U.S. Capitol Riot One-Year Later: How Primary Sources Help Students Understand Extremism

| By Megan Graewingholt, Social Sciences & Government Documents Librarian at California State University, Fullerton – Pollak Library | The one-year mark of the attack on the U.S. Capitol is a milestone that’s an important reminder of the critical role primary sources play in helping us understand historical events. As Social Sciences and Government Documents … Read more

How to Customize a Geographic Service Area

Gale Analytics: Tip of the Month | By Anne Nagrant, Senior Customer Success Manager | Did you know the geography selection made when running a dashboard has several ramifications? It affects how maps are displayed. It defines a boundary for filtering patrons inside or outside the geography. Last but not least, it determines the exact … Read more

Navajo Code Talkers

| By Julie Mellors | Gale In Context: Middle School has launched a new portal on the Navajo Code Talkers to help commemorate Native American Heritage Month. The Navajo Code Talkers were a group of soldiers who used their traditional language to develop an unbreakable code during World War II. They played an important role … Read more

Native American Heritage Month: Biographies and Essays

| By Carol Brennan | November is U.S. Native American Heritage Month, providing Americans the chance to reflect on the original caretakers of our continental treasures. Since the first-known contact with Europeans in the sixteenth century, Native Americans have played a decisive role in shaping American history and culture. Gale In Context: Biography features hundreds … Read more

National Customer Service Week 2021

| By Gale Staff | Building customer loyalty requires the efforts of an energized service team that handles customer touch points with a mindset of creating exceptional customer experiences and a signature of excellence! Our service professionals at Gale model these behaviors. During National Customer Service Week, we thank them for all that they do! … Read more

New Titles Added to Gale OneFile Collections

| By Gale Staff | Gale Academic OneFile CABI Agriculture and Bioscience (BioMed Central Ltd.) Connection Scientific Journal (CSJ) (Brazilian Association of Secretarial Research (ABPSEC)) IMA Fungus (BioMed Central Ltd.) Implementation Science Communications (BioMed Central Ltd.) Journal of Urban Technology and Sustainability (University of Sao Judas Tadeu) Projectile Publishing Society (Supplement) The Journal of Research … Read more

Impact Live: Free Virtual Event for Public Libraries

Connect, Inspire, Innovate at Impact Live Gale is hosting its first multiday virtual event featuring 40+ speakers and 20+ sessions covering data, entrepreneurship, equity, literacy, and workforce. Read the full press release. Join us on September 29 from 1:00–5:00 PM ET and September 30 from 1:00–5:30 PM ET. Registration is now open. You’ll hear from … Read more

Support Equity Initiatives within Your School

| By Gale Staff | Access to professional development about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is critical for educators to break barriers, inspire change, and better help kids of all colors and backgrounds achieve success. Author Robert Jackson recognized this need as an educator. In his book, Becoming the Educator They Need: Strategies, Mindsets, and … Read more

Explore a Preview of the New Gale Digital Scholar Lab Experience

| By Gale Staff | In last month’s blog post, we shared details about future updates to Gale Digital Scholar Lab, and that all current customers will move to the new version of the product in December 2021. From now until then, customers will have access to a preview of the new experience from within the current product.   Currently, the preview experience includes enhancements to select … Read more

July 2021 LibraryReads, Indie Next Picks, and Bestsellers

| By Thorndike Press Staff | Every month, LibraryReads shares the top 10 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