Goals and Features

Enhance usability and ease of access for users, including more intuitive searching
Provide interfaces that are customized for each user community
Provide enhanced resource management capabilities, including more customization of menus for user communities and individual institutions
Provide cross-database searching opportunities, including search sets that are customized per user community
Provide linking among GALILEO resources in order to better leverage investments in full-text, including a GALILEO ejournal locater
Enable access to content and features from library websites, online courseware, campus portals, and other environments that better meet user needs
Provide enhanced opportunities for user personalization

GALILEO Academic Portal	GALILEO K-12 Portal	GALILEO Public Library Portal
Academic interface Custom menus for academic users Custom academic metasearch sets Ejournal locater Citation finder Tools for flexible deployment in library and campus courses and portals	Age appropriate interfaces Custom menus for K-12 users Custom K-12 metasearch sets Full-text linking Intuitive searching Simplification and greater usability	General public interface Custom menus for public library users Custom public library metasearch sets Full-text linking Tools for flexible deployment in library websites and online catalogs
Examples Predefined subject searches on library websites Persistent links to articles in online course materials and pathfinders	Examples One search box for multiple resources Teacher’s search for current education journals	Examples Links to books and articles in OPACs Consumer awareness searches