Product Updates: New In Context content for 03/09/2015

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Gale is continually updating and adding new content to our In Context products, ensuring that they offer timely, authoritative, useful information. The items below were added or updated during the week of March 9, 2015.

Illustration of Raskolnikov and his neighbor, Marmeladov, from an 1874 edition of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Illustration of Raskolnikov and his neighbor, Marmeladov, from an 1874 edition of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

Student Resources in Context

  • 3 new portal pages have been added; theyare highlighted on the homepage:
    • Crime and Punishment (homepage spotlight)
    • Elie Wiesel (homepage spotlight)
    • Utopia/Dystopia
  • 9 portal pages have been updated:
    • Bruce Lee
    • Italy
    • New York
    • Nutrition
    • Pollution
    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    • Rape
    • The Hunger Games
    • Women’s Rights
  • A new featured homepage video has been added; it covers the Selma, Alabama, freedom march that was completed March 1965.

 

Global Issues in Context

  • One new portal launched:BRICS Countries

    A policeman questioned a shopkeeper at the site of an explosion at Dadar, Mumbai, India, 13 July 2011. Three coordinated explosions at rush hour killed 20 people and wounded 131 more; no group has taken responsibility for the attack. © AP Images/Rajanish Kakade
    A policeman questioned a shopkeeper at the site of an explosion at Dadar, Mumbai, India, 13 July 2011. Three coordinated explosions at rush hour killed 20 people and wounded 131 more; no group has taken responsibility for the attack.
    © AP Images/Rajanish Kakade
  • 40 portal pages have been updated this week including:
    • Counterterrorism
    • Drug Trafficking
    • Elderly Rights
    • Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    • Syrian Civil War
    • Terrorism
    • U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    • Violence Against Women

 

 

 

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About the AuthorGeoff Schwartz

Geoff is a Renaissance man, who can often be found reading about obscure historical topics, working on cars, or debating world affairs. He comes from a family of teachers and has a BA in communications.

 

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