Gale Virtual Reference Library

Part 1- I looked in the World War II Reference Library book and picked volume 3 "Biographies" from the multi-volume drop-down menu. This brought up a list of biographies for major figures from World War II. From the list of figures, I clicked on Frank Capra, bringing up an article on his life. At the end of the the article is a list of books for further information and sidebar articles with even more information. I could see students using this for background for papers and perhaps even browsing for topics for papers.

Part 2- I did a basic search on zinc and clicked on the link for the first article- buried in the article I did find some of the foods that contain zinc such as oysters, whole grains, beans and nuts. I did another basic search for huckleberry finn and limited the search research to critical essays. I clicked the link on the first article which began with information about Mark Twain and then talked about Huck Finn chapter by chapter. This article included sections about various themes such as equality, freedom and righteousness. It included historical context as well as media adaptations of the book. The article ended with a criticism of the work and a list of sources for further reference.