Georgia Library Learning Online, more commonly known as GALILEO, is a virtual

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operated by the

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. There are over 100 core databases available, offering full text access to journals, magazines, e-books, government information, primary documents, and more.About GALILEO
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Digital Library of Georgia The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is an online, public collection of documents and media about the history and culture of the state of Georgia, United States. The collection includes more than a million digitized objects from more than 200 Georg ...

is also part of the GALILEO system. The full system is available to those with a password, or those accessing it from computers with authorized

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ranges. These include

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s within the University System of Georgia (USG) and the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), as well as public schools and some private schools and Georgia public libraries. Passwords change four times each year and are different for each institution.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia Article about GALILEO
1995 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Libraries in Georgia (U.S. state) American digital libraries University System of Georgia Libraries established in 1995 {{GeorgiaUS-stub