An ongoing look at the partner publishers available through GVRL.
By Michelle Eickmeyer
With titles on the GVRL platform since 2007, Elsevier has offered top content in many disciplines including Math & Science, Nursing & Health, and more.
New from Gale! NCCO: Science, Technology, & Medicine, Part II
Relive the development of modern science with new offerings from NCCO!
With over three million new pages of scientific content, NCCO: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Part II represents a significant expansion to Gale’s nineteenth century resource family. The collection, which offers students and scholars a rare window into the development of modern science and its methods, is presented in four major parts:
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New from Gale! Associated Press Collections Online
A fantastic resource for all things 20th century!
Researchers can now look beyond the reporting from the not-for-profit news cooperative, Associated Press, and uncover its context, backstory, and logistics over the past seven decades. This fantastic resource for all things twentieth century provides rare access to an array of internal AP publications dating from the turn of the century and offers valuable insight into the AP, its staff, and the history of news coverage.
New from Gale! Indigenous Peoples: North America
More than 70 tribes represented in over 1.2 million pages!
Enabling exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of Native Peoples from the seventeenth century well into the twentieth century, Indigenous Peoples: North America illustrates the fabric of North American history with unprecedented depth and breadth. The value that Gale brings with the inclusion of so many diverse manuscript and book collections is absolutely unparalleled.
Let’s Reflect on the Past
Did you know….The Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles? Learn about this and much more in World History in Context.
Finding a Needle in a Data Stack: It’s All about the Metadata
by Ray Bankoski
Thanks to the digital age, we have access to information like never before. Although a single online database may host millions of digital images, users can easily and quickly find the exact piece they need by inputting a simple search term. Well, this process may seem simple to the user, but an incredible amount of work goes into creating the ease of access so many take for granted. This seemingly magical solution is metadata, and it is the key to the world-renown Gale Digital Collections product line produced by Gale, part of Cengage Learning.
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Going, Going, Gone…
The Greenhaven Blowout Sale is going on now through May 31st! Save 70% or more on over 1000 titles, plus free shipping on all orders. See what’s available to add to your library or to boost your classroom studies.
In Other News: Ukraine
By Michelle Eickmeyer
A look at a current news item through the lens of different titles available on GVRL.
March 7, 2014 – The Ukraine
For several weeks, the Ukraine and the Crimean region have been in the news. What started as a celebration of the region with the Winter Olympics has become a near hourly reporting of increased tensions, dividing lines and fear on all sides of the conversation.
Here are five titles which look at the Ukraine from different perspectives:
Behind the Scenes of Smithsonian Collections Online
By Jennifer Albers-Smith
We couldn’t be more excited about the products we’re launching through our partnership with Smithsonian.
When I first heard that we were going to partner with Smithsonian, I was ecstatic. Who wouldn’t be excited about getting to work with the largest museum and research complex in the world?
Everyone thinks of their childhood visit to the Museum of American History or the Air and Space Museum when they think of Smithsonian, but it’s really so much more.
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Featured Partner: Springer
An ongoing look at the partner publishers available through GVRL.
By Michelle Eickmeyer
This week, Gale was proud to announce our partnership with Springer, bringing nearly 3,000 titles dedicated to STEM disciplines to GVRL. The addition of this fantastic content from Springer is a great benefit to academic libraries.