[CASL-L] Gale Databases

[Rocca, Jennifer]

I was unclear when I said this the first time:

" Regularly my students find content that is publicly available on
different websites. Sometimes those websites are of questionable or
indeterminate quality."

What I meant was, inside the Gale database, they would turn up sources that
were just websites. If I asked them to evaluate those websites for
authority, it was sometimes not clear why this source should be considered
authoritative. I was disappointed with Gale for including sources that
seemed of questionable value.



On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:28 AM Rocca, Jennifer <Roccaj at brookfieldps.org>
wrote:

> We originally let Gale go when the state dropped them and just came back
> to them this year.
>
> They are much more user-friendly then EBSCO. Regularly my students find
> content that is publicly available on different websites. Sometimes those
> websites are of questionable or indeterminate quality. I like Gale better
> than EBSCO. But we use our ABC-Clio databases far more. ABC-Clio is
> cheaper, just as user-friendly (if not more), you can still translate and
> read aloud.
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:52 AM Kara Ingalls <kara.ingalls at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is renewing Gale worth it if I’m already using Research It CT? As a new
>> LMS I am trying to figure out what to keep and what to cut back on.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kara Ingalls
>> Rockville High School
>> Library Media Specialist
>>
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> Jennifer Rocca
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>
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> and integrity."
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Jennifer Rocca
BHS Teacher Librarian
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"We are a learning community committed to fostering intellect, respect, and
integrity."
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