4 Gales Virtual Reference

What an amazing list of resources .. I looked up National Survey of State Laws . . . .real estate law and adverse possession . . .it was very thorough and informative . . . . Then I did a basic search for foods with zinc in them and was not very successful . . .although I learned a lot about zinc and it's effects on the body and the lack of zinc or zinc deficiencies . . .

3 - Proquest

It seems to be a very indepth resource for finding magazine articles in most fields. I found some very fascinating ones on book binding. In searching for publications on interior design, or graphic design very few were found but on nursing there were extensive lists of journals. A good resource to know about.

2 SIRS Discoverer

I got a chance to play around with Discoverer today and found good information on Shaun White with a general search and found nothing under biography. The country information was very fascinating expecially with timelines, etc. which can give a great background on historical events influencing current day countries. The activities provided were very interesting and diverse. On some lists one has to wade through many articles and perhaps read them to find out if there is information on the subject or words you are looking for, which is something we're used to but the public likes it all cut and dried for them and may need help in narrowing searches, etc.

2 SIRS

I was able to explore SIRS Researcher (Discoverer was down) and explored vegetarianism. It was an excellent resource for current and articles as far back as the 90's on this topic. The time line and global impact also produced interesting data and in some areas sparse results as may be expected. I also explored Art - symbolism . . which was way too narrow although interesting in the little it had . . .I will explore SIRS Discoverer tomorrow granting it is up then. . . and for now onward . . .

1 a-c

Upon further exploration I discovered many other things that students and patrons will enjoy . . like the outline maps and flags, the games for young children to practice math, and thinking skills, interactive maps, etc. . . . the foreign language section is also interesting although not a flushed out and doesn't have a read to me capability that would make it an added attraction for those learning French or Spanish . . one could get lost in all the functions but I discovered more learning options than I had before . .

Although I spent several years in Australia I never encountered a platapus and therefor thought to look up more on it . . the World Book Kids did a nice job of it with a picture, etc. . . this is the only mammal to lay eggs . . . 1-3 leathery eggs . . .

In exploring countries I looked at Patagonia and discovered a lot and found the magazine articles very useful with color photos, etc. that would be of great use to patrons.

The Discover part I found a bit limiting but good for those who might have reading challenges. The descriptions are well done.

I was looking for a few more items but didn't get far and it might be because it was too specialized. . .