Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month

| By Carol Brennan | National Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off on September 15, 2022, and Gale In Context: Biography has been a phenomenal resource for students, teachers, and lifelong learners on this topic since the introductory volumes of Gale’s Contemporary Hispanic Biography and Notable Hispanic American Women were published in the early 1990s. Today, … Read more

New Titles for Gale OneFile, September 2022

Gale Academic OneFile Advanced Genetics (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower (Air University Press) Peer-reviewed Aggregate (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Aging and Cancer (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Air & Space Operations Review (Air University Press) Peer-reviewed Animal Models and Experimental Medicine (John Wiley … Read more

The End of an Era

|By Carol Brennan| The remarkable reign of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ended on September 8, 2022, when the 96-year-old monarch died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her astonishing 70-year reign—the longest of any British sovereign—might be measured by noting that when she ascended to the throne of the House of Windsor upon the death of … Read more

Plan Your Next Great Classroom Debate with Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints

| By Gale Staff | It’s difficult for most of us to say goodbye to summer, whether you’re a student or an educator. How do you get young minds to transition out of vacation mode and tune in to what’s happening in the classroom? Give them something to talk about, of course! Getting off on … Read more

India and Pakistan Gain Independence 75 Years Ago

| By Gale Staff | Seventy-five years ago this week, two of the world’s most populous countries, India and Pakistan, gained their independence. The entire Indian subcontinent had been under the colonial rule of Great Britain since the mid-nineteenth century, and Britain finally acceded to India’s and Pakistan’s independence on August 15, 1947 (although Pakistan … Read more

New Titles for Gale OneFile, August 2022

| By Gale Staff | Gale Academic OneFile ACR Open Rheumatology (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Advanced Photonics Research (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Advanced Science (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Peer-reviewed Air & Space Power History (Air Force Historical Foundation) Peer-reviewed Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring (John Wiley & … Read more

Gale Resources Raise Awareness about Activism

| By Josephine Campbell | This has been the summer of marches—and not just the variety played on the sousaphone. U.S. Supreme Court decisions; contentious primary elections; and ongoing concerns about the environment, inequality, school violence, and human rights, among many other issues, have prompted people around the world to paint slogans on signs, put … Read more