Marietta Jones 
| By Gale Staff | Seventy-five years ago this week, two of the world’s most populous countries, India and Pakistan, gained their independence. The entire Indian subcontinent had been under the colonial rule of Great Britain since the mid-nineteenth century, and Britain finally acceded to India’s and Pakistan’s independence on August 15, 1947 (although Pakistan … Read more
| By Elizabeth Mohn | A new school year is a new opportunity for teachers to engage students and to find new ways of sparking students’ love of learning. Research has shown that educators can help promote student engagement by using particular tools and methods—such as by reinforcing a topic’s relevance to students and by … Read more
| By Brenda W. Lerner, RN, ALB | An epidemic of Monkeypox is currently gathering steam throughout the world, leading some people to wonder if this is a situation of “here we go again,” but scientists say the likelihood of another pandemic with monkeypox as the cause is very low. Monkeypox is endemic (occurring naturally … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Covering about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, water is the most important raw material and critical resource for all humans―regardless of class, culture, or location. It is so critical to human health and well-being that the United Nations has deemed it a human right, recognizing that those unable to … Read more
| By Thorndike Press Staff | . . . And what’s wrong with that, we’d like to know? (You’re welcome for the earworm.) We love love songs and love stories as much as the next romantic, but we’ve found many readers prefer plots that twist, turn, and sometimes terrorize. With summer wrapping up, consider these … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Gale Academic OneFile ACR Open Rheumatology (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Advanced Photonics Research (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Advanced Science (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Air & Space Power History (Air Force Historical Foundation) Peer-reviewed Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring (John Wiley & … Read more
| By Rebecca Parks | On July 21, 2022, health professionals in New York made the discovery that a man in Rockland County, near New York City, had contracted polio. The discovery was startling because there had not been a diagnosed case of polio in the United States since 2013, and there hadn’t been a … Read more
| By Kristin Mallegg, Product Manager | I’m excited to share that after several years of research and technical preparation, an updated experience for Gale Business: Insights will be ready to preview in October 2022. Current users will be able to access the new interface at that time from a link that will be available from their … Read more
| By Josephine Campbell | This has been the summer of marches—and not just the variety played on the sousaphone. U.S. Supreme Court decisions; contentious primary elections; and ongoing concerns about the environment, inequality, school violence, and human rights, among many other issues, have prompted people around the world to paint slogans on signs, put … Read more
| By Thorndike Press Staff | Every month, LibraryReads shares the top ten books that librarians across the country love; the monthly Indie Next List compiles recommendations from knowledgeable U.S. independent booksellers. Many New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers and bestselling authors are also releasing in large print this month. Thorndike Press is happy to share that the following titles … Read more