New Content and Improved User Experience for Gale LegalForms

| By Gale Staff | This online resource which helps users understand common legal procedures and provides access to thousands of customizable legal documents has been enhanced effective June 21. Users will experience the following updates: Improved navigation and simplified form search New content Adding 6,000 new state-specific Legal Q&A, bringing total to 12,000 LegalLife® … Read more

The “Granddaddy of Guides”

| By Gale Staff | Gale Directory of Databases offers comprehensive coverage of the electronic database industry, profiling more than 14,000 databases and more than 3,000 producers, online services, and vendors/distributors in an easy-to-use format. This month, Booklist published a fantastic, witty article by Mike Bemis, a former reference librarian at Washington County Public Library in Minnesota, where … Read more

New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in May 2018

| By Gale Staff | 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 Aawliyat al-Ulum wa-al-Tiknulujiya (SyndiGate Media Inc.) Peer-reviewed Academic … Read more

Gale Interactive Takes the Struggle Out of Science

| By Gale Staff | Gale Interactive: Science provides a comprehensive view of the most-studied science subjects. Authoritative, high-quality digital content is paired with interactive 3D models to empower a complete learning solution. Going beyond just simple, flat text on a page, Gale Interactive: Science is a highly visual online tool that empowers instructors to teach science topics … Read more

Striving Readers Can Succeed with Large Print

| By Gale Staff |

When it comes to print, size really does matter.  A larger font boosts decoding, fluency, and comprehension for young readers. Once these skills are strengthened, students once frustrated by reading, learning the English language, or struggling with developmental delays, such as ADD/ADHD or dyslexia, gain confidence to become enthusiastic, lifelong readers.

Making Reading More Accessible
Thorndike Press, a world leader in large print publishing, has supported older adults and the visually impaired since 1980, but the 16-point helps middle readers and young adults too, as it is proven to:

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General OneFile Receives Browse-by-Subject Feature

| By Gale Staff | We’re excited to share the news of an upcoming enhancement to General OneFile, scheduled to release at the end of May. This enhancement is focused on helping public library patrons and students more easily browse content of interest on the most popular, most-searched topics. The new browse-by-subject feature will help … Read more

New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in April 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 Forensic Anthropology (University Press of Florida) Peer-reviewed Journal of Best Practices in Health … Read more

Give a Student a Fish…

|  Don Boyden | Give a student search results and you solve their problems for one paper, teach a student to search and they can solve their problems for the rest of their life. This variation on the old “teach a man to fish…” parable has been going through my mind as I follow the debate … Read more

Make Your Library the Last Place They Look

| By Gale Staff | Public library patrons lead diverse lives. While some are looking for support to prep children for kindergarten, others are trying to determine if they should start a business. And each of them turn to their local library for trustworthy answers and librarians for assistance in furthering their research. That’s why … Read more

Gwinnett County Public Library Lands Finalist Position in Spark Prize

Nestled just North of Atlanta, the Gwinnett County Public Library has always been dedicated to enriching the lives of those in their community from children to adults and beyond. For reluctant or struggling readers, GCPL is a strong advocate of large print books, stating “the larger font and increased white space can help to improve … Read more