| By Gale Staff | Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives features 200 narrative works that shed light on the lives of people with disabilities. The two volumes examine literary work from over 170 authors, one-third of whom are not from the United States. Recently, Claudia Gillberg, an affiliate researcher at Jönköping University, … Read more
What’s the most powerful literacy tool on your shelf? Libraries across the country are discovering that large print can effectively support striving readers, English as a second language (ESL) and English language learner (ELL) students, and children with special learning needs. Large print isn’t just a bigger font size. Compared to standard print format, large … Read more
| By Deirdre Hiam & Andrea Henderson | With over 232 million surgeries performed yearly, it’s very likely that at some point in your life you will undergo at least one surgical procedure.1 This may range from a minor, outpatient event to a procedure that requires hours in the operating room. Medical tests are even … Read more
| Andrea Drouillard, Inside Sales Director, K‒12 and Public Libraries (Author) & Nicole Albrecht, Gale eBooks Specialist, K‒12 (Coauthor) | Spark Change: Making Your Mark in a Digital World examines the possibilities available when students are given the opportunity to amplify their learning online. Recently, I had the privilege to Zoom chat with coauthors Cynthia … Read more
| By Kristine Krapp | Did you forget about it this year? We don’t blame you. As the COVID-19 global pandemic has taken over our news channels, social outlets, and late-night worries, sometimes it’s hard to think beyond getting through each day. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t organized my closets or taught … Read more
| By Jacqueline Longe, Sr. Content Developer, Gale | When Y2K was on everyone’s mind, so was health information for Gale Content Developers. Twenty years ago, the first edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (GEM) was published. Conceived after the success of The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, GEM was cutting edge for the time … Read more
| By Heather Hayes | Having been thrust into this unchartered territory, we can feel like a broken compass, where the directional needle spins aimlessly. No matter how hard we try to navigate or aim the compass, the arrow doesn’t steer us toward our desired path. We become lost, anxious, and afraid, grasping for much-needed tools to … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Raise of hands if you’re ready to shake off winter and giddily run toward summer. Okay, that would be … everybody! We’re ready too with a great selection of large-print titles for beachy binge reads exploring dynamic relationships. A dystopian account of a talented teen athlete, a young family’s escape … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Whether in the traditional library or classroom environment, or delivering a remote learning experience, school librarians and teachers must continuously collaborate to ensure students successfully meet learning objectives. Help ensure student success by giving educators a better way to approach lesson planning. Gale In Context: For Educators allows teachers to … Read more
| By Tara Blair | As a longtime Gale employee, I wasn’t surprised when I caught word of the company’s plans to assemble hundreds of gift boxes for the children at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. The boxes were to be filled with crafts, activity books, puzzles, and games during a team building … Read more