Gale Celebrates Women’s History Month with Release of Gale Case Studies: Women’s Issues

| By Rebecca Parks | March was officially designated Women’s History Month by the U.S. Congress in 1987 to recognize women’s contributions to history, culture, and society. Each year, the National Women’s History Alliance establishes a focus for this celebration of women. In recognition of the importance of caregivers and frontline workers during the COVID-19 … Read more

The Debate over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

| By Gale Staff | By mid-February 2022 in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic had killed an estimated 918,000 people, and more than 2,000 people continued to die from it each day. About 214 million people, more than 64 percent of Americans, had been fully vaccinated (and 76 percent partially vaccinated) with one of … Read more

Look Inside: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index

| By Tara Atterberry | In 1922, husband and wife acrobats and German citizens Eric and Alma Phillip sailed from Bremen, Germany to New York City aboard the passenger ship S.S. Seydlitz. They intended to make a new home in North America. More than 1,200 other passengers from Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, the … Read more

Product Update: New Titles for Gale OneFile

Gale Academic OneFile AIMS Bioengineering (AIMS Press) Peer-reviewed AIMS Mathematics (AIMS Press) Peer-reviewed International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IJAE) (Computer Science Journals) Peer-reviewed International Journal of Business Research and Management (IJBRM) (Computer Science Journals) Peer-reviewed International Journal of Computational Linguistics (IJCL) (Computer Science Journals) Peer-reviewed International Journal of Software Engineering (IJSE) (Computer … Read more

Our February Picks Are Like a Box of Chocolates . . .

If you’re looking for standard Valentine’s fare, even the local gas station can load you up with something resembling a rose and passable chocolate. Instead, show your readers some love with an assortment of sweet reads that explore lives and loves with a tinge of mystery and darkness. Check out these six acclaimed releases, starting … Read more

Accessibility Features to Support All Students

| By Amy Wise, MLIS, Head Librarian, Grove City High School (OH) | As head librarian at Grove City High School in Ohio, my biggest priority is connecting students to high-quality, curriculum-aligned resources—like those offered through Gale In Context and in collections on Gale eBooks.   To better support the varying needs of students, including … Read more

New Edition: Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders

| By Barbara Wexler, MPH, and Brigham Narins | Newly published, The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 5th edition, covers a wide range of topics, from diseases and conditions to therapies and treatments to social and ethical issues—all focusing on genetics and the human genome. We’re at the dawn of a golden age of genetic … Read more

Stepping Up Student Engagement

| By Gale Staff | Student engagement. Two words that live rent-free in the mind of every educator. What priorities to set. How to keep students and teachers motivated. When to adjust expectations. What resources to use. It’s all part of a big puzzle educators work tirelessly to solve. In the same way students grow … Read more