Gale eBooks, otherwise known as Gale Virtual Reference Library, offers materials on a variety of topics to browse and search.
1. Go to the Dallas College Library homepage and scroll down to select the red Database box
2. Underneath the All Subjects drop down, click on the G to narrow the databases to the databases that start with an G.
3. Click on the Gale eBook link.
4. On the homepage, users can browse and search titles
1. The home page includes options to search by basic search box, by subject, by publication, and by searching in the entire document (book). You can also use advanced search if you're searching with multiple keywords and scroll down the home page to view different collections.
2. Type in your keyword(s) in the search box. In the search results menu, you can see the number of results on the top left and filter on the top left especially by publication date, document type, and subjects.
3. Our example here is a topic overview where you can:
This section includes helpful information for creating a citation such as
Other aspects of note are the Gale Subject Headings which can be helpful for further research depending on your topic
This section is helpful to find particular chapters if you have a broad topic in mind. Any of the hyperlinks will take you to a text view of the chapter that you're interested in.
This section will be very useful during your search because you can see where certain words can be found in the book either through entering the term in the search box or browsing by specific section of the index.
This section keeps all the illustrations including tables, graphs, and figures that are part of the book in one place. This can be helpful if you're looking for a specific image or find an illustration interesting while browsing.
By clicking on the image, you will be redirected to the book page that the image is related to for more information.
