| By Matt Long, Gale Software Engineering Manager | Web accessibility is about ensuring equal access to content on the web to people with and without disabilities. At Gale web accessibility matters. And while for a variety of reasons equal access can be challenging in certain situations, there are some simple things developers and designers … Read more
We received your feedback and we heard you! Offering you the best in Western and American Historical fiction — subgenres on the rise — Thorndike Press and Wheeler Publishing are proud to announce our Western standing order plans will now release in monthly shipments. Benefits of Monthly vs. Quarterly: Keep patrons coming back with new stories arriving … Read more
| By Heather Hoffman, Digital Content Coordinator, Toledo Lucas County Public Library | In 2016, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library developed a new strategic plan with three focus areas: Support essential literacies Foster a culture of innovation and leadership Strengthen our community engagement Strengthening our community engagement had always been a focus for the Library, … Read more
| By Lemma Shomali, Product Director, K-12 | “How are others teaching digital students to use technology as a tool instead of a toy?” “What about effectively collaborate with teachers to support the curriculum?” These are just some of the questions we set out to answer when we decided to host a panel at the AASL … Read more
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. Academic OneFile Advances in Agriculture (Hindawi Limited) 2356-654X Peer-reviewed Advances in Chemistry (Hindawi Limited) 2356-6612 … Read more
| By Grace Gallagher, Executive Director, Cameron K. Gallagher Foundation | Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting a Facebook Live event with the remarkable folks over at Gale-Cengage to introduce Cameron’s Collection, a wonderful new eBook collection that provides schools and public libraries with resources and tools to help teens who are battling with depression and … Read more
The 2017 Anthony Awards, named after the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic for the New York Times who helped found the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), were given out on October 15 at Bouchercon in Toronto. Bouchercon is the MWA’s annual World Mystery Convention where readers, writers, publishers, editors, … Read more
Originally created to honor outstanding volumes of Cowboy Poetry, the Will Rogers Medallion Award soon expanded into other categories as interest and reader demand increased. Will Rogers was an accomplished author as well as a cowboy entertainer, and the purpose of the Award is to honor this facet of his legacy as well as to … Read more
Question: When research often starts with a Google search and dubious results, how do we get online library reference materials in the hands of those who need it? Answer: Opposing Viewpoints In Context’s Google Chrome Extension! Melinda was doing her Social Studies homework the other night and needed facts on gerrymandering. Instead of using her … Read more
When over half of your users come to the library to conduct research, it is often your responsibility to ensure they find what they’re looking for. But when you’re taking on varying challenges like: providing content that spans all patrons’ needs and interests, building renovations, awareness and understanding about authoritative non-fiction content, and the changing … Read more