<html><head><style type="text/css">.style1 {font-family: "Times New Roman";}</style></head><body><div dir="ltr">Our district middle schools subscribe to FactCite, Gale Biography, Gale in Context (Middle School), CultureGrams, and Britannica School.<div><br></div><div>I find that FactCite is my most student-used database. The readability level and layout are great for middle school. Even our lower level readers feel successful with their research! The white space, font size, and section headings help to make note-taking less intimidating. The articles are written for the database, so you may only get two or three main article hits on a topic, but for many middle grade kids, that's actually helpful in focusing their process.</div><div><br></div><div>Gale curates a wide array of sources, so if you're looking for a large number of hits from a variety of journals, newspapers, reference books, or audio files, they're a good one!</div><div><br></div><div>Both of them integrate with NoodleTools if you use that for research organization.</div><div><br></div><div>We do get the ImageQuest add-on for Britannica, which is helpful if you're working with students on identifying permissions for image usage. I also like that Britannica has 3 reading level options.</div><div><br></div><div>If I was told I could only have one database, I would go with FactCite. They may not cover every possible topic, but I have found them to be the most widely useful for middle schoolers!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 3:49 PM Joni Darby via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;text-align:left;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong><h2><span style="color:red"><strong>This email is coming from a person outside of our CUSD200 network. Please make sure you are expecting this email.</strong></span></h2></strong><br></div><hr></div>Hi Amy,<div><br></div><div>Thank you so much for your information! Which Gale Databases do you have that are used well?<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><br></div><div><br></div>Joni Darby<div><br><div>Shepherd Middle School</div><div>Library Information Specialist</div><div>Ottawa Elementary 141</div><div>815-434-7925 Ext. 5008</div><div><span></span><span></span><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 3:30 PM Mrs. Hamernick <<a href="mailto:ahamernick@orland135.org" target="_blank">ahamernick@orland135.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">We love Gale here at my middle school. We also use WorldBook but it is not a go to for students or teachers. I have had trials of Factcite, but didn't go with them, as Gale is much more appealing.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 3:02 PM Joni Darby via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What are your best and most relevant databases for middle school? <div><br></div><div>I was checking into the Gale in Context databases, Factcite, and Worldbook Online. Others?</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any of these do you recommend them and who is using them? <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Thank you in advance! You may email me at <a href="mailto:jdarby@oes141.org" target="_blank">jdarby@oes141.org</a></div><div><br></div>Joni Darby<div><br><div>Shepherd Middle School</div><div>Library Information Specialist</div><div>Ottawa Elementary 141</div><div>815-434-7925 Ext. 5008</div><div><span></span><span></span><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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