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Gale Access Program Success Report: What a Difference a Year Makes

| By Gale Staff | Read this Gale report on how one program is increasing database usage and lowering collection costs for libraries. Support student success. For academic librarians, that goal is what motivates purchasing and collection development decisions. But it’s not always an easy task. With 80–90% of academic libraries facing flat or declining … Read more

New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in November 2018

| By Gale Staff | Academic OneFile Administrative Sciences (MDPI AG) Peer-reviewed Agriculture (MDPI AG) Peer-reviewed Agronomy (MDPI AG) Peer-reviewed Bioikos (Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas) Peer-reviewed Drammaturgia (Firenze University Press) Peer-reviewed Formare (Firenze University Press) Peer-reviewed Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine (Medical Network) Peer-reviewed International Forum for Education (Barbara Budrich Publishers) Peer-reviewed Journal of … Read more

Celebrate National Write a Business Plan Month this December

| By Gale Staff | WHY WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN? Members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only nonprofit organization made up of promising young entrepreneurs, explain why a business plan is still important in this Small Business Trends’ article. “…I credit my business plan for helping me understand a brand-new industry in an … Read more

11 Primary Source Documents to Mark the Anniversary of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession

One hundred and five years ago today thousands of women and men gathered in Washington D.C. for the Woman Suffrage Procession–one day ahead of the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. The event was organized by an unrelenting hero of the suffrage movement, Alice Paul, who continued to fight for women’s rights her entire life going as far as being incarcerated for her civil disobedience and militant tactics.

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A Distinguished Life of Service, George H. W. Bush

| By Mark Mikula | Considered the patriarch of one of the most influential conservative families coming into power in the twentieth century, George H(erbert) W(alker) Bush died on November 30, 2018. His life was celebrated at his funeral by dignitaries, including the current president, Donald J. Trump, and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, … Read more

Inside Gale’s “Western Books on Southeast Asia” Collection

| By Sydney Fairman | The Gale Archives Unbound collection titled “Western Books on Southeast Asia” brings together nearly three hundred years of writings by travelers from Europe to Southeast Asia.  These publications range from official reports of government sponsored expeditions to personal journals of people travelling through the region on business or pleasure. Dating … Read more

The Peculiar Death of King George V – As First Reported in the Times

| By Sydney Fairman | When King George V died on January 20, 1936, the world was led to believe that he had died entirely of natural causes. In actuality, his death had been hastened by his physician to ensure that the news was reported first in The Times rather than the afternoon newspapers. With … Read more

The CRISPR Method of Editing Genes

| By Traci Cothran | It was big news this week when scientist He Jiankui announced at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing that he’d “CRISPR’d” genes in embryos of twin girls. He claims he edited their genes to make them resistant to HIV, which their father contracted. While He said he was … Read more

Gain More Insight with Enhanced Reporting Tools

| By Gale Staff | We’ve enhanced our customer reporting experience adding a new reports dashboard providing new visualizations, as well as modifications to support upcoming COUNTER 5 reporting. Gale Usage Dashboard This new dashboard provides you with an easy and fast way to track usage trends, compare tabular data, and gain deeper insight into … Read more

CCAdvisor Reviews Amateur Newspapers from the American Antiquarian Society

| By Sydney Fairman | An extensive collection of amateur publications that were written, edited, and published primarily by young people, aged 12-20, during the second half of the 19th century, Amateur Newspapers from the American Antiquarian Society features tens of thousands of issues, and includes editorials, original short fiction, essays, poetry, and more. Recently, … Read more