[00:00:05.408] All right. Hello everyone and welcome to [00:00:07.629] our Gale 101 gale in Context [00:00:10.198] Elementary. [00:00:11.470] Uh I'm Stacy Niblo, our team lead [00:00:13.710] for the Gale training team. And I'm [00:00:15.829] glad to be with you virtually to show off [00:00:17.888] this resource. Uh We started offering [00:00:20.059] these one on one sessions to kind of give [00:00:22.129] folks just a good baseline of information about [00:00:24.399] the resource and all the tools within. [00:00:26.789] Uh So I'm happy to uh to share that [00:00:28.870] with you all today. What we're gonna look [00:00:31.059] at is giving an overview [00:00:33.539] of the resource kind of how we put [00:00:35.569] it together, who our audience is [00:00:37.777] and then walk you through a couple product [00:00:40.039] integrations that we have. We can actually bring [00:00:42.298] in some other content from other gale [00:00:44.387] resources into Gale and context elementary. [00:00:47.277] And then I'm gonna walk you through the platform. So different [00:00:49.539] search paths and different tools that [00:00:51.698] you and um [00:00:53.609] uh students and young users [00:00:55.759] can take advantage of. And then as always, [00:00:58.139] we'll wrap up with our contact info at gail, [00:01:00.319] how you can reach out to us if you've got questions after [00:01:02.569] today. Um I'll also [00:01:04.620] take questions though throughout. So feel free to [00:01:06.760] send those into the chat or the Q and A any [00:01:08.838] time, uh, happy to take those as [00:01:10.859] they come to you rather than having you wait to the end [00:01:13.260] and, um, you know, maybe [00:01:15.540] forget what you were gonna ask. So, feel free to [00:01:17.629] ask those or if there's something you'd like to see [00:01:19.870] anything in particular, um, feel free to [00:01:21.900] share that in the chat or the Q and A as well. [00:01:24.528] Um, I am happy to take [00:01:26.558] a left turn. So please don't hold [00:01:28.650] back. Let me know what you'd like to see and [00:01:30.739] we'll wrap up then and get you out of here [00:01:32.760] on time. Uh So you can move on to the next part [00:01:34.939] of your day. So [00:01:36.379] um let's go ahead and dive in with our resource overview. [00:01:40.329] So gel and context elementary and let [00:01:42.359] me apologize at this point. [00:01:44.558] Um I that is how [00:01:46.579] I pronounce elementary. It's um [00:01:48.829] how we do it here in Western New York where I live. [00:01:51.120] So uh you'll hear it a lot more [00:01:53.250] through the session. So let's [00:01:55.299] go ahead and talk about what this resource offers [00:01:57.609] you. So gale in context [00:02:00.058] elementary is built as you can imagine [00:02:02.299] for our elementary age users. [00:02:04.739] So I, I say users, [00:02:06.750] but I should probably really define that better as [00:02:08.860] elementary reading level uh [00:02:11.028] users. So it is content [00:02:13.179] geared at grades K through five and [00:02:15.808] of course reading level within those ranges. [00:02:17.919] And we're gonna talk about ways you can make that a little more [00:02:19.969] specific when you're using the resource. [00:02:22.288] But along with building that reading [00:02:24.460] level appropriate content, we're also building in content [00:02:27.038] to fit what's happening in the K [00:02:29.139] five classrooms. So we look at [00:02:31.689] uh curriculum [00:02:33.520] across various states and [00:02:36.110] uh sorry, getting a little ahead of my slides here, we look [00:02:38.229] at curriculum across various states to [00:02:40.330] meet the needs of that classroom [00:02:42.558] and any research that's being done [00:02:44.649] um as well as providing materials that [00:02:46.669] teachers can put to use in the classroom. And of [00:02:48.679] course, it's a perfect fit in the library where [00:02:50.778] kids are getting their feet wet around research [00:02:53.399] and using online resources like this. [00:02:55.960] Uh The database is made up [00:02:57.969] of periodical articles, [00:03:00.129] news, upcoming various news and magazines [00:03:02.429] aimed at younger users. We've got [00:03:04.538] lots of multimedia and images and video [00:03:06.949] and uh you'll also find a good [00:03:09.110] base of reference content. [00:03:11.599] So good articles to start them [00:03:13.770] with to get to know about a topic, [00:03:15.788] you know, similar to what they might find in a textbook. [00:03:19.229] We also want to build in tools [00:03:21.679] that make this resource [00:03:23.778] reach everyone. So there are a variety [00:03:26.020] of ways you can work with the content. [00:03:28.229] You can listen, you can translate it, you can [00:03:30.659] uh change the formatting of an article [00:03:33.020] to help fit the user. [00:03:35.139] You've also got integrations that hopefully [00:03:37.439] fit into your workflow as well. So if you are [00:03:39.629] a Google or Micro, so school um [00:03:41.675] or user, we have ways you can send your [00:03:43.705] content right to those tools. And [00:03:46.183] of course, we want to build good researchers, [00:03:48.413] right? So you're gonna find tools in here like highlights [00:03:50.645] and notes and our citation tool to [00:03:52.694] help kids do those things they need [00:03:55.064] to do when they are researching [00:03:57.224] and, and really just kind of build their media literacy [00:03:59.764] and, and information literacy. [00:04:03.270] And then lastly here, I'll mention again, [00:04:05.508] this is a great resource to start [00:04:07.699] getting kids used