Gale+Search

This tutorial will show you how to perform an effective search on the Gale database.

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Step by Step:

1. From the Central York School District Homepage click on the "Central York Library Catalog" Link. 2. Click on the Central York High School Library link. 3. Under "Databases" click on the first link that reads "Gale Databases". 4. Type your search words in the Gale PowerSearch box near the top left hand side of the window. (media and objectivity) 5. Once your search results come up you will see several different tabs that read, Magazines, Academic Journals, Books, News, Multimedia, and More Results. These tabs tell you the type of source that you are about to look at as well as the number of sources of that type that were found. 6. Click on the link that you would like to use, if the source has an abstract that summarizes its contents, read that first. Usually you will be able to tell from the abstract whether that particular source will be any help to you or not. If it doesn't, take a look and get a feel for the source. 7. If you find that it's useful, print it out and/or bookmark it. You never know what could happen, you might lose your print out or your computer might crash. Always have your sources available 8. Move on to the next search.
 * Remember to keep you search short, sweet, and specific. The more vague you search the wider variety of sources you will get, and that means that you will have to waste your time sorting through a bunch of useless information.