LESSON 6- GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY

Question 1
I was really impressed by the number of titles offered through the reference library.  There were several that caught my eye.  I can see using the National Survey of State Laws and all the Junior Worldmark Encyclopedias.  Looked through a few books just to get a feel for how it works.  At first I was having trouble because the first thing I would do after clicking on a title was click on the listed table of contents to see what was in the book.  I was getting frustrated because I couldn't access the chapters from the table of contents link until I finally realized I was clicking on the image of the table of tables from the physical book and the previous page actually had the links to the chapters for the virtual book listed.  The way it is formatted doesn't make it immediately obvious.

It is possible to view the books as text or PDFs, but even the text version does have some pictures in it.  I think it is really neat too that you can download the books to ereaders.  I don't have my Kindle with me right now to test it.

Question 2
I did a search for zinc and came up with 820 results.   "The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health" V.6 2013 seemed to be the most useful:

Natural sources

Oysters are tremendously high in zinc. Some sources, such as whole grains, beans, and nuts, have good zinc content but the fiber in these foods prevents it from being absorbed well. Foods with zinc that is better utilized include beef, chicken, turkey, milk, cheese, and yogurt. Pure maple syrup also is a good dose of zinc.

The search term has highlighted throughout the article so it was easy to find what I was looking for.  Liked the hyperlinks to other articles in the publication.

Question 3
Went out and looked at some other peoples blogs.  I feel bad because I am so far behind.  Looks like everyone likes this resource.