Lesson 5- Gale Reference Library

1.  I searched the word nutrition and found numerous articles related to the topic.  Within this I chose an article called Nutrition.  The article discussed nutrition in infancy and childhood.  The article provided a well-rounded set of information regarding child nutrition.  It was full article pdf which I found useful as well.  There were many other articles from a variety of stand points including information regarding specific vitamins and minerals.  I believe this would be a great resource for students completing reports and also for FCCLA projects.  In the future, I will refer them here when they are completing research related to their Illustrated Talks.
2.  I looked up zinc in the basic search.  At first, it looked intimidating however, I clicked the first article.  After reading quite a bit of information I found information discussing what foods zinc is found in.  Along the way however, I learned some 'bonus info' about the need for zinc in teenagers, especially in male teens.  Next I looked up Huckleberry Finn resources.  At first, I thought this was going to end up being much more challenging.  However, I noticed that the articles are indexed by type of resource along the right hand side of the list.  This is very, very useful!  I quickly found a critical review of Huckleberry Finn discussing its literary role during this time of our country's history.  I can see how this would be very useful in both research writing and also in class discussions.  This is a great resource and it ended up being easier than I anticipated. 
3.  I looked around on a handful of other blogs....looks like I'm not the only one playing catch up.  Some were quite critical of the Gale resources.  However, I think this is a great site and feel that it may require a few extra clicks to find the info.  In the end, the info of higher quality.  I really liked it.