| By Gale Staff | Introducing Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test Prep In early fall, Testing and Education Reference Center will have a new name, Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test Prep, to tie in the partnership of Gale and Peterson’s—two trusted brands in the field of education and learning. Like Testing and Education Reference Center, Gale Presents: … Read more
| By Gale Staff | ICYMI: 2020 Enhancements Recent updates have expanded the test-taking platform and career tools available within Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test Prep, formerly Testing and Education Reference Center. Test-Taking Experience Improvements Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test Prep has integrated Desire2Learn, an online learning platform and recognized brand in the learning management system space. … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | John Lewis’s influence was larger than life, and it would take more than a blog post to sum up what he and his relentless work for equality means to our country. Among his many accomplishments, he is forever linked to the Voting Rights Act of 1965—the landmark legislation that prohibited … Read more
| By Megan Sullivan | We’re excited to announce that on Friday, July 31, 2020, Gale will release an enhanced user experience for six products in our acclaimed The Making of Modern Law series. This update applies to the following databases: The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600‒1926 The Making of … Read more
| By Joseph Williams | We’re thrilled to announce that on Friday, July 31, 2020, Gale will release an enhanced user experience for five products in our Sources in U.S. History Online series. As part of this update, the following five products will be migrating to our Archives Unbound resource with new collection names: Sources in … Read more
| By Tara Atterberry | When I was a high school junior, our first major writing assignment in language arts was to write a biography and literature review of a famous American author. We literally had to draw a name out of a hat. I closed my eyes and pulled out a slip of folded … Read more
| By Jennifer Stock | A lot of authors write for all ages, but many aren’t known for their works for young readers. You may be surprised by some of the famous authors of works for adults—and even actors and political figures—who have written children’s books. Did you know that Langston Hughes, a leading figure … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Let the countdown begin! On Saturday, September 26, 2020, Literary Index will receive product enhancements and become Gale Literary Index. These product enhancements are designed to ensure secured access to library resources and have a greater impact on user success. In addition to an updated product name, Gale Literary Index will also receive the following … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The second installment of the award-winning series, Women’s Studies Archive, goes beyond the historical one-sided male perspective by sharing women’s stories from eminent libraries and archives around the world. Voice and Vision explores the evolution of feminism throughout the 19th and 20th centuries (1780‒2000) in primary source materials examining suffrage, … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | Graphic novels have gotten a bad rap—dismissed as being too simplistic, “not real books,” along with other misconceptions. The truth is, today’s graphic novels require students to use critical-thinking skills, as they’re challenged to read in a nonlinear fashion: They must decode literary devices and themes; understand symbolism, inference, foreshadowing, … Read more