I mostly started using this product just this year with classes. I had used it previously but always seemed to forget about it with classes. Now that I have been seeing more of upper level classes in English I have begun using it more. For example we had a research project with specific authors and their works and I found that we could find most of the authors using this product. We are fortunate in that we also have access to Gale Literature Resource Center which has been very useful with English classes and Global Resource Center which is great with issues and current events. I find the Gale products very easy to use; they all have the read aloud feature and with Global Issues you can set up RSS feeds which I like for certain newspapers.
For this assignment I looked up several authors that I know will be coming up in classes and was able to find them as well as some of their works and topics and themes. I was also curious about the zinc found in foods and was easily able to find that: best foods for zinc are lamb, beef, leafy grains, root vegetables such as potatoes and carrots, shellfish, and organ meats such as liver or kidneys found in Brody, Tom, and Samuel Uretsky. "Minerals." The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence. Ed. Kristine Krapp and Jeffrey Wilson. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 1186-1188. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 15 Mar. 2010.
I do like the download and email feature. I know when I am helping students I will often email them an article that I think might help them.
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Hi, Jo, thanks for your observations about GVRL. I'm glad you find it easy to use and that this product complements other Gale products you have. I recently heard of a school using GVRL in Chemistry class for kids doing reports on elements. There's a wide variety of subjects here. The readaloud feature is another plus for students with reading difficulties. And you are right--remembering to use it is the key!
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