| By Barbara Wexler, MPH | Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself. It’s about more than just looking good in your favorite jeans; it’s about feeling good, improving your overall health, and enhancing your quality of life. Many people start the New Year with … Read more
| By Lisa Kumar, Gale Product Manager | We are pleased to announce that beginning in February of this year, the databases in Gale Research Complete will be refreshed to include links to the Gale Research Complete cross search on the home page and interior banners. This update will allow users of Gale Research Complete … Read more
| By Gale Staff | February is all about the heart—and no, we’re not just talking about the heart-shaped decor for Valentine’s Day. It’s American Heart Month, and your library’s subscription to Gale Health and Wellness is loaded with valuable information about heart disease and heart health. Heart disease (also called cardiovascular disease, or CVD) … Read more
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| By Barbara Wexler, MPH | Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder, a type of depression that usually occurs during specific seasons, most often beginning in late fall or winter as the days get shorter and there’s less daylight. It sometimes coincides with the time change from daylight saving time to standard time, … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Community colleges offer essential pathways for students of all backgrounds to achieve their educational goals, whether they hope to earn a certificate or their associate’s degree, or transfer to a four-year school. Of all community college students, 80% intend to transfer to a university. According to The Chronicle of Higher … Read more
| By Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, RN | Autumn has arrived, and most of us recently adjusted our clocks to fall backward one hour, ending daylight saving time for 2024 and giving us the chance to recoup that hour of sleep we lost by springing forward last March. If you felt a disruption to your internal … Read more
Advances in digital archiving have redefined academic research, granting instant access to original, primary source materials that would otherwise require a considerable amount of time, effort, and money to locate. Through Gale Primary Sources, historical newspapers and periodicals are preserved in detailed, searchable formats, giving researchers unprecedented insight into historical events and cultural developments through … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Academic texts are necessary for learning and research, but these materials cost the average American university student more than $1,000 annually. It’s no surprise that these supplemental expenses place additional stress on students—first-generation students and students of color, in particular. On top of that, physical textbooks quickly become outdated. Once … Read more
We’re happy to introduce Kwame Dawes, the editor for Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 394: 21st Century African American Poets, Second Series. Below are his reflections on the volume, highlighting that this second series is a vital continuation, celebrating the rich diversity and depth of African American poetry. 21ST CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN POETS SECOND SERIES, … Read more