to doing [00:04:10.020] research in databases like these and maybe [00:04:12.580] staying away from some places that [00:04:14.830] uh you know, like Google or Microsoft, uh what's [00:04:17.238] they called bing? Um That could be really [00:04:19.338] overwhelming or sending them off to sites [00:04:21.369] you may not recommend for their readings. [00:04:23.778] Um This is a safe place to send [00:04:25.798] kids to do research. It's again [00:04:27.819] targeted to their age ranges. So [00:04:29.970] again, appropriate as we talked about in reading [00:04:32.069] level and content and curriculum, [00:04:34.528] it also gives them a good place to start getting [00:04:36.720] comfortable with searching and maybe filtering [00:04:38.949] and again, using all those tools that they [00:04:40.959] might need um [00:04:43.189] in the research process. So [00:04:45.108] we are again, gonna take a look at everything. [00:04:47.278] I've got just a few slides to give you kind of the basics [00:04:49.519] though of how this database is built. [00:04:51.869] So we have a search of [00:04:53.899] course, but we also wanna make this [00:04:55.980] resource brows we find especially for [00:04:58.160] younger users as they're building their information [00:05:00.500] literacy. [00:05:01.720] It's a great way to kind of show them how we deal with [00:05:03.738] information. You take a big topic [00:05:05.778] and start narrowing it down. And as [00:05:07.858] you can imagine, we target these topics [00:05:10.259] based on what's being studied in curriculum. [00:05:12.980] So you'll probably see some familiar topics [00:05:15.290] here. Animals is probably, are [00:05:17.588] always our most popular, uh uh path [00:05:20.439] to go down here. So we see we [00:05:22.579] start breaking down. So animals as a whole, [00:05:24.670] then mammals, reptiles and amphibians. [00:05:27.069] So we're learning a little bit maybe about classification [00:05:29.588] there, but also just how information is [00:05:31.639] organized. [00:05:33.019] And then we drill down to a third level [00:05:35.238] to get a little more specific. So here we're getting [00:05:37.420] at types of animals [00:05:40.358] and then we land on a topic [00:05:42.428] page. So the topic pages are [00:05:44.588] kind of where we pull in all the information [00:05:47.000] we have for a topic. [00:05:48.759] It's a good jumping off point to learn [00:05:50.778] about something. It's often maybe a unit [00:05:53.170] you'd be covering in the classroom or in the library. [00:05:56.750] And the way we organize these is to start [00:05:58.970] out with a topic overview. So [00:06:01.189] you get this simple [00:06:03.309] overview too, in this case, Tyrannosaurus [00:06:05.548] rex and even just that first paragraph [00:06:08.108] that we gives us a little info, [00:06:10.480] then we've got some quick facts we can take a look [00:06:12.660] at. So some good information around [00:06:15.230] um some few, you know, some trivia, maybe almost [00:06:17.678] um around the tyrannosaurus rex. [00:06:19.809] And then we organize the content the [00:06:21.910] same way that it might be organized in your [00:06:24.069] classroom or in your library, we [00:06:26.170] keep reference books together. We keep [00:06:28.600] our nonfiction books together. We keep [00:06:30.720] our magazines, our news and so on [00:06:33.119] and they can work through those various spaces. [00:06:35.600] So of course, we're going to see this in action here in a [00:06:37.619] minute. But again, just to give you an idea of how [00:06:39.629] we put this database together, [00:06:42.869] we also the one to integrate with [00:06:45.009] other content from Gale that is [00:06:47.129] aimed at that K five age range. [00:06:49.459] So if you are also a subscribe, oh sorry, [00:06:52.278] not subscriber. If you are also a p [00:06:54.088] purchaser of Gale ebooks, [00:06:56.709] those that are within that reading [00:06:58.798] level are gonna be available [00:07:01.298] in your gal and context elementary [00:07:03.548] if that's not happening at your library and [00:07:05.639] you do have access to both resources. [00:07:08.220] Again, I'm gonna share our contact info, you'll want to reach [00:07:10.420] out to us and let us know and we can work on that for [00:07:12.528] you. So where you'll find the Gale [00:07:14.670] Ebook content integrated is actually right on [00:07:16.738] the home page. We've got a few browsing [00:07:18.819] paths for a specific document [00:07:21.449] types or, or uh types of, of information. [00:07:24.470] So you'll be able to actually browse those [00:07:26.509] ebooks there and then they're also [00:07:28.519] integrated with your search results. They'll just get dedicated [00:07:30.928] in a books uh content type. So [00:07:32.980] you can grab the, the books you need that relate [00:07:35.309] to the topic you searched on [00:07:37.548] right, we also provide this similar [00:07:39.910] integration to National Geographic [00:07:42.309] Kids. So again, if you're a subscriber to National [00:07:44.579] Geographic Kids, this should be happening [00:07:47.069] for you as well. And same thing you're [00:07:49.459] actually on the home page from Galen Context Elementary, [00:07:52.019] gonna be able to browse issues of the magazine [00:07:55.199] and then within your search results, [00:07:57.509] you're gonna find content from, of course, the magazine, [00:07:59.949] but then also from NET GEO kids [00:08:02.079] books that are in that collection and then [00:08:04.238] audio and video will be integrated as well. [00:08:06.428] So [00:08:07.250] um I'm gonna demonstrate from an account that [00:08:09.369] has both