| By Mike Tyrkus | Once again, superhero films dominated the domestic box office. The king of the box office this past year also happened to be the newly-crowned ruler of Wakanda and the star of his self-titled film Black Panther. The latest Marvel blockbuster earned over $700 million domestically to garner a worldwide total … Read more
| By Laura Avery | February is Black History Month, which is dedicated to recognizing the contributions of Americans of African descent. While Gale’s Biography In Context offers extensive content on well-known African Americans of various occupations, such as civil rights activists Pauli Murray and Fannie Lou Hamer, artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Edmonia Lewis, and … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | What I love about history is there’s always something to learn from it. We learn about what occurred and consider what else could have happened that may have changed the course of history. This Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, I’m reminded of how King’s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement … Read more
| By Sydney Fairman | In today’s digital age, news travels faster than ever. Because of the constant influx of information, it’s nearly impossible to know and teach every current event inside and out. Gale’s In Context suite meets the needs of today’s learners with a user-friendly, mobile-responsive design. Eye-catching, engaging, authoritative databases such as … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Coming January 18th, Gale is making exciting changes to how researchers view articles in some of Gale’s most trusted and popular series for literary analysis and biography including, Literature Criticism Online, Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online, and Something About the Author Online. We heard you and in response to customer … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | Like many other people, I love to learn new things – with history being my favorite subject. At Gale, we have a volunteer program at a local elementary school where we are “reading buddies” with kids once a week. It’s nice to laugh with these youngsters, and it’s fun to … Read more
| By Deb Kirby | If, like me, the 1960s was your coming-of-age decade, you were witness to and shaped by many history-making events. Some were positive and inspiring, like the moon landing and the enactment of civil rights laws, while others were tragically sad, including the assassinations of President John Kennedy, his brother Bobby … Read more
| Catherine DiMercurio | January 1, 2019, marked what would have been J. D. Salinger’s 100th birthday. Salinger died in 2010, having secured his place in literary history and American culture in 1951 with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye. The work was a bestseller, and its angsty teen protagonist, Holden Caufield, … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Academic OneFile Cuadernos de Literatura del Caribe (La Universidad del Atlantico) Peer-reviewed International Journal of Psychological Research (Universidad de San Buenaventura) Peer-reviewed The New Educational Review (Barbara Budrich Publishers) Peer-reviewed Retratos de Assentamentos (Universidade de Araraquara (Uniara)) Peer-reviewed Revista Amauta (La Universidad del Atlantico) Peer-reviewed Revista Competitividade e Sustentabilidade (Universidade … Read more
| By Kristin Fust, Product Manager | Several new features have been added to Testing and Education Reference Center! The most notable are those released in the test-taking experience. These enhancements are currently available for preview within select exams, including the DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams, and Advanced … Read more