Gale

1. I picked Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America. When I went into the table of contents I picked Near vs. Minnesota. I like how it gives a overview of the case and who brought the case, the lawyers, justice, and when the decision was made. When students are in a hurry this is a very good summary to decide if it is material that they can use. One of our social science teachers does Supreme Court Cases as an assignment and we have a lot of books but it always seems that some always need the same book. When you use Gale Virtual everyone could have the same volume and not have to wait for the other student to finish. The one I picked also had a sidebar which pulls out interesting notes about the four horsemen as they called the supreme court justices that usually sided together and controled many decisions of that time. It also gave additional reading if this article didn't cover everything that was needed. At the very bottom it gave other articles that you can click on to go to other sources that may have additional information. It also has a tool box that tells you how many pages this articles is, print preview, download, email, and the source citation. This helps students to know if this article is more information then they care to read. We tell them only print what you are willing to read. It also has the translate feature that many help ESL students. This is a very good reference source for the secondary student.

2. I did my basic search for zinc. I clicked on the first link that was titles Zinc by Judith Turner. In looking at the headings I found one that had Preparations/Natural sources. In this paragraph it gave you many food sources such as oysters, whole grain, beans, meats, yogurt and many more. It also gave you supplements and concerns about taking too much zinc. This article had a sidebar with key terms that you might need to know in reading this article. I did listen to a part of this article using the read speaker. It was a very pleasant voice and clearly understood. This article also has the tool box that is right on the top for handy use.

I also did a basic search for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and clicked on the first link. On the top of the article it broke down the paragraph topics that if you only wanted criticism for this book you could choice that link and it would jump you to that paragraph. It gives you the sources of this article and many more articles that might give you more and different information. On the left hand side of the articles are also the related subjects that may help with the search of the information that they are looking for. Great stuff!!