALILEO is the statewide tax-funded online research database resource. The new quarterly password for our school district is distributed by e-mail to individual media specialists (who request it via GALILEO’s Contact Us feature), and the media coordinator also forwards it to all K-12 Fulton County media specialists. Media specialists should forward this new password to all faculty in the school and ensure that the students can access it for their home use. Media center staff “should not distribute passwords on open websites, in public newsletters or mailings or over the telephone.” ("GALILEO Access Policies and Information 1.1" http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/policies/accesspol.phtml ) Some media specialists make the current password available on a bookmark for students and also post it in the media center. GALILEO Homepage: [|http://www.galileo.usg.edu] GALILEO Kids’ Page: [|http://kid.galileo.usg.edu] Some schools have a GALILEO icon placed directly on the student and faculty desktops by the tech specialist to ease access. Links are also accessible on the Databases-Links section of the Media Services web page along with two GALILEO databases of special interest to 8th grade Georgia Studies students: New Georgia Encyclopedia and Virtual Georgia. //Novelist// is a database on GALILEO of special interest to media specialists for collection development, bibliography development, thematic lists, read-alouds and discussion guides to novels. There is also a professional periodical database under the Teacher section for graduate and professional research. Public libraries in Georgia can also give you their password; it gives access to a slightly different mix of databases.
 * GALILEO**


 * Student Resource Center (from Thomson-Gale)**

Please refer to Black Board for current log in and password information FC Media Services pays the subscription fee for this reference and periodical database for all Fulton County students and teachers to use at school and at home. The link is also available on the Media Services web page on the Databases-Links section.

http://www.visualthesaurus.com Username: http://fulton.visualthesaurus.com. Please refer to Black Board for current log in and password information Here are the instructions for inviting teachers to create logins: 1) Go to [|http://fulton.visualthesaurus.com] (YOUR NEW ACCESS URL) 2) sign in with your newly created username and password 3) Click on **"My Account"** in the upper right hand corner of the screen (under your welcome message) 4) Click on **"Additional Users"** 5) Click on the **"Add User "** green + sign 6) Select **" Teacher User "** as Type of User 7) Click **"Continue"** 8) Send the mass email containing the link to all of your staff members. Once your teachers become " teacher users," they can then begin to create word lists, save them as spelling bees and invite their students to become users as well! Fulton County Media Services also subscribes to the Visual Thesaurus database.
 * Visual Thesaurus**

Please refer to Black Board for current log in and password information
 * Culture Grams**

Ask Eric Eric Digest Education Week eSchool News Medline Plus (excellent medical information) Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (parent resources here also)
 * Free Database Links on the Media Services Database-Links Page**

Many databases are availabe here and are free with a public library card. FC Schools intentionally tried to avoid duplicate purchases between the school district and wht is provided by AFPL.
 * Atlanta Fulton Public Library**

Indivdual schools may also subscribe to additional databases based upon school interest and need with media budget funds. Some databases that schools subscribe to are edHelper, WorldBook, Enchanted Learning, countryreports.com just to mention a few. These are paid for by individual schools, not Fulton County.