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Google Versus Gale

Google Versus Gale. Why using databases and eResources can be more useful than using Google for Research. Google Versus Gale. Gale. Google. Google search your state. Google Versus Gale. Over 33 Million Results!. First result is a state government site for adults not students.

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Google Versus Gale

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  1. Google Versus Gale Why using databases and eResources can be more useful than using Google for Research.

  2. Google Versus Gale Gale • Google

  3. Google search your state. Google Versus Gale Over 33 Million Results! First result is a state government site for adults not students. Second result for the university. Your results in Google are websites that anyone could have written and you need books, magazine articles, and newspapers. Random articles on university sports. PowerSearch Plus

  4. You can’t trust everything you read online. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

  5. You can’t trust everything you read online. http://allaboutexplorers.com

  6. More Silly Websites… • Britain for Americanshttp://www.brookview.karoo.net/BFA/ • BuyDehydratedWater.com http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/ • Cloning of George Washington Reported http://www.angelfire.com/la/jfled/george2.html • Dog Island http://www.thedogisland.com/ • Case Analysis of a Historic Killer Tornado Event in Kansas on 10 June 1938http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/Conference_papers/SELS96/WoO.html • Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html • First Genetics http://www.firstgenetics.com/ • Godsend Institutehttp://www.godsendinstitute.org/home.html • Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century http://bigredhair.com/robots/ • University of Santa Anita : The True But Little Known Facts About Women and AIDS http://ithaca.edu/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm

  7. What is in Wikipedia: About Page. Wikipedia itself says: “newer articles may contain misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism”.

  8. Anyone can edit Wikipedia…

  9. What are in Databases? Everything you see here… Magazines Academic Journals Websites Reference Books Newspapers Videos PowerSearch Plus

  10. Search it all in a few seconds….

  11. eResources at the Library • [Insert Link to Library’s eResources]

  12. Do an Image search or for a specific type of content just like in Google. Important Tools to Point Out: Home Page Level • Type in your search term here, just like Google. Browse down to narrow your topics here. PowerSearch Plus

  13. Gale Search Results Set Google Versus Gale Quickly find the state flag. General Information so you don’t have to go to Wikipedia for info…and you can cite it in your paper! The Factbox answers the most basic questions. Newspaper, Magazine and Encyclopedia articles all in one place! Get safe, reliable content at the right level without overwhelming results! Newspaper article from the New York Times for free. PowerSearch Plus

  14. Tools at the Search Results Set Important Tools to Point Out: Search Results Level Use the overview article to avoid the Wikipedia information search. Click on the title to read the full text article. The citation information tells you what book the article comes from. Look at the icon to see what kind of article it is. PowerSearch Plus

  15. Tools in the Articles Important Tools to Point Out: Article Level Email the article to read later. See the reading level here. Print the article here! Have the article read to you or put it on your IPod! Read full text article online without having to pay per article. PowerSearch Plus

  16. Publication Page in PowerSearch Create a Link to this page. What years are available? Search all of the issues of this Magazine. Have this Magazine Delivered to your Email for Free! Browse to a specific Issue. PowerSearch Plus

  17. The Library Saves you money…again. AND MANY MORE! Cosmopolitan = $12.59/Year New York Times = Over $300/Year The Economist = $127.00/Year Library Journal = $68.50/Year Newsweek = $39/Year

  18. The Four Points

  19. Point 1: The Article Level

  20. Lesson Plan Example

  21. Point 2: Publication Page

  22. Point 3: Search Result Set

  23. LEXILE!

  24. Point 4: Saved Items List

  25. Free App for Androids and iPhones Just type in “Access my library” to the iStore or marketplace. Select the School Edition. You will need the put the password in the first time. Your password is:

  26. Student Research Process Wikipedia and Google steps to learn more. Choose keywords from Wikipedia to type into the databases. Which database should I use? Are there other places to go? Pick out the articles I want. I can’t trust Wikipedia but I can trust Gale. More articles? Read the articles and take notes on what to write. Write!

  27. On Demand Training Videos! • Want to learn more about the difference between searching the Internet and using a library database? Try these tutorials: • From Gale: http://www.gale.cengage.com/media/training/LibraryVWeb/LibraryVWeb.htm • From Oregon’s CLIP project: http://www.clipinfolit.org/tutorials/what-is-a-library-database • Want to learn more about using specific Gale database? Visit Gale’s tutorial page: http://www.gale.cengage.com/guidedtour/index.htm.

  28. Questions? • Contact me at: • Thank You!

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