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GALILEO is an acronym for Georgia Library Learning Online. This I did not know. GALILEO is an online library, not a database. GALILEO contains a large variety of databases though. The hierarchy goes Articles within Journals within Databases within Disciplines within GALILEO similar to how the library organizes books within bookshelves within call numbers within a library. Databases are defined as “a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer” by dictionary.com. It organizes information typically by related topics such as social sciences or medicine. GALILEO is an excellent online resource when looking for sources about a topic and do not have the time to stay in the library all night hunting down a relevant book on a very narrow topic. For example: I am doing a research project on the “Steve Blass Disease”, but the official book about Steve Blass’ “disease” is not available by the library, is not recognized as a real disease (because it is not) and the synonyms are not attracting large peer-reviewed results. For those who do not know, Steve Blass was a pitcher for the Pittsburg Pirates who after winning the World Series, suddenly could not pitch. It is a curious phenomenon that I have to write a 10 page paper on for my Sports Psychology class. By using GALILEO, I found plenty more reliable sources. GALILEO has many uses and is beneficial for any kind of research.

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