Write It Down

| By Charlie Close | I want to talk about the virtues of technical recordkeeping. Seriously. In my work at Gale as a data scientist, I turn our various data sets into metrics, and use the metrics to infer how to make better products and more sales. These inferences are usually expressed in the form … Read more

New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in September 2018

The titles below have been recently added and can be located in the product using Basic or Advanced Search forms. Titles can be found via Browse Publications within two weeks. For complete coverage information please see the product title lists. Academic OneFile A&A Case Reports (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health) Peer-reviewed Case Reports in … Read more

ccAdvisor Reviews Eighteenth Century Collections Online

| By Sydney Fairman | Containing over 180,000 titles and 32 million pages, Eighteenth Century Collections Online is the largest and most comprehensive online historical archive of its kind and an essential resource for advanced study of the eighteenth century. The collection contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the … Read more

Register Today! 3D Tools in Human Anatomy Courses and Curriculum Webinar

| By Sydney Fairman | Subjects like human anatomy are difficult to teach and can be frustrating for undergraduates. To overcome, students are often led to downloading applications on their phones or laptops. However, these applications may not have the best approaches towards learning the complex and often tedious material. Join us and the American … Read more

Helping Students Search for Themes in Literature

| By Don Boyden | In the study of literature, knowing the underlying theme is essential to really understanding a work. Literature homework assignments frequently ask students to compare, contrast, and explicate the themes of a given work. Themes are one of those things that frequently get a “yes” answer to the universal question, “Is … Read more

Celebrate the Freedom to Read

| By Jason Everett | Book banning, one of the oldest and commonly performed practices of censorship, has gone on for centuries. Governments, religious authorities, and other groups have banned books and other works of literature they deem to be offensive for one reason or another. These groups often initiate large-scale book bans. With the … Read more

New Content Added to Testing & Education Reference Center

| By Gale Staff | Dependable Guidance and Research Tool on Careers and Education  With recent updates, Testing & Education Reference Center, powered by Peterson’s, continues to be the most reliable resource for test prep, college readiness, and career development. These supportive eBooks, practice tests, and study guides are enhanced with increased functionality to help students, … Read more

Gale’s Digital Scholar Lab: Removing Barriers

| By Wendy Kurtz, Digital Humanities Specialist | As the first Digital Humanities Specialist with Gale, I have been anticipating the official release of Gale’s Digital Scholar Lab since joining the team. I came aboard just over a year ago after completing my PhD in Hispanic Language and Literatures at the University of California, Los Angeles. … Read more

Library Journal Reviews: Four Gale Primary Sources

| By Gale Staff | Digitized primary source archives allow broader access to the rarest and historically significant documents from around the world. As a pioneer in digitization, Gale allows you to discover original, firsthand content with flawless details through Gale Primary Sources. Recently, Library Journal reviewed four of our Gale Primary Sources calling them … Read more