[aisle] Gale db question

Fri Oct 30 13:48:37 CDT 2020

Thank you, Sarah, and thanks to all of you for the great feedback. REALLY
appreciate it!
:) Kathy

*Kathy Sullivan*
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*"Today a reader - tomorrow a LEADER."  *- Margaret Fuller
*"Think before you speak. READ before you think." *- Fran Lebowitz

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 1:21 PM Sarah Hill via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I had to go into the Gale Admin website (admin.galegroup.com),
> Preferences, and then to Product Specific Preferences.  I turned on the
> Display Content Levels and Display Lexile Reading Levels for my products.
> Depending on the database, there are options for things like AR and
> Fountas/Pinnell, too, but I keep those off.
>
> Sarah Hill, Librarian
> Lake Land College, Mattoon, Illinois
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> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 1:09 PM Sullivan, Kathy via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Sarah, when you say that lexile levels can be "turned on," I assume you
>> mean by using the filter feature "content level" on the right of a search?
>> If not, where is this option?
>> :) Kathy
>>
>> *Kathy Sullivan*
>> *Princeville Junior Senior H.S. Library Media Ctr.*
>> *P.C.U.S.D. #326*
>> *302 Cordis Avenue, **Princeville, IL  61559*
>> *309.385-4660  x1574*
>> *ksullivan at princeville326.org <ksullivan at princeville326.org> *
>>
>> *"Today a reader - tomorrow a LEADER."  *- Margaret Fuller
>> *"Think before you speak. READ before you think." *- Fran Lebowitz
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:13 PM Sarah Hill via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I’m at the community college level now but I still love Gale! We
>>> subscribe to Opposing Viewpoints, some of their In Context databases and
>>> use their Ebooks for our reference to books. One plus that hasn’t been
>>> mentioned yet—Lexile levels can be turned on. I show this to our college
>>> reading teachers so they can easily pull up articles on the same topic for
>>> different reading levels—perfect for differentiated small groups. Students
>>> don’t even know. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:54 AM Denise Reeder via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> One thing that students love and teachers appreciate is that Gale will
>>>> now download a citation for the article being used:
>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:44 AM Sullivan, Kathy via AISLE <
>>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We just subscribed to 2 Gale databases for a one year period. In 2
>>>>> weeks I'll be presenting to the teachers the many ways *they* can
>>>>> utilize Gale as well as their students.
>>>>> *My questions: **If you have Gale, which educator resources do your
>>>>> teachers like best?  *
>>>>> *Is there anything in particular you think would be advantageous to
>>>>> highlight to the staff (or the students, for that matter)?*
>>>>> Thanks in advance for any tips. I have some training films and a power
>>>>> pt. from Gale, but I'm interested in what *your staff* specifically
>>>>> like.
>>>>> :) Kathy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Kathy Sullivan*
>>>>> *Princeville Junior Senior H.S. Library Media Ctr.*
>>>>> *P.C.U.S.D. #326*
>>>>> *302 Cordis Avenue,
>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/302+Cordis+Avenue,%C2%A0+Princeville,+IL+%C2%A061559?entry=gmail&source=g>**Princeville,
>>>>> IL  61559
>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/302+Cordis+Avenue,%C2%A0+Princeville,+IL+%C2%A061559?entry=gmail&source=g>*
>>>>> *309.385-4660  x1574*
>>>>> *ksullivan at princeville326.org <ksullivan at princeville326.org> *
>>>>>
>>>>> *"Today a reader - tomorrow a LEADER."  *- Margaret Fuller
>>>>> *"Think before you speak. READ before you think." *- Fran Lebowitz
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