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

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

PowerSearch Plus2 Google Versus Gale Your results in Google are websites that anyone could have written and you need books, magazine articles, and newspapers. Over 33 Million Results! First result is a state government site for adults not children. Second result for the university. Random articles on university sports. Google search your state.

PowerSearch Plus3 You can’t trust everything you read online.

Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? PowerSearch Plus4 What is in Wikipedia?

PowerSearch Plus5 Everything you see here… Academic Journals Magazines WebsitesReference Books Videos Newspapers What are in Databases?

eResources at the Library [Insert Link to Library’s eResources] PowerSearch Plus6

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

PowerSearch Plus8 Google Versus Gale General Information article so you don’t have to go to Wikipedia for info…and The Factbox answers the most basic questions. Newspaper, Magazine and Encyclopedia articles all in one place! Quickly find the state flag. Get safe, reliable content at the right level without overwhelming results! Newspaper article from the New York Times for free. Gale Search Results Set

PowerSearch Plus9 Important Tools to Point Out: Search Results Level Click on the title to read the full text article. Look at the icon to see what kind of article it is. The citation information tells you what book the article comes from. Tools at the Search Results Set Use the overview article to avoid the Wikipedia information search.

PowerSearch Plus10 Important Tools to Point Out: Article Level Read full text article online without having to pay per article. Have the article read to you or put it on your IPod! Print the article here! the article to read later. See the reading level here. Tools in the Articles

PowerSearch Plus11 Sample Practice Search Your seventh grade student is writing a paper on any American president of his choice. Help him get three different types of sources for his paper. 1."John Adams " American Eras. Detroit: Gale, Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 23 Nov Image. "John Adams." (National Archives and Records Administration)John Adams 3.Elliott, Stuart. "Using a founding father to promote the art of letter-writing." New York Times 11 Mar. 2008: C8(L). Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 23 Nov Sample Assignments and Searches

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