Monday, August 6, 2012

Gale Testing and Education Reference Center






Testing and Education Reference Center
Publisher/Creator: Gale

Genre: Test Preparation Database
Interest Age: 14-adult


About Testing and Education Reference Center and Critical Evaluation:
The Testing and Education Reference Center is a place where students can begin to research their next step in life. Whether that is college, graduate school, or a career, this database is here to help. The test preparation center of this database is very helpful because all the major tests are represented. There are practice tests available as well as tips on how to prepare.

Information is also given about different careers and what it takes to be qualified for them. For people who are not sure what they want to do, this is a good place to start because it has many options available with information on each.

Because of the set up, this is a very easy to use database. It is clear, concise and brings the researcher to the core of the issue. There is not a lot of extra information witch makes this database great for researching a particular issue. I would like to know how far back the records go with each of the topics, but I think the database is useful on the whole.

http://www.gale.cengage.com/TERC/benefits.htm

About Gale:
Gale is part of Cengage Learning corporation. It is an academic resource for e-research. They have a reputation of being accurate in their resources and very clear in their databases. Gale has many different databases for all different ages which makes the company marketable to all levels of libraries. They are based out of Michigan and not only partner with schools and libraries, but have helped businesses with their information services. Web based information is very important in today's society and Gale has been able to harness the skills to help other companies succeed.

Because of its widespread appeal, Gale is a major part of many library databases. This one is newer than some of the other databases, but it still has the standards applied to it as all the others.

http://www.gale.cengage.com/about/

Curriculum Ties:
Research

Book Talking:
N/A

Challenging Issues:
If this database were to be challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for it. There are many good qualities in this publication that could be reason to have it in a collection.

Why Read this:
This database is added to my collection because it is a great resource for teens to have access to. Many of them are taking tests and figuring out the next school to attend. This database puts all that information in their hands from one source. 

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