I selected the Gale encyclopedia of Medicine and searched for Polycythemia. I found the information in here much easier to understand for a non-professional than the search I did in ProQuest. It was very easy to use and I can see the medical books being used a lot. Also kids needing to do papers would have a great resource here.
I used the same search term, Polcythemia, and had a few more options than I did in the first search. It was very nice to see the listen feature for non-readers, although I wouldn't want to listen to that voice very long!
There is a lot of neat stuff in Gale, if a person would just take the time to investigate it a little.
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Thanks for your comments, fpl! We think GVRL adds to your print reference collection, plus it's available to patrons at home. You are right--the key is becoming familiar with the titles, just like with your print collection. I like the read-aloud for medical & scientific terms that look so unpronouncable!
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