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| By Nicole Albrecht | Teachers are known for having many tasks and challenges to handle in the classroom—from behavioral interruptions to technology issues—and these intrusions can quickly become overwhelming. For teachers, learning to self-manage is a skill that can come with training, mentoring, or years of experience. Similarly, students also encounter their own challenges … Read more
| By Laura Avery | John Lewis (1940‒2020), a veteran of the 1960s civil rights movement, was a U.S. congressional representative for Georgia from 1987 to 2020. Beginning his activism as a student, he was involved in several protests. After a 1961 Supreme Court decision declaring all segregation in interstate bus depots and on buses … 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
Gale Analytics: Tip of the Month | By Lisa Novohatski, Analytics Consultant | Learn ways you can leverage new features added to dashboards. For example, Market Penetration is now calculated for multiple visuals in Gale Analytics: Community Insights. This data point shows the percentage of households within your community with the presence of a cardholder, … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Women separated by centuries yet bound by society’s expectations and mores. Secrets that surface, leaving false narratives and shattered families in their wake. Emboldened women emerging triumphant, securing their right to vote. Our September selections run the gamut, offering insightful and inspiring reflections on the female experience. The Book of … Read more
| By Gale Staff | We are pleased to announce that Gale In Context: Elementary has been named a winner of the 2020 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence for the “software” category. Tech & Learning judges evaluated a variety of nominated products and selected those products that are improving the way educators work and students learn. “For over 40 years, Tech & … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Are your patrons finding your eLearning resources? Have you been attracting the right target to your virtual programs? Are you confident that the resources you’re providing meet your community’s needs? As online learning becomes more of a focus, the more informed you are, the better. Join this 45-minute live webinar … 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