As part of an effort to streamline support of Gale products, support for Gale Courses will transition to Gale Technical Support on February 2, 2015. This folds all product support into a single primary help contact available 24/7.
Updates
Public Libraries Get a Boost with Targeted Marketing and Data Analysis
By Kristina Massari
New Analytics On Demand Apps Improve Outreach and Provide Insights to Multi-Branch Systems
Public libraries face challenges demonstrating their value to the communities and stakeholders they serve – just 22% of Americans say they know most or all of the services provided by their public library. To help libraries overcome these barriers, Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has added three new applications to Analytics On Demand, the first affordable big data analytics solution for public libraries. The new apps, Marketing Action (for Patrons and Non-Patrons) and Branch Insights, help libraries deploy targeted direct marketing programs to current and prospective library users, as well as better understand how existing patrons are interacting with individual branches across a system.
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Minor Changes to Gale Artemis: Primary Sources for a Smoother Experience
Later today, you’ll notice we’ve made a few updates to Gale Artemis: Primary Sources and the resources it contains. These updates should overall create a smoother experience with greater clarity for all users.
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Product Updates: New In Context content for 01/12/2015
Gale is continually updating and adding new content to our In Context products, ensuring that they offer timely, authoritative, useful information. The items below were added or updated during the week of January 12, 2015.
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Product Update: Grade Level Filters Added
We are happy to announce that Grade Level search filter functionality has been released in beta for both print and eBook titles on gale.com. We’ve also added Grade Level Range data to the product information for many titles on the site, making it easier than ever to find the perfect titles to suit your needs.
Gale Artemis: Literary Sources and Literature Criticism Online Update
Presents came early for some of your favorite literature resources. As of December 18, the ability to browse the entire volume from ‘About this Publication’ page for all Literature Criticism Online (LCO) series in Gale Artemis: Literary Sources and LCO has been added. The default “Search within publication” will now be within the particular volume instead of the entire series. This change will yield better, more focused results.
After clicking the What’s Inside link, you can find your library’s databses within LCO to locate specific volumes:
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New Titles Added to the InfoTrac Collections in November and December of 2014
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.
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New Parenthetical Citation Tool Now Available in GVRL
At Gale we are always working to improve our products and make them more useful for our customers. Along those lines, we’re happy to announce the addition of a new Parenthetical Citation tool to GVRL. Designed to work in concert with our popular Highlights & Notes tool, it adds the ability to automatically produce a citation for highlighted text in a GVRL eBook.
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Enhanced Collection Management Tools Now Available at gale.com
New My Account features at gale.com were designed to help you more easily manage your collections by allowing you to: Gain better insight into your library’s previously purchased print and eBook titles View more current editions or missing series volumes based on your purchase history See recommended print and eBook titles based on what other libraries in … Read more
Product Updates: New In Context content for 12/08/14
Gale is continually updating and adding new content to our In Context products, ensuring that they offer timely, authoritative, useful information. The items below were added or updated during the week of December 8, 2014.
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