I chose to search for an answer to the question to what foods contain zinc because the question had me wondering. I was able to find out that oysters are a very natural source of zinc. I found that it is more helpful to click on the view text link versus clicking on the title of the article. I also really liked that the information in the volume selected is hyperlinked by subheading. A great tool to find what you are looking for without having to read the entire volume. I found the listen feature to be a nice option but I could not find a way to have it just read certain subheadings. I think it would be nice to just select the portions you want read to you.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Gale Virtual Reference Library
I selected the volume Novels for Students (2002). I thought this would be useful in my classroom as a tool to help students in finding individual novels they might be interested in reading. The title I selected provides very insightful critiques to literature that students may be interested in reading. Our students are part of the AR reading program, and this would be a useful tool in helping point them in the direction of literature they could explore on their own!
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I don't care for oysters - but zinc is great for the body. The listening feature is unique and highlights the text and it reads to you.
GVRL has a lot of great titles--excellent usage of the novel resources. You can hear a portion of an article if you select the section and then click listen--it will start where your selected text starts.
Thanks for your post!
Julie
I agree that it would be nice to listen to a selection of the text. Thanks, Julie, for explaining how we can do this!
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