Lesson 6 Gale Virtual Reference Library

 1. Getting to know the titles in GVRL is similar to getting to know the titles of your library's reference collection. Click "Title List" on the upper right to view all the titles available in the collection. Click a book title of interest to you and access an article via the table of contents. Notice with the multi-volume titles, you can select which volume you look at. Discuss the title you selected and how you may use it.

Endangered Species, 2^nd ed., 3v, 2004 (9780787692995)
I chose the American Bison. The article told me the bison are in a lower risk category and are conservation dependent. The information given seemed similar to what you would find if you looked it up in an encyclopedia.

If a student came into the library asking about endangered animals this it site I would direct them too.

 2. At the top of the home page, type a search term in the search box. Search for answers to the two questions posed at the beginning of the post: zinc or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn if you can't think of something else. Review the results, selecting an article to see what kind of information you can find. Test the "Listen" feature. Discuss your results.

I picked the bald eagle. Many of our classrooms are following the bald eagle webcams from around the United States right now. Again I felt like it was just the same as looking it up in an encyclopedia.
The lexile level was very high so I don't think this site would be beneficial to a younger student.
I used the listen feature and found it very helpful with pronunciations of words.


 3. Look at 2 or 3 other participants' blogs to see what they discovered. Comment if you like.

I found many different topics, many of them medical.
What a great reference resource GVRL is.