About "GALILEO"

Title: Galileo
Description: Galileo includes records for most books and government publications, and all currently received periodicals, serials and videos owned by the Christopher Center and the School of Law Libraries.

Records are added regularly for periodicals not received currently. About 60% of Christopher Center's musical scores and 20% of our sound recordings are represented in Galileo.

Galileo also includes lists of books and ariticles on reserve for classes.

What's NOT in Galileo?

--Articles in journals or newspapers, unless copies are on Reserve. (Use the periodical databases to find citations for articles, and in some cases, the full-text of articles).

--Texts of legal cases. (Ask a Law Librarian for help.)

--Some government publications. (Use the government publications (GPO) index. The Law Library has this index on a computer on their lower level. Christopher Center provides access through the library home page.)

--Some older books in the Christopher Center, especially theology books.

--Many musical scores.

--Most sound recordings. (Visit the Media Section of the library)

--LAC (Library of American Civilization) and LEL (Library of English Literature) microbook collections. (Use the LAC and LEL index volumes. Copies of these indexes are in the Christopher Center Reference area and on the lower level with the collection.)

--Maps. (Use the indexes in the Map area in the Christopher Center, or ask a Reference Librarian for help.)

--Pamphlets and annual reports. (Ask a Reference Librarian for help.)

--Materials in the University Archives. (Call the University Archivist at 464--5482 for help, or visit the Archives when it is open.

--Materials in Christopher Center's Rare Book Room. (Call the Assistant University Librarian for Collections at 464-5808 for an appointment to use this collection.)

Producer/Publisher: Innovative Interfaces Inc. (III)

This page was last updated: February 19, 2006 .