Library Challenge # 5 Gale Virtual Reference

I chose the topic of terrorism to research.  The book I chose was Terrorism: Essential Primary sources, 2006.  I checked the chronology of terrorism in this book and was surprised to see that the list was very extensive and dated back as far as 1800 and as current as 2005.  Then I checked counterterrorism and the first entry was in 1808.  There were not as many entries as there were for terrorism, but it did go up to 2005.  Then I searched cancer and found a very long list of the different sources and types of cancer.  I looked up several of them to see what the entries were like.  Then I went to Literary Works and Historical events that influenced them.  I researched My Antonia and found all the events in America as well as in Europe that had bearing on the writing.  It was interesting to see what may have been the reasons for the book to be written.

I used the search box to research vitamins and looked at vitamin B-12 and found many sources.  I then went on to other vitamins and found some very interesting information on what the vitamin does in the body, what foods contain the vitamin, if there are any side affects from too much of the vitamin and  what can be done medically to help when there is a deficiency in the diet.

I could see these sources being used for reports and research papers, as well as for teachers in the classroom.  I think the "listen" feature could be used to help a vision impared student/teacher or for an English as a second language student/foreign exchange student.  I found it easy to follow as the person read the information.  All of these sources gave the reader other possible sources and there was a bibliography of the sources.  I found the searches interesting and worthwhile.