By Joe Jabbour
As a product summer intern on the Business & Organizations Team in Content & Development, I spent the last three months assessing Gale’s business content and resources. I’m excited to tell you all about the fun, intellectual work I accomplished at Gale.
Posted on March 14, 2016
By Tina Creguer
Jay, a brash, young entrepreneur in the competitive field of mobile gaming app development, is putting the finishing touches on his business plan. He already has appointments with potential investors, and he’s scurrying to pull together all the information they’ll grill him on. Foremost on their minds will be viability of this new business and understanding the competitive landscape. He knows who his major competitors are, but needs help finding consistent data that will help him compare market share and descriptions.
There’s good news for Jay, and for anyone searching for comparative business stats.
Posted on March 4