| By Kathy Edgar | “Not one more!” “Refugees welcome!” “I can’t breathe!” “No Medicaid! No Life!” “We want our country back!” “Resist!” #MeToo. These slogans have echoed throughout various protests held within the last few years. Some chants, such as “Not one more” and “I can’t breathe” were used in the United States to … Read more
| By Michelle Lee | The Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) celebrates transgender people around the globe. TDOV was created in 2009 by Rachel Crandall, the head of Transgender Michigan, to honor the lives and achievements of trans people. On TDOV people are encouraged to have discussions and spread knowledge about the trans community. One … Read more
| By Misam Abbas | No. But computers can make guesses about our emotions, or sentiments, based on what we write and say. Sentiment analysis is the categorization of pieces of text as having varying degrees of positive or negative sentiment using computational methods. For example, humans can easily see the sentiment of each of … Read more
| By Heather Hedden | Back in the 1990s, the full browsable subject thesaurus used in InfoTrac was the default end-user display for initiating a search of periodical articles. Over the years the browsable thesaurus became a non-default option and the disappeared, leaving only the possibility of searching among Subjects within a search box. While I … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | The National History Day competition is right up our alley here at Gale—it encourages students to use factual resources (especially primary resources) to create a documentary, performance, paper, website, or exhibit on a historical topic that fits with the overall competition theme. This year’s theme is Conflict and Compromise. I’ve … Read more
Experience the world through engaging social studies content. We’re excited to announce the National Geographic Ladders Series released to Gale eBooks on GVRL. This unique collection of eBooks helps teachers meet the needs of diverse learners with leveled content sets that focus on topics in Social Studies. Geared toward grades 3-5, each leveled set contains … Read more
| By Deb Kirby | The news of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking’s death was met with sadness by our Gale In Context team. It was also a call to action to ensure our topic pages for Hawking were updated quickly. I already knew we had a dedicated team, but an email sent at 1:30 am to … Read more
Recently, we sat down with Douglas Enns, advisor on our newest eBook, UXL Ignition Science: Collaborative Projects, and asked him a few questions about his experience working with the Gale team. Check out a few of the videos below! See the full video series >> Calzado Nike
Customer feedback is important at Gale. In response to your suggestions, we are excited to announce that a number of enhancements will automatically become available in Gale’s In Context suite of products on March 26, providing increased functionality, easier access to our most used tools, and more for continuity across our resources. These changes were designed with you … Read more
| By Sabine McAlpine | There are many reasons that young adults may not develop a relationship with reading. While learning disabilities can certainly be a factor, it may simply be reluctance. Large print is often associated with older readers and those that are visually impaired, but it is also beneficial to readers who have … Read more