Friendswood Library Celebrates Their First Graduate

| By Gale Staff | Congratulations Friendswood Library on your first Gale Presents: Excel Adult High School graduate Megan Mays! We celebrate her accomplishments and wish her luck in her future plans. “I had a great time with the Excel Adult [High School] online program. I’m so thankful to the Friends of the Friendswood Library for awarding … Read more

New Titles for Gale OneFile, September 2023

| By Gale Staff | Gale Academic OneFile Gale General OneFile Gale OneFile: Educator’s Reference Complete Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine Gale OneFile: News Gale OneFile: High School Edition Gale OneFile: Informe Académico

Understand Black Women’s Issues through The Color Purple

| By Gale Staff | With the upcoming release of the movie musical The Color Purple, educators can seize the opportunity to teach students about the experiences of Black women in American history in greater depth. Whether students are reading the original novel in class or learning about the post-Reconstruction South, teachers can create in-depth … Read more

Promoting Adult Education and Family Literacy This (And Every) Week

| By Gale Staff | During Adult Education and Family Literacy Week (September 18–24), you have a chance to promote the many ways your library supports these important, mission-critical functions. In addition to helping adults build their foundational skills, the National Coalition for Literacy aptly broadens adult education activities to include developing computer skills, studying … Read more

Stressing STEM Education to Increase Student Success

| By Elizabeth Mohn | New scientific discoveries and technological developments—such as advances in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and space exploration—have captured headlines in the United States and around the world in recent months. These and other scientific and technological developments have highlighted the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, as students … Read more

Discovering Hispanic Trailblazers

| By Carol Brennan | September 15 is the designated start of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. It’s an opportunity to discover how comprehensive a resource Gale In Context: Biography is for students, teachers, and lifelong learners. We’re honored to highlight some of the many fascinating trailblazers and emerging leaders from Latin America who’ve … Read more

King Defeats Riggs, September 20, 1973

| By J. Robert Parks | The place of women in society—and especially women in sports—has changed so much in the last 50 years that most students today couldn’t imagine what passed for normal in 1973. Today, women athletes have fought for the right to be paid the same as male athletes; many female athletes … Read more

Follow Digital Humanities Journeys at Every Experience Level

| By Gale Staff | With powerful data mining and visualization potential, digital humanities (DH) is expanding opportunities for enhanced research, teaching, and learning. Explore how three researchers—with varying degrees of experience using DH tools—developed new skills and made unexpected discoveries exploring the possibilities of DH. In 2022, Gale partnered with the American Society for … Read more

Highlight Native American Heritage Month

| By Gale Staff | November is Native American Heritage Month. This is a time to celebrate Native American history and culture while also exploring the ongoing contributions, trials, and triumphs of first nations and indigenous peoples across North America.  Invite students, faculty, and staff into the conversation and set a precedent of inclusivity and … Read more

September 2023 Must-Haves

| By Tamara Butler | As summer winds down and cool fall days lie ahead, it’s time to snuggle up with a warm blanket and a pumpkin latte while becoming immersed in fictional worlds with captivating characters who face breakups, disappointments, chronic pain, substance abuse, and lost dreams while learning to forge new paths and … Read more