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| By Thorndike Staff | March, That Abyss between Cozy Hibernation and Jubilant Spring Facing the long month of March, we’re going to avoid referencing the “best of times, the worst of times” because the “best” feels too generous. Could, in fact, March have driven the woman in the supermarket mad? Originally published in 1966, … Read more
| By Carol Brennan | Welcome to another week in which we highlight a few of the thousands of intriguing biographical essays to be found in Gale In Context: Biography, an immensely rich and comprehensive resource for learners of (nearly) all ages. This week’s category of women who broke a few rules/talked back/failed to conform/cleared … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Gale Academic OneFile Archives of Health Science and Research (AVES) Peer-reviewed Annual Proceedings of the South African Statistical Association Conference (Sabinet Online) Peer-reviewed South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (Sabinet Online) Peer-reviewed The Washington Post Videos (The Washington Post) Gale General OneFile familydoctor.org (American Academy of Family … Read more
Share your heart at PLA Your library is the heart of your community. Why not show it off? This PLA, pick a time to chat with Gale at booth 1717 and get your “My Library Has Heart” t-shirt. It’s a small reminder of all the ways you and your colleagues are improving lives through the … Read more
| By Carol Brennan | Gale In Context: Biography celebrates Women’s History Month 2022 by highlighting some of the thousands of biographical essays about women who led lives of quiet ferocity, exemplary dedication, or inextinguishable courage. Focusing on some little-known luminaries we think are screenplay worthy, we named this week’s category “The Runaways”: women who … Read more
| By Gale Staff | American Decades: 2010–2019, which covers the cultural, political, and social developments of the previous decade, is being published this week by Gale. Like previous entries in the American Decades series, the reference encyclopedia introduces readers to a first draft of American history through topical chapters: The Arts, Business and the … Read more
| By Gale Staff | It just got easier to access all of your literature resources from Gale. As libraries look to streamline access to resources, an increasing number of institutions are utilizing the Gale Literature cross-search as a primary access point for all of their literature content from Gale. While the majority of Gale … Read more
| By Gale Staff | By mid-February 2022 in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic had killed an estimated 918,000 people, and more than 2,000 people continued to die from it each day. About 214 million people, more than 64 percent of Americans, had been fully vaccinated (and 76 percent partially vaccinated) with one of … Read more
| By Carol Brennan | It’s likely that Gladys West (1930–) helped you arrive at your last destination safely and on time, thanks to one of the true marvels of our age, the Global Positioning System (GPS). Known for decades in her field as the mathematician who created the first geodetic model of the Earth, … Read more
| By Gale Staff | We can’t wait to see you in person at PLA 2022! Thorndike Press is thrilled to sponsor a book signing by Christine Day at the Gale booth. First come first served. For those attending, mark your calendars for Thursday, March 24, 3 PM. The first 100* will get a ticket … Read more