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New Partner: Facts on File

Archived from January 2010 issue of the Re:sources eNewsletter.

Gale has announced a partnership with Facts on File to distribute part of their eBook collection through Gale Virtual Reference Library.

More than 250 eBook titles representing  some of the most popular series from Facts on File have been selected, with a focus on the areas of careers, teen health and issues as well as earth science.

Many of the titles added are part of popular series including:

  • Field Guides to Finding a New Career
  • Discovering the Earth
  • Energy and the Environment
  • Facts On File Science Experiments
  • Genetics and Evolution
  • The Truth About
  • Library of Health and Living
  • Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature

Each Facts on File title will be cross searchable with your entire Gale Virtual Reference Library collection. Gale Virtual Reference Library is truly a one-stop source for electronic reference, bringing you access to nearly 5,000 eBooks from 80 leading publishers.

Learn more about this new partnership and available titles from Facts on File.

Contact your Gale representative for more information or log in at www.gale.com/MyAccount to view eBook pricing details.

Posted on: March 3, 2010, 10:09 am Category: Gale Product News, New titles on Gale Virtual Reference Library, Publisher Profile Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

By: Harmony Faust

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Recent Reference Reviews

Gale’s guest columnists have been busy writing some really great reviews of reference work from a variety of imprints and partner publishers. Some of the titles they’ve reviewed are available in eBook format through Gale Virtual Reference Library. The highlighted titles below have been featured by Wendy Stephens in her column, “Reference Unbound,” and by John Lawrence in “Lawrence Looks at Books.”

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Posted on: February 23, 2010, 1:34 pm Category: Recommended Titles & Special Collections Tagged with: , , , , , ,

By: Harmony Faust

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Pathfinders: a guided tour to knowledge

Media Specialist Buffy Hamilton from Creekview High School in Canton, GA, believes students need personal learning networks to navigate webs of knowledge. But gaining knowledge via the Internet is a challenge. She likes to quote Mitchell Kapor, a pioneer of the personal computing revolution: “Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”

“Teachers, librarians and media specialists are the travel guides to help students find their way as they explore and develop their personal learning networks,” Hamilton said. “To equip students for their journey to learning and information fluency, we need to offer them a roadmap and provide tourist attractions they will be eager to explore.” Continued…

Posted on: February 18, 2010, 9:01 am Category: Access Widgets, Best Practices, free resources Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,

By: RE:sources EDITOR

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MLA 7 Citation Format now available in Gale Virtual Reference Library

From Gale’s “The Sizzle” Blog:

Gale Continues to Add MLA Citations

The Modern Language Association changed their citation format rules in the MLA Handbook, 7th edition, published in March, 2009.   Since then, Gale has been working toward upgrading all Gale products currently offering MLA 6 citations to MLA 7 citation format.

PowerSearch and InfoTrac products were released with MLA 7 updates in October, 2009, and now Gale has released MLA 7 updates into these products:

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Literary Resources from Gale:

Literature Resource Center
LitFinder and LitFinder for Schools
MLA International Bibliography
Scribner Writers Online
Twayne’s Authors Online

Easy access to standards-based source citations saves students valuable time and strengthens the authority of their work, by demonstrating that others’ opinions and ideas were considered as part of forming our own.  Citations also provide the reader valuable information, indicating where he or she may learn more about the topic.

Within our upgraded products, the MLA 7 citation appears as the Source Citation at the bottom of each document and as the MLA 7 citation option through the Citation Tools path.

Posted on: February 17, 2010, 5:41 pm Category: Gale Product News Tagged with: , , , , ,

By: esullivan

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Gale Virtual Reference Library New Titles

Here are the latest titles added to Gale Virtual Reference Library:

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Posted on: January 27, 2010, 1:37 pm Category: New titles on Gale Virtual Reference Library Tagged with: ,

By: mlavey

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Best practices for a better 2010

We’d like to share a half-dozen best practices submitted by librarians and media specialists during the past few months. Perhaps they’ll give you some ideas to boost usage for your Gale Virtual Reference Collection in 2010.

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Posted on: January 20, 2010, 4:32 am Category: Access Widgets, Best Practices, Subcollection Suggestions Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,

By: RE:sources EDITOR

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Free Boston Travel Guide eBook for 2010 ALA Midwinter

The ALA Midwinter conference is quickly approaching — and you may want to do a little planning for your Boston visit.  Gale is providing complimentary access to the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Boston, available in eBook format through Gale Virtual Reference Library.

DK’s Eyewitness Travel Guides are renowned for providing comprehensive travel information written by local experts and illustrated with eye-catching images.  Attendees of ALA Midwinter can take advantage of this free access to information on Boston-area sights, hotels, restaurants, shopping, entertainment, maps and more. This guide also provides information that places Boston in geographical, historical and culture context.

Hundreds of eBooks from DK’s popular and highly-visual series Eyewitness Travel Guides, Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides, Rough Guides and Rough Guide Directions, are available on Gale Virtual Reference Library, covering destinations worldwide.

We hope you enjoy this sneak peek at what Boston, along with DK and Gale Virtual Reference Library, has to offer.

Cross-posted from The Sizzle.

Posted on: January 7, 2010, 11:20 am Category: free resources Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,

By: Harmony Faust

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Gale Virtual Reference Library New Titles

Here are the latest titles added to Gale Virtual Reference Library:

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Posted on: January 5, 2010, 6:17 pm Category: New titles on Gale Virtual Reference Library Tagged with: ,

By: mlavey

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Happy Holiday Titles from Omnigraphics!

This month, we thank our publishing partner Omnigraphics Inc. for their thorough coverage of world holidays – seven of the 33 Omnigraphics titles available on Gale Virtual Reference Library cover holidays and traditions. We invite you to revisit the Publisher Profile and check out these great titles:

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Posted on: December 17, 2009, 11:31 am Category: New titles on Gale Virtual Reference Library, Publisher Profile, Recommended Titles & Special Collections Tagged with: , , , , ,

By: Harmony Faust

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Gale Virtual Reference Library New Titles

Here are the latest titles added to Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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Posted on: December 3, 2009, 12:00 pm Category: New titles on Gale Virtual Reference Library Tagged with: ,

By: esullivan

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