Understanding the Ukraine Crisis

| By Gale Staff | From Kyiv to Kharkiv to the seaport town of Odessa, the people of Ukraine are living on a battlefield. Millions of people, their homes, their businesses, their way of life destroyed or abandoned after Putin’s invasion in February 2022. The war in Ukraine began Europe’s first major war in decades, … Read more

Resources to Help Teens with Mental Health

| By Gale Staff | I was reading a recent Pew Research study about issues challenging teens today. Anxiety, depression, vaping of nicotine and marijuana, bullying, and cyberbullying are among the issues. According to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency visits for suspected suicide attempts in teens significantly increased during … Read more

Women’s History Month: Tales of STEM Trailblazers

| By Carol Brennan | For Women’s History Month 2022, we’re excited to spotlight some intriguing profiles of trailblazing women over the ages in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Essays inside Gale In Context: Science offer illuminating details about the lives and achievements of these pioneers who broke through barriers to … Read more

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcano

| By K. Lee Lerner | The January 13, 2022 explosion of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, an undersea volcano located about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Tonga’s main island of Tongatapu, sent powerful blasts of ash, steam, and volcanic gases up to 25 miles (40 km) high into the atmosphere. The explosion formed a … Read more

Women’s History Month 2022: Wore Pants

| By Carol  Brennan | Welcome to another week in which we highlight a few of the thousands of intriguing biographical essays to be found in Gale In Context: Biography, an immensely rich and comprehensive resource for learners of (nearly) all ages. This week’s category of women who broke a few rules/talked back/failed to conform/cleared … Read more

Product Update: New Titles for Gale OneFile

| By Gale Staff | Gale Academic OneFile Archives of Health Science and Research (AVES) Peer-reviewed Annual Proceedings of the South African Statistical Association Conference (Sabinet Online) Peer-reviewed South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (Sabinet Online) Peer-reviewed The Washington Post Videos (The Washington Post)   Gale General OneFile familydoctor.org (American Academy of Family … Read more

Women’s History Month 2022: The Runaways

| By Carol Brennan | Gale In Context: Biography celebrates Women’s History Month 2022 by highlighting some of the thousands of biographical essays about women who led lives of quiet ferocity, exemplary dedication, or inextinguishable courage. Focusing on some little-known luminaries we think are screenplay worthy, we named this week’s category “The Runaways”: women who … Read more

Product Update: Gale Literature Improves Access

| By Gale Staff | It just got easier to access all of your literature resources from Gale. As libraries look to streamline access to resources, an increasing number of institutions are utilizing the Gale Literature cross-search as a primary access point for all of their literature content from Gale. While the majority of Gale … Read more