of these integrations. So we can, we can [00:08:11.420] see them in action. Uh [00:08:13.970] The content does go to specific [00:08:16.559] places. So if you're not a subscriber, [00:08:18.759] you wouldn't maybe see the or not, maybe [00:08:21.069] you wouldn't see the uh books [00:08:23.639] content type on your search results. [00:08:25.889] So, um I'll and again, I'll share that when [00:08:28.009] we, when we get in there. So let's go ahead and [00:08:30.108] get in the la in the library source and [00:08:32.210] take a look. [00:08:33.719] So I've already gone ahead and logged [00:08:36.070] in here. I'm on the home page and let me [00:08:38.109] just, I'm gonna make things [00:08:40.200] a little bigger for your end of the webinar. I'm also [00:08:42.210] gonna just turn off my video. Uh So [00:08:44.259] it doesn't distract or block any of the screen here while [00:08:46.418] I'm live in the database. [00:08:48.808] All righty. So [00:08:50.808] uh Gill and Context Elementary home [00:08:52.889] page is going to offer a search [00:08:55.200] so you can dive right in, but we like [00:08:57.219] to encourage curiosity. So [00:08:59.450] on the home page, we do have some brows [00:09:01.719] areas here relating to specific [00:09:03.849] types of content. So we're gonna come back [00:09:06.038] and use the topic tree a few times. So let me just show you a [00:09:08.048] couple of these others. [00:09:09.519] Again, books is where content [00:09:11.690] from Gale ebooks would live. So if you've [00:09:13.719] purchased Gale ebooks, [00:09:15.849] those that are appropriate for K five [00:09:17.859] reading levels will flow to this [00:09:20.009] brows page. So you can open up this [00:09:22.229] Amelia Earhart book [00:09:24.210] and actually just start reading it cover to cover [00:09:26.320] right from the home page. So again, nice [00:09:28.609] and browseable can again, encourage curiosity [00:09:31.668] and and find some great content. [00:09:34.340] So take a minute to load here. [00:09:38.048] Bye. [00:09:39.779] Let this fill in. So apologize, [00:09:42.168] folks. My internet may be a little slow. I hope it's not interfering [00:09:44.570] too much on your end of the uh [00:09:47.158] session. [00:09:49.149] So letting it load up here while [00:09:51.219] it's loading, let me share. We do offer some tools. [00:09:53.918] Um This is a um [00:09:56.729] mobile responsive resource. Really all [00:09:58.830] of our gale resources are. So regardless [00:10:01.538] of kind of what [00:10:02.369] kind of size screen you're using, what type of device [00:10:04.570] you're using our resources should work just fine. [00:10:06.599] One of the neat things about the book content [00:10:08.849] is of course, we're seeing it as if it's laying [00:10:11.080] flat on the table. If you're working from a touch [00:10:13.149] screen, you can actually swipe to turn the pages. [00:10:15.320] Of course, we've got the arrows here, little progress [00:10:18.000] bar at the bottom to be able to move through, [00:10:20.379] you can zoom in and out and take advantage [00:10:22.649] of our listen tool, which I'm gonna go into a little more detail [00:10:24.840] later. The other feature I like [00:10:26.950] here when you're working with our ebooks is you [00:10:29.000] can switch to a full screen view. So the book [00:10:31.048] just takes over your page, uh [00:10:33.200] which is a great way again to immerse yourself [00:10:35.399] in the content. [00:10:37.080] So [00:10:38.519] again, if you have gale ebooks, [00:10:40.759] you will have that option there. [00:10:42.869] We also pull in news content [00:10:44.918] to browse through. So maybe looking for current events, [00:10:48.250] we've got pictures to browse [00:10:50.389] as well. So again, just trying [00:10:52.690] to, you know, [00:10:53.840] share some ways to discover new content [00:10:57.229] and get in, I'm gonna ahead and jump into its picture of an Alpaca [00:11:00.779] and there we have it our images. [00:11:02.869] If you do right, mouse click over kids can copy [00:11:05.139] and paste these. So if they're preparing some sort of presentation [00:11:07.769] or something, they can take advantage. [00:11:09.489] And of course, we want them [00:11:11.629] to cite where they got this content, [00:11:13.729] right? So we give them a little helping hand here [00:11:15.889] with our citation tool. Now, [00:11:18.139] in elementary school, it maybe [00:11:20.168] isn't the time you're talking about the difference between [00:11:22.379] ML A and A P A and all the various. [00:11:24.450] But of course, we do talk about needing to [00:11:26.489] site where we found our content. [00:11:28.259] So you've got a few different paths here. [00:11:30.379] Um But it, it gets them thinking about [00:11:33.639] that citation and building a work cited [00:11:35.750] page. And again, uh should [00:11:38.109] you need specific citation styles? You can [00:11:40.219] s select the text and copy and paste [00:11:42.460] that right where you need it? [00:11:43.879] Um Your citation will also go with [00:11:46.149] you to other places. So if you have [00:11:48.288] a tool like noodle tools or easy [00:11:50.308] bib or even can send this out to Google Drive or Microsoft [00:11:52.779] Onedrive can send that citation [00:11:54.788] out. So we're gonna talk [00:11:56.899] about those integrations a a little more later [00:12:01.298] we can, oh, I think I need to, sorry, I need [00:12:03.428] to, to go all the way back to the home page. Bear with me just a second [00:12:05.558] here while I get all the way back out there. [00:12:08.279] And again, I apologize, folks, things that seem to be moving [00:12:10.500] a