Gale Virtual Reference Library Training:
I just had a really great experience with Gale's VRL webinar Thursday, presented by Andrea. It's a very basic webinar, but it is a really great overview of our Gale digital reference book collection. I have included my notes below along with the following list of subjects/titles we currently have available electronically through Gale's Virtual Reference Library:
* Business
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 1, 1993
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 2, 1993
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 3, 1997
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 4, 1997
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 5, 1998
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 6, 1999
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 7, 2000
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 8, 2001
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 9, 2002
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 10, 2004
o Business Plans Handbook , Vol. 11, 2006
o Encyclopedia of Small Business , 2nd ed., 2v, 2002
* Environment
o Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America , 6v, 2001
* History
o St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture , 5v, 2000
* Medicine
o The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine , 2nd ed., 4v, 2005
o The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer , 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
o The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence , 4v, 2006
o The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders , 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
o The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine , 3rd ed., 5v, 2006
* Multicultural Studies
o Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History , 2nd ed., 6v, 2006
o Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America , 2nd ed., 3v, 2000
* Religion
o Encyclopedia of Philosophy , 2nd ed., 10v, 2006
o Encyclopedia of Religion , 2nd ed., 15v, 2005
* Science
o Biology , 4v, 2002
o World of Earth Science , 2v, 2003
o World of Forensic Science , 2v, 2005
My Gale Virtual Reference Library - Public/K12 Webinar summary, 5/27/10, (1-hour)
My Highlights:
* Digital Reference Books - Reference book titles are available electronically either text, pdf or mp3 (audiobook) versions
* Languages - Language translation feature is available via machine translation for the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
* Definitions - Highlight any words throughout the text articles, select "Dictionary" and it will bring up Webster's definition of the selected word.
* Bookmarks - available as urls for links to specific article (authentication is required for access, however)
Let me know via my acld e-mail if you'd like more information on the webinar or you would like to sign up yourself.
