GETTING GALILEO TO THE USER: CUSTOMIZING YOUR GALILEO EXPERIENCE Courtney McGough January 2015
Customizing the GALILEO Portal GALILEO Local Resources Integration (GLRI) SFX – Local Resources Integration (SFX-LRI) Localizing Discover GALILEO GALILEO in Your Library Website Linking – databases, journals, articles Logos and buttons Search boxes and widgets
CUSTOMIZING THE GALILEO PORTAL
GALILEO LOCAL RESOURCES INTEGRATION (GLRI) The GLRI program allows libraries to add resources licensed outside of GALILEO to GALILEO pages
SFX-LRI For institutions who have added GLRI resources, GALILEO staff will also turn on locally-licensed journal resources in SFX if possible
CUSTOMIZING DISCOVER GALILEO
CUSTOMIZING DISCOVERY: TURN RESOURCES ON OR OFF
CUSTOMIZING DISCOVERY: CUSTOMLINKS TO FULL TEXT
CUSTOMIZING DISCOVERY: LINKS IN THE EBSCO HEADER
CUSTOMIZING DISCOVERY: WIDGETS
GALILEO IN YOUR LIBRARY WEBSITE
WHERE CAN I LINK TO GALILEO? Subject guides / LibGuides Handouts Promotional materials Your library or media center website Content/Learning/Course Management System Communications to users Chat/ reference Announcements Blog posts
LINK TO GALILEO Use the main GALILEO link Authentication Recognizes IPs to allow on-site users direct access Prompts for the GALILEO password for off-site users
LINK TO PAGES IN GALILEO Each page in GALILEO is a persistent link that is bookmarkable Note that these links are unique to your institution
LINK TO SUBJECT PAGES
LINK TO TYPE PAGES
LINK TO DATABASES Express Links Link users directly to one database Authentication works like main GALILEO link Clicks count towards your institution’s GALILEO statistics GLRI databases also have Express Links See all Express Links under Databases A-Z > Express LinksExpress Links See the Express Link for an individual database by clicking the more>> link Note Express Link policiesExpress Link policies
LINK TO JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES Two ways: Journals A-Z or Magazines A-Z – use the Capture Citation or URL on SFX/Find It menu Journals A-Z Magazines A-Z Publication record in the database (e.g., Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Elite, or MAS Ultra) for some vendorsAcademic Search CompleteMasterFILE EliteMAS Ultra
LINK TO JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES Through Journals A-Z or Magazines A-Z, use the Capture Citation or URL link at the bottom of the SFX/Find It menuJournals A-Z Magazines A-Z
LINK TO JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES Publication record in the database (e.g., Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Elite, or MAS Ultra) for some vendorsAcademic Search CompleteMasterFILE EliteMAS Ultra
LINK TO JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES Publication record in the database (e.g., Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Elite, or MAS Ultra) for some vendorsAcademic Search CompleteMasterFILE EliteMAS Ultra
LINK TO ARTICLES Use the persistent link in the article’s citation information Permalink in EBSCO databases (e.g., MAS Ultra, MasterFILE Elite, Academic Search Complete) or in discovery searchesMAS Ultra MasterFILE EliteAcademic Search Complete Document URL in ProQuest (e.g., Research Library)Research Library Link in the preformatted citation in Britannica resourcesBritannica Persistent Link or Bookmark in Digital Library of GeorgiaDigital Library of Georgia
LINK TO SEARCHES Save a link to a search in Discover GALILEO
LOGOS AND BUTTONS GALILEO and several vendors provide their logos or other graphics that can be used on websites as buttons See our FAQ for links to sitesour FAQ
SEARCH BOXES Embed the Discover GALILEO search box
SEARCH BOXES Several vendors allow you to create widgets or search boxes that you can add to your library or media center website Note that you will need to add the GALILEO proxy to allow off-site access to work See GALILEO FAQs for instructionsGALILEO FAQs EBSCO EBSCO Britannica Britannica Check with other vendors to see what they offer Contact Us if you need any assistance creating these
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