A Look Inside Gale’s Who’s Who Among African Americans: 36th Edition

| By Tara Atterberry & Jessie Carney Smith (WWAFA Advisor) | Since the late 1990s, Who’s Who Among African Americans has been honored to have Jessie Carney Smith, former dean of the library and Camille Cosby Distinguished Chair in the humanities at Fisk University, as its advisor. For each edition, Carney Smith writes a foreword … Read more

Honoring Asian American Women

| By Carol Schwartz, Senior Content Developer, Gale | I set out to write a blog post about literature for Women’s History Month and was struggling to hone in on a specific topic to cover in this broad area of study. The horrific events on March 17 in Atlanta, in which six Asian American women … Read more

Declassified Documents Online: Twentieth-Century British Intelligence, An Intelligence Empire

│By Clem Delany, Associate Acquisitions Editor, Gale Primary Sources│ The twentieth century was an era of global conflict and careful diplomacy, of the rise and fall of political extremes, of great strides in technology, and vast change in the everyday lives of people around the world. Britain began the century with an empire that straddled … Read more

Women Patriots in the American Revolution

| By Tara Atterberry | Take a minute and make a list of women patriots of the American Revolution. Go ahead. Take your time.    Betsy Ross.    Molly Pitcher. .  .  . If you’re like me—and most other Americans—your list may end here. Not because there’s a lack of notable women from this time … Read more

International Directory of Company Histories for WHM

| By Matthew Miskelly | When I volunteered to write a blog for Women’s History Month, I thought about something that happened last November. I came across a list from PR Newswire: “50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/-Led Companies” for 2020. It was good timing. At a recent team meeting, we discussed the importance of boosting the number … Read more

A Fresh Take on Our Standing Order Plans

You asked, we delivered! | By Gale Staff | Based on librarian feedback, Thorndike Press has put together the most-requested standing order plans. These plans are designed to save you money and valuable staff time—even the shipping is free. Better yet, there’s no contract or lock-in. You can start or stop a standing order at any … Read more

Product Update: Gale Analytics

New Enhancements Simplify User Dashboards | By Gale Staff | The Gale Analytics team listened to your feedback and has made enhancements to Tableau Reader dashboards. Check out these helpful upgrades: Increased visibility of your service-area boundary. See where your patron and nonpatron activities and household characteristics are clustered within your service area to uncover … Read more

Product Update: Gale OneFile

| By Gale Staff | Gale Academic OneFile Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior (Sociedade Brasileira de Comportamento Motor) Cardiology and Therapy (ADIS International Ltd.) Peer-reviewed Diabetes Therapy (Springer) Peer-reviewed Drug Safety – Case Reports (Springer) Peer-reviewed Drugs – Real World Outcomes (Springer) Peer-reviewed International Journal of Neutrosophic Science (Neutrosophic Sets and Systems) Peer-reviewed Journal of … Read more