little slowly which is of course [00:12:12.788] what happens when you are on [00:12:14.940] a uh [00:12:16.979] webinar rather than when you're just in the database [00:12:19.090] for yourself. So we pull in some of our multimedia [00:12:21.629] content as well here on uh the videos [00:12:24.340] you can flip through these [00:12:26.619] and I'm gonna jump into [00:12:28.719] one here again. I love the animals [00:12:30.798] content. So taking advantage of a few of these, [00:12:33.369] most of our videos are gonna offer a transcript, [00:12:36.168] which is nice. I tend to be more of a reader. [00:12:38.259] So I, I love to have the transcript but [00:12:40.489] uh of course, I think I'm in the minority, especially [00:12:42.808] with younger kids. So the video is always appealing. [00:12:45.460] They'll all have time for some more amazing [00:12:48.918] animals and they're fairly short, [00:12:51.029] you know, good way maybe to introduce the topic [00:12:53.178] and, and pull a few facts. [00:12:56.178] And then lastly, [00:12:58.548] if again, you have an integration [00:13:01.029] uh with Nat Geo Kids, [00:13:03.168] you're gonna be able to browse issues [00:13:05.250] of the Nat Geo Kids Magazine right [00:13:07.580] here from the home page as well. So gonna [00:13:09.658] dive into an issue, it actually displays [00:13:11.899] just like the ebooks do. So like we've [00:13:14.009] got the magazine flat on the table. [00:13:16.298] There is a bit of an embargo with Nat Geo [00:13:18.340] Kids Magazine. We do have to wait [00:13:20.389] um a certain amount of time before [00:13:22.529] we can have the newest issue, but you can go [00:13:24.570] back through the entire back file as well. [00:13:26.969] We have available. [00:13:28.609] So [00:13:29.750] we do want to take advantage though of the [00:13:31.820] topic tree. So I'm gonna jump all the way back to [00:13:33.859] where we started here. [00:13:36.168] And again, we like curiosity. So [00:13:38.279] there's always an I wonder question on the home page. [00:13:40.340] Every time you come back, it pops up a new one, [00:13:42.570] but this is where we're going to do some work here [00:13:44.739] is through our topic tree. So this will get you into [00:13:46.869] all of the content and [00:13:48.940] topic pages that we talked about before. [00:13:51.259] So as you're browsing these, you can [00:13:53.320] see, of course, these are tied to curriculum [00:13:55.604] areas. Um And if you start [00:13:57.754] down a path, I'm go ahead and select social studies. [00:13:59.933] Again, we see how this starts to drill down. [00:14:02.125] So we take the large topic of [00:14:04.224] social studies and break down into world history [00:14:06.734] into us, presidents, us, history, [00:14:09.205] native American tribes, [00:14:12.200] and then down to our third level where we get [00:14:14.269] more specific. So we are finding a [00:14:16.288] list of native American tribes. [00:14:18.649] And then again, all of the things that you [00:14:20.759] start with on the topic tree [00:14:23.408] uh are going to end up [00:14:25.639] on a topic page or portal page. [00:14:27.840] You may hear me call it that as well. We [00:14:29.918] start out with that great overview. So right [00:14:32.000] away, we find out where the Iroquois um [00:14:34.479] live. We have the ability [00:14:36.639] to jump in and read more of that [00:14:38.759] overview and we're gonna, we're gonna go into [00:14:40.798] more articles and talk about our details here, but [00:14:43.149] just a click gets into that, of course, that [00:14:45.279] content [00:14:47.190] and then again, some quick facts so [00:14:49.320] we can grab some some quick info [00:14:52.000] and then we get into all of the [00:14:54.109] information we have for the Iroquois [00:14:56.119] and we break this down by content type. [00:14:58.239] So we've got book articles, we've got magazine [00:15:00.460] articles, we've got biographies, pictures, [00:15:03.288] and so on. And then at the bottom [00:15:05.519] of the page, you will find related topics. [00:15:08.070] So again, great discovery tool, we [00:15:10.139] can branch off into [00:15:12.500] another tribe, you know, maybe go down another [00:15:14.729] path. But always there are ways [00:15:16.969] to kind of get to more content. So [00:15:19.129] love to encourage that curiosity [00:15:21.149] and discovery in our our younger users. [00:15:23.830] So let me jump back to the home page. [00:15:26.070] We're gonna go down a few more paths here from the topic [00:15:28.418] tree. And in this case, I'm gonna go into [00:15:30.500] science. [00:15:32.590] And again, we start breaking these down [00:15:34.788] and then get to our, our lower level [00:15:37.158] list of topics I'm going to weather [00:15:39.460] and climate here. [00:15:41.349] So it has been a interesting weather [00:15:43.440] season. Uh, overall, I think regardless [00:15:45.500] of where you live, so [00:15:48.158] take a look at this. [00:15:50.590] So I'm gonna jump into weather as a whole. [00:15:53.168] And again, we're gonna land on that topic [00:15:55.239] page. Start right out with an overview, [00:15:57.379] get into some quick facts, but I wanted [00:15:59.580] to show you and here we go. Actually, [00:16:01.849] here's what the integration looks like. [00:16:03.940] If we have Gale ebooks or Nat Geo Kids, [00:16:06.349] the nonfiction books, um, [00:16:08.599] from NASA Geographic Kids. And [00:16:10.639] then again, any age appropriate ebooks [00:16:12.729] that you've purchased from Gale will actually go to this content [00:16:15.070] type over there on the right. You can see the book covers [00:16:17.239] everybody though