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A Statement from Gale Leadership Earlier this month, Cengage CEO, Michael E. Hansen, issued the following statement about racial injustice in the United States, reflecting the views of all Cengage companies, including Gale. “The unjust murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor (and countless others), are painful reminders of the systemic oppression faced by the Black community for far too long in the United … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Let the countdown begin! On Wednesday, September 30, 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 Gintas Bradunas | At a time when new ideas and approaches are needed the most, many of our best sources for inspiration and support have closed. From watercoolers to happy hours to meetups to conferences, these often-underappreciated sources of innovation have been largely stripped away due to COVID-19. And students feel it too. … 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
| By Tara Atterberry | Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States and around the world, we’ve been told to stay put. Shelter in place. Stay home. Stay safe. Save lives. For many people who aren’t essential employees, our homes have become our workplaces, schools, gyms, restaurants, and places of worship. … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Juneteenth is a day of celebration and communing with family and friends, commemorating the official end of slavery in the United States, which occurred on June 19, 1865. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, it wasn’t implemented in Texas until Union soldiers and Major General Gordon Granger arrived … Read more
| By Laura Avery | In 2020, the entire world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has brought many activities to a halt: enjoying a meal at a restaurant, attending school, and traveling—to name a few. Gale can help with at least one of those: You can see the world without leaving the … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | A historic ruling was recently delivered from the U.S. Supreme Court affirming protection of LGBTQ people from employment discrimination via the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and this news was met with many cheers and sighs of relief across the country. LGBTQ studies remains a relatively new field, and understanding … Read more
| By Wendy Kurtz, Digital Humanities Specialist, Gale | “Like giant territorial markers, Chicano murals drew physical boundaries around the areas in which Mexicans lived and worked. With their giant images of Guadalupe and Aztec icons, the enormous paintings enveloped barrios and, in a symbolic sense, sheltered them from the outside. They ‘spoke’ Chicano and … Read more