A look at resources that are optimized for mobile devices. Presented at GaCOMO12 (GALILEO Mini-Conference) by Karen Minton.

1. GALILEO in the Mobile World
GALILEO Mini-Conference | COMO 2012

2. What We Will Cover
• Some information on mobile research
• A look at GALILEO resources on smartphone
• A look at GALILEO resources on iPad

3. Pew Internet Findings
• 17% of cell phone owners do most of their
online browsing on their phone, rather than a
computer or other device
macleans.com

4. Pew Internet Findings
• Currently, 88% of American adults have a cell phone, 57%
have a laptop, 19% own an e-book reader, and 19% have a
tablet computer; about six in ten adults (63%) go online
wirelessly with one of those devices.
extremetech.com

5. Pew Internet Findings
• The rise of mobile is changing the story.
Groups that have traditionally been on the
other side of the digital divide in basic internet
access are using wireless connections to go
online.
foxnews.com

6. Educause ECAR Study of Undergraduate
Students and Information Technology 2012
• Blended-learning environments are the norm;
students say that these environments best
support how they learn
torontolife.com

7. Educause: The Future of Mobile Learning
• More than half of undergraduates own
smartphones and about two in five (37%) use
them to supplement their academic work
bbc.co.uk

8. GALILEO in the Mobile World
• Discover GALILEO and other EBSCOhost
databases present mobile site based on device
recognition
• Britannica encyclopedias link to mobile site (also
in Discover GALILEO)
• ProQuest mobile site is in beta
• LexisNexis Academic link to mobile site in
Databases A-Z (some content in Discover
GALILEO)
• WorldCat Mobile link in Databases A-Z

9. Smartphones

10. Discover GALILEO,
the New Discovery Service

11. GALILEO Welcome
Screen
Log in with your
password

12. GALILEO Home
Launch a search
from Discover
GALILEO search
box

13. Discover Results Screen
Home, folder, preferences
Refine results
Article type icon (left)
Add to folder (right)
E-mail results list

14. Refine Results Options

15. Discover Results
Screen
Full text may be PDF
or HTML

16. PDF Article Citation
Saved in folder
Send by e-mail
Open PDF

17. PDF Article

18. HTML Article

19. Folder Login
1-
2-

20. Logged in to
Personalized Account
Folder has 9 saved items
Person in preferences icon
Select articles to e-mail

21. Personal Preferences

22. Searching Specific
Databases
Databases A-Z
Is GALILEO available
on mobile devices
FAQ

23. Databases A-Z

24. EBSCOhost Database
CINAHL Plus
Folder is the same you
access in Discover GALILEO
Search Options
Specific to CINAHL

25. Search Options in
CINAHL Plus

26. Results for
CINAHL Plus Search

27. Encyclopaedia
Britannica Mobile

28. Encyclopaedia
Britannica Mobile

29. LexisNexis Academic
Mobile Site

30. LexisNexis Academic
Mobile Site

31. WorldCat Mobile

32. Tablets
wired.com

33. Discover GALILEO
on iPad

34. Discover GALILEO
on iPad

35. Discover GALILEO
Article Citation
PDF

36. Discover GALILEO
Download Article
PDF PDF in frame

37. Discover GALILEO
Article
PDF downloaded

38. eBook Downloads

39. EBSCO eBook Support Center
http://support.epnet.com/ebooks/

40. eBooks on EBSCOhost Supported Devices

41. eBooks on EBSCOhost
Home Page
Sign in to personal
account and open
folder

42. eBooks on EBSCOhost
My Folder
eBooks

43. eBooks on EBSCOhost
My eBooks
Download

44. eBooks on EBSCOhost
1- Click Download Download
2- Open in Reader

45. Downloaded eBook
in eBook Reader

46. Downloaded eBook in
eBook Reader

47. Research Library on
iPad

48. Research Library on iPad
Results list
PDF in frame
Open in PDF
Reader

49. 55% of respondents would like to easily search GALILEO
databases from their mobile devices
(2010 GALILEO Annual User Survey)

50. Questions?
hothardwire.com