will have our book articles. [00:16:19.369] This is the reference content that's coming out [00:16:21.408] of Gale and Context Elementary itself. [00:16:23.830] And one of the great things about it, actually, let's [00:16:25.908] go ahead and look at the entire list of results here [00:16:28.590] is we keep it really simple if you've [00:16:30.629] attended any other Gale webinars or maybe subscribed [00:16:32.729] to other databases. [00:16:34.139] You'll see Gale and Context elementary has [00:16:36.340] really its own look and feel. But there are a few [00:16:38.450] things we do in all of our databases. When you're looking [00:16:40.690] at search results, you can always see the date where it comes [00:16:42.928] from. And, and I'm gonna use [00:16:45.000] my little annotate tool here. Our [00:16:47.129] content types, our co or sorry, [00:16:49.308] not types our content levels. [00:16:51.408] So these boxes, we have five [00:16:53.619] of them. They are [00:16:56.000] gonna be found in all of the gal and context [00:16:58.399] resources and a few others. [00:17:00.639] And basically what they're telling you is [00:17:03.308] a range of reading level. So [00:17:05.410] when you're in gal in context elementary, you're gonna see [00:17:07.529] a lot of the green and blue boxes. Green [00:17:10.259] is a level one with just one dot [00:17:12.680] And level two there in blue, [00:17:15.029] it has the two dots. [00:17:16.640] If you look over to the right, we have [00:17:18.719] ways to filter our results which we'll we'll [00:17:20.858] talk about a little more but one of them is [00:17:22.949] content level. So [00:17:24.670] you've got the ability to filter your results [00:17:27.299] into level one or level two. Again, [00:17:29.420] those are our kind of Oh sorry, not again, I haven't [00:17:31.568] explained. So level one is generally gonna be lower [00:17:33.838] elementary reading level and uh level [00:17:35.959] two is gonna be upper elementary, then middle school [00:17:38.459] for level three, [00:17:39.979] level four is gonna be more high school [00:17:42.279] and then level five more, you know, scholarly [00:17:44.789] or academic. [00:17:46.439] So it's got a, a lexile [00:17:48.709] range there assigned as well. We're gonna talk about [00:17:51.229] um which you can get even more [00:17:53.269] specific with when you're looking for reading level [00:17:55.449] too from advanced search. But let's let me, [00:17:57.598] let me show you another feature around what [00:17:59.630] we've done with reading level. So Gale [00:18:01.809] is a publisher, [00:18:03.828] we have a lot of our own content [00:18:06.289] in these databases. And the great thing about [00:18:08.380] that is we can do what we like with our own [00:18:10.459] content. [00:18:11.358] So what we've chosen to do [00:18:13.828] is level [00:18:16.338] a lot of our reference and biography [00:18:18.608] content. [00:18:19.568] So you won't see this for every single article [00:18:22.170] that that is in the database from Gale, [00:18:24.348] but you'll see it for a lot of them. Again in [00:18:26.410] reference and biography, we can't [00:18:28.660] take an article from say The New York Times [00:18:30.949] for Kids and rewrite it. You know, that's, [00:18:33.170] that's gonna break some permissions them. So [00:18:35.463] we can only do that with content we've written. So [00:18:37.614] that's what we've done. We've leveled it, taken [00:18:39.634] the same article and written it at two different reading [00:18:41.875] levels. So you can always get [00:18:43.993] from one to the other. They'll both show [00:18:46.203] up in your results list. And again, you wanna look for that [00:18:48.275] content level indicator [00:18:50.045] to show you which, which you've got. [00:18:52.959] So let me clear these drawings so we can [00:18:55.338] uh I [00:18:57.390] get back to [00:18:58.818] looking at this content. So I landed [00:19:00.858] here in level two and over here to the far [00:19:03.209] right. We've got a row of buttons and we're gonna get [00:19:05.299] back to most of them. But the one to the [00:19:07.338] very far right article info [00:19:09.348] is gonna open up and show you [00:19:11.358] the lexile measure. So for this article, [00:19:13.598] I'm working with an 840 [00:19:15.920] I can open that up and I can switch from here [00:19:18.219] to that level one that is at a 470 [00:19:20.949] you'll see my tab changed up above [00:19:23.750] and jump to that lower reading level so I can [00:19:25.858] make the call, right. What's gonna be most appropriate [00:19:28.358] for the the student that I'm working with [00:19:30.410] or my classroom or [00:19:32.459] you know, the group of kids I have in the library. So [00:19:34.969] our level one article here starts out with words to [00:19:37.108] know. So we've got a glossary built in. So [00:19:39.150] we know what atmosphere is, we know what temperature [00:19:41.469] is and you can see we've got short [00:19:43.529] sentences, short paragraphs [00:19:46.088] and we do a lot of work kind of behind the scenes [00:19:48.309] too about how the article looks [00:19:50.368] what, you know, the, the size of [00:19:52.449] the text. But you can always [00:19:54.529] play around with this too. [00:19:56.680] I scroll back up to the top of the article. [00:19:58.868] Remember those four but or not [00:20:00.930] four, those uh six buttons over [00:20:03.039] here to the far, right? [00:20:04.420] One of them is a text size tool. [00:20:06.818] So if I scroll down a bit, so you can see this again, [00:20:08.868] you can see the text has gotten bigger you can [00:20:10.979] also take advantage of like I did at the [00:20:13.029] start of the session, the zoom options [00:20:15.059] in your browser and make the whole thing bigger. [00:20:17.578] Uh But if you just want to work with the text, we've got [00:20:19.608] the button there for you to do it, [00:20:22.108] you can also change the way the text [00:20:24.219] displays. [00:20:26.049] So I've got a nephew who has [00:20:28.598] a processing issue where he really needs [00:20:30.719] text to be on a blue or a green background [00:20:33.209] to see it clearly. So I can switch [00:20:35.449] to the green background for him. I [00:20:37.630] can make different font choices. If I prefer [00:20:39.900] something with some SARS on it, we've got Gammon [00:20:42.279] there, I could work with, we offer the open dyslexic [00:20:44.838] font as well, which was a big request [00:20:47.279] um from our users. You [00:20:49.318] can also change the spacing [00:20:51.559] of the text. So I'm just gonna put these all to most. [00:20:53.868] You can kind of see the um [00:20:56.380] work that it does. So let me scroll down back to [00:20:58.449] the text here. So you can see the whole font has changed [00:21:00.969] again. Our spacing has changed [00:21:03.209] and the great thing is it [00:21:05.269] will remember those settings. So if [00:21:07.289] I switch over to level [00:21:09.449] two article, [00:21:11.529] it's gonna apply those settings, right? [00:21:13.789] So looking at our level two, which [00:21:15.799] I think was an 870 lexile, you can see [00:21:17.949] here, longer sentences, [00:21:19.959] longer paragraphs, you know, we've got more [00:21:21.989] texts to work with here, right? [00:21:24.180] So it's [00:21:25.729] jumping up that reading level [00:21:27.759] uh in a few different ways. [00:21:30.539] So very handy. Again, you're gonna see [00:21:32.559] this quite a bit for reference [00:21:34.890] and biography uh and your results. [00:21:37.328] So let me jump back out to the rest of our results [00:21:39.699] and we'll take a look at a few others. [00:21:43.229] So we looked at book content already. You've also [00:21:45.259] got periodical content, we've got magazines [00:21:47.489] and news sources aimed at [00:21:49.519] our younger users. There might be a few in there [00:21:51.578] for our professionals for say our librarians [00:21:53.959] in the elementary library for our teachers. [00:21:56.439] But most of the content is really aimed [00:21:58.549] at that younger user with that younger reading level. [00:22:00.759] But jump into news, we've got a few [00:22:02.858] news sources aimed at kids like news or sorry [00:22:05.199] like kids post. [00:22:06.598] But if I wanna seek something out, you'll see [00:22:08.650] again those filter options over on the right. One of those [00:22:10.858] is to be able to isolate to publication title [00:22:13.449] and we were able to add the New York Times [00:22:15.479] for kids in the last year or so. [00:22:17.539] So I'm just gonna go ahead and isolate to that [00:22:20.328] narrow down to two entries here. And as I jump [00:22:22.640] in again, we're gonna see, [00:22:25.229] I've got those [00:22:26.660] uh display options that I set before [00:22:29.039] it's just remembering them. [00:22:30.699] Now, I am gonna go ahead and set those back [00:22:32.969] to the default because I want to take [00:22:35.078] advantage of a couple of these other tools and it just, I think [00:22:37.180] appears a little better [00:22:38.709] when I'm demoing it from here. [00:22:40.880] So another way we can make [00:22:42.949] something more readable for students, maybe raise [00:22:45.348] their, um, comprehension of it is [00:22:47.670] to have them listen. So one, [00:22:49.699] they might just be maybe better listeners than they [00:22:51.828] are readers. [00:22:53.170] The listen is also handy if you've got students [00:22:55.400] where maybe English isn't their first language [00:22:58.049] and they hear it a little better than they do [00:23:00.525] yet. The listen tool is gonna [00:23:02.535] let us read the entire article. [00:23:04.875] Now it acts like summer weather is going [00:23:06.963] to the extreme. It acts a little differently [00:23:09.295] than a screen reader does. Um It [00:23:11.473] isn't going to read, you know, from [00:23:13.634] the banner and all of that, it just starts with [00:23:15.644] the article title and goes from there. You [00:23:17.723] can also see it's highlighting as it's reading [00:23:20.324] and then there are settings, you can go into that little [00:23:22.555] gear icon will let you make other [00:23:24.674] adjustments. You can make this the most comfortable or [00:23:26.805] needed reading experience. [00:23:29.489] You can also translate [00:23:32.180] our text. So this is an on demand translation. [00:23:34.890] So it's, you know, not how I want to learn to speak [00:23:37.189] a different language, but it can be a huge help [00:23:39.549] when you've got kids where maybe again, English [00:23:41.789] isn't their first language. And you want to [00:23:43.818] give him a helping hand, [00:23:45.509] we can translate it, gives you a little preview of the [00:23:47.519] translation, then you can choose to complete it [00:23:49.618] and there we go [00:23:51.848] and you'll see that listen button sticks around [00:23:53.930] for, I think, better than half, I think about three quarters [00:23:56.150] of the languages in our list. [00:23:58.348] So, um, we can also hear this [00:24:00.660] in Spanish. [00:24:02.799] Hi. So you're gonna see those options for all of [00:24:04.868] the articles, uh, that are available [00:24:06.959] in their text. Face. The books that come from [00:24:09.068] Nat Geo Kids and the, uh, books that [00:24:11.118] come from Gale ebooks won't have a translation [00:24:13.588] option, but you will have the listen option. [00:24:16.000] So they're there. You're working with kind of a PDF [00:24:18.130] there. So, all [00:24:20.180] right, let's go ahead. We're gonna try search. I love [00:24:22.269] the, the brows [00:24:23.598] chic tree, but of course, we often can see [00:24:25.689] a search box and we use it. We know what we're after. [00:24:28.309] So just gonna do a quick search here for Ruby Bridges, [00:24:30.689] we have a search assist. I'm a terrible speller. [00:24:32.969] So that's a big help. Um But [00:24:35.209] it also can just help you find maybe more specific [00:24:37.410] search term. [00:24:38.858] So again, we start right out a bit of an overview [00:24:41.250] and so on [00:24:42.539] and we've got again, [00:24:44.719] a lot of great content here again [00:24:46.779] at varying reading levels. So again, [00:24:49.250] we can always go in and take a look at that content [00:24:51.640] isolate by content level. [00:24:53.739] But let's say I wanna start with that, you [00:24:55.868] can always apply these filters after [00:24:58.078] you've performed a search. But if you start [00:25:00.358] with advanced search, you can actually put those filters [00:25:02.670] in place to start. So if there's a particular [00:25:04.729] source, you know, you want your results from, [00:25:06.989] we can come to advanced search and [00:25:09.219] limit. [00:25:10.739] Pardon me, we can limit our search [00:25:12.750] by publication title. If I choose from the [00:25:14.779] dropbox here or um some [00:25:16.858] of these also, you'll see duplicated down below. [00:25:19.400] Uh But a couple of my favorites here [00:25:21.479] are those content and uh lexile [00:25:23.650] limiters. So content level is gonna use [00:25:25.838] those gale defined levels one through five [00:25:29.400] lexile measure though, gives a bit of [00:25:31.469] a range for you to pick from. And you [00:25:33.509] can see you can, you can multi select, [00:25:36.078] OK, you could also put in your own [00:25:38.088] lexile measure or score. So you [00:25:40.229] can really target reading levels. The [00:25:42.529] other thing we offer here that [00:25:44.868] is very popular to use is [00:25:46.939] there's actually a filter for and I'm gonna [00:25:49.108] circle it just so we [00:25:51.259] let me see it. [00:25:53.039] Sorry folks bear with me while I, [00:25:55.140] I'm debating if I want to use the annotate [00:25:57.348] tool anymore. It always takes me so long to get started with it. [00:25:59.799] Here we go. The level documents [00:26:02.568] limiter. So this will make sure [00:26:04.608] I'm gonna have my articles at two [00:26:06.969] different reading levels. So if I've got a [00:26:08.979] mixed classroom, maybe I've got some advanced readers, [00:26:11.299] I've got some readers who maybe need a little help. [00:26:14.180] I can isolate and get [00:26:16.680] only level documents. Now, [00:26:18.890] this is fairly limiting because again, [00:26:23.640] we can only filter the content [00:26:25.709] that we publish at Yale. So this is really gonna [00:26:27.739] limit me to, uh, articles [00:26:30.150] from. Oh, sorry, I, I apologize. [00:26:32.420] I had the, um, [00:26:34.219] I think I had my lexile scores selected [00:26:36.229] there too. [00:26:37.529] Let me stop. Let me jump back to advance search and, [00:26:39.910] and, uh, start fresh. [00:26:42.189] Sorry about that folks. I thought I cleared them. [00:26:50.449] Right. Yeah, [00:26:51.848] that is. There we go. [00:26:53.630] So again, this will be biographies, [00:26:55.848] maybe some reference articles and [00:26:58.049] there we have our leveled content. [00:27:00.180] So again, we always see both in the search results, [00:27:02.279] but you can easily switch back and forth between the two. [00:27:05.400] And if I wanna target this for my [00:27:07.449] students, if this is a biography, I want them to [00:27:09.578] read, you know, maybe a homework assignment or we're gonna [00:27:11.660] read it together in the library [00:27:14.578] and I wanna make sure my kids are getting this [00:27:16.650] level one biography of Bridges. [00:27:19.789] There are a few different ways I can put it right in their hands. [00:27:22.170] One is and probably the simplest [00:27:24.390] because it works with everything [00:27:26.098] in the upper right hand corner here [00:27:28.318] in our, our toolbar, [00:27:30.630] we have our get link and [00:27:32.910] this is a persistent URL [00:27:35.009] or pearl [00:27:36.789] that was sorry, let me get rid of that circle. [00:27:39.750] That will give me [00:27:41.680] a way to link this, say if we use [00:27:43.699] something like seesaw or even just, [00:27:45.890] you know, if I've got my own web page or [00:27:48.098] I wanna link it in um you [00:27:50.108] know, another L MS like clever or [00:27:52.130] something like that. [00:27:53.650] Oh, sorry, not clever. Um [00:27:56.328] Am I thinking of? [00:27:58.489] Well, I'll uh canvas. [00:28:00.890] That's what I was thinking of. [00:28:02.199] That URL will go anywhere. [00:28:04.250] It is just a URL, but it always [00:28:06.608] comes back to the same place. So I would always [00:28:08.848] be sending whoever clicks it right [00:28:11.088] back to this level one biography. So [00:28:13.189] it's even something you might share [00:28:15.318] with a colleague to let them know it's there [00:28:17.890] um really handy. So get link really [00:28:20.049] simple gives you URL, you can use it wherever [00:28:22.328] to guide your users, right? Where you want them, [00:28:25.239] those of you that are Google classroom [00:28:27.529] users, you might have recognized [00:28:29.868] our Google classroom [00:28:31.549] icon up here at the very top of the page. [00:28:33.588] Similar idea I'm gonna be [00:28:35.640] able to put my students right where I want [00:28:37.880] them. But it just starts me down the path to [00:28:39.890] adding to my Google classroom page. [00:28:42.118] So you choose your subject [00:28:44.459] and uh you know, basically [00:28:46.920] it's the same path you use when you are [00:28:49.049] adding something to your Google classroom anyway, [00:28:51.608] and forgive my very brief instructions here. [00:28:53.949] What it's gonna do is embed a link [00:28:56.818] actually that gap link to this [00:28:59.368] article. So when I sign it to my students [00:29:02.318] and it gives me a chance to view it just to check [00:29:04.459] things out. [00:29:06.279] I can't, oh It takes a minute for it to [00:29:08.309] show up there. Oh, did I not? [00:29:11.019] Yeah, make an assignment [00:29:13.279] um [00:29:14.459] instructions that's important. See, there's that [00:29:16.519] link embedded for my students. So [00:29:19.049] you land right there. [00:29:22.439] So really handy. [00:29:24.640] The other integration I wanna mention and [00:29:26.650] we're gonna wrap up here in a minute to let you go [00:29:29.328] is you can pull content out to [00:29:31.358] your Gale or sorry Google Drive [00:29:33.420] or Microsoft Onedrive. [00:29:35.689] There's a little send to button here at [00:29:37.719] the top, send it to Google Drive or onedrive is a great [00:29:39.949] way for kids to keep track of their research. Before [00:29:42.729] they do that, you can take advantage of our highlights [00:29:45.160] and notes tool, they can mark up this article. [00:29:47.380] So again, another kind of skill they're [00:29:49.420] learning as they're learning about doing [00:29:51.549] research and [00:29:56.549] I can give myself a little note. And [00:29:58.949] when I send it to Google Drive or when [00:30:01.068] I print it, those highlights [00:30:03.269] and notes are gonna go with it, [00:30:04.939] they only last for your session. So you do [00:30:07.078] wanna print, you wanna send it to Google or Microsoft, [00:30:09.729] you want to [00:30:11.400] uh maybe download it. So you [00:30:13.500] keep those highlights and notes to protect [00:30:15.699] user privacy, we clear them out when you leave the database, [00:30:18.299] which is, you know, user privacy is always important, [00:30:20.559] especially when you're working with kids under 18. So [00:30:23.380] can take advantage of our highlights [00:30:25.799] and notes tool to help again, build up their [00:30:27.949] uh their research skills. So [00:30:30.459] lots of good stuff here. I'm just double [00:30:32.618] checking my notes. We hit everything I wanted [00:30:34.900] to share with you. So let me pop back to our [00:30:37.019] slides and we'll wrap up and get [00:30:39.259] you on your way. [00:30:40.559] So this information will be in [00:30:42.568] my follow up email. So if anybody has to scoot, [00:30:44.779] I apologize. I see we're a minute over. Um [00:30:47.269] uh, this will come in a follow up email that'll [00:30:49.549] uh arrive around this time tomorrow. But you can always [00:30:51.750] reach out to me again, Stacy Nibble, [00:30:53.789] I'm your gail trainer today. [00:30:55.588] Uh Feel free to also go reach out to our [00:30:57.618] customer success managing team. [00:30:59.699] They are folks who help [00:31:01.828] you be successful with the resources. So if you've got [00:31:03.979] a project going on in the library or maybe [00:31:06.219] you wanna raise usage, you're getting ready [00:31:08.348] to show this off to you teachers. Um [00:31:10.750] We have a great team who can help you, [00:31:13.078] you know, uh solve a lot of problems, but [00:31:15.160] also, you know, create some success [00:31:17.348] and then technical support is available. If you [00:31:19.368] have questions, you have a trouble getting into the databases, [00:31:21.670] questions about authentication, uh database [00:31:24.608] usage, senior stats, things like that. [00:31:26.680] Tech support is always there. You could of [00:31:28.759] course, always reach out to your gale account rep [00:31:30.779] if you're interested in looking at more content from Gale. [00:31:33.318] And then we've got lots of great materials [00:31:35.338] out on our support site, tutorials about [00:31:37.568] using the databases. We've got lots [00:31:39.880] of activities you can use in the library or the [00:31:41.900] classroom. We have escape rooms, we've [00:31:44.088] got scavenger hunts [00:31:45.729] and there's a ton of free marketing material as well. [00:31:47.880] So if you're trying to draw people into these resources, [00:31:50.348] we've got lots of bookmarks and uh digital [00:31:53.029] signage and, and things you can [00:31:55.289] post your social media all ready to [00:31:57.368] go uh on the support site. [00:31:59.670] So that's everything I wanted to [00:32:01.699] share. I'm gonna stick around and see if there are [00:32:03.858] any questions. But thanks so much folks for [00:32:05.979] tuning in. I apologize. They did run a couple of minutes over. [00:32:08.588] Um I can never, you know, hold back [00:32:10.779] from showing you all these things in our databases. [00:32:12.880] So I appreciate uh if you're able [00:32:14.979] to stay. But again, questions should come [00:32:17.098] to you later. Again, feel free to reach out to me [00:32:19.420] or someone else on your gale team. [00:32:21.500] Happy to hear from you. So thanks [00:32:23.568] everybody for tuning in.