Monday, March 18, 2013

Gale Virtual Reference Library

I clicked on the reference title Terrorist and Terrorist group and accessed the article "Osama bin Laden and Al-Qalda"  It gives a good summary of everything that happened. It gives you related subjects on the side of the article for you to search.  Also at the end it gives you other articles linked to these index terms.

I searched "Zinc" in the advanced search and it came up with 714 results. I found The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursery and Allied Health.  It stated that Zinc has become a popular remedy for the common cold.  I looked at "Chest Cooling" and found the topic cold sores. I listened to the lady read the article to me.  This is very helpful and useful but I'm not sure If I could handle listening to the voice for very long.

I feel that Gale Virtual Reference Library is a great browsing tool for reference books. And very easy to use.