My GVRL Training review..."highly recommended"...another session available soon...

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.