[Michlib-l] MeL Minute - Gale databases special features

[Borrelli, Eunice (MDE)]

Hello all,

Many of the MeL database<http://mel.org/Databases> resources provided by Gale Cengage Learning* include tools and special features to make the information they contain accessible in a variety of circumstances.  I'd like to point out 2 in particular that you and your patrons should find useful - Listen and Translate Article.  Once an article has been opened from a list of search results, the "Listen" feature icon is displayed and enables a user to hear the article/information read aloud.  Click on the word "listen" to find "help" which explains how to change settings including reading speed, word color, and enhanced text visibility; download the documents as an audio file; and listen to a specific part of the document.

"Translate Article" is on the right side in the tools section and offers over 20 languages.  Note Gale's disclaimer that ..."This is a machine translation and not intended to replace human translation."  The translated text appears on the screen and a bonus is that the "Listen" feature is available at this point as well and the reading is rendered in the translated language.  Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

*Gale databases include: Academic OneFile, various InfoTracs, General Reference Center Gold, General OneFile

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Eunice

Eunice C. Borrelli
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