| By Brigham Narins, Sr. Content Developer, Gale | Mental health is health. Even though we tend to think of health somatically, and ill health as aches and pains and maladies of the body, the term has to include the mind and our psychological experience, for the two aspects of human life are intimately connected. … Read more
| By James Ormsbee, Manager, Chilton | Like most of America, I’ve been at home. For weeks now. I only head out when I need to. So last week, I had to run a few errands. When I started my truck—a 2006 GMC Sierra—an intolerable whine developed from under the hood, which only grew louder … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives features 200 narrative works that shed light on the lives of people with disabilities. The two volumes examine literary work from over 170 authors, one-third of whom are not from the United States. Recently, Claudia Gillberg, an affiliate researcher at Jönköping University, … Read more
What’s the most powerful literacy tool on your shelf? Libraries across the country are discovering that large print can effectively support striving readers, English as a second language (ESL) and English language learner (ELL) students, and children with special learning needs. Large print isn’t just a bigger font size. Compared to standard print format, large … Read more
| By Deirdre Hiam & Andrea Henderson | With over 232 million surgeries performed yearly, it’s very likely that at some point in your life you will undergo at least one surgical procedure.1 This may range from a minor, outpatient event to a procedure that requires hours in the operating room. Medical tests are even … Read more
| Andrea Drouillard, Inside Sales Director, K‒12 and Public Libraries (Author) & Nicole Albrecht, Gale eBooks Specialist, K‒12 (Coauthor) | Spark Change: Making Your Mark in a Digital World examines the possibilities available when students are given the opportunity to amplify their learning online. Recently, I had the privilege to Zoom chat with coauthors Cynthia … Read more
| By Kristine Krapp | Did you forget about it this year? We don’t blame you. As the COVID-19 global pandemic has taken over our news channels, social outlets, and late-night worries, sometimes it’s hard to think beyond getting through each day. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t organized my closets or taught … Read more
| By Jacqueline Longe, Sr. Content Developer, Gale | When Y2K was on everyone’s mind, so was health information for Gale Content Developers. Twenty years ago, the first edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (GEM) was published. Conceived after the success of The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, GEM was cutting edge for the time … Read more
| By Heather Hayes | Having been thrust into this unchartered territory, we can feel like a broken compass, where the directional needle spins aimlessly. No matter how hard we try to navigate or aim the compass, the arrow doesn’t steer us toward our desired path. We become lost, anxious, and afraid, grasping for much-needed tools to … Read more
| By Gale Staff | We wish to inform current subscribers of the National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World archive that National Geographic recently decided to retire the National Geographic Traveler magazine, ending with the final December/January 2020 issue. While new issues of the magazine will no longer be released, subscribers will continue to have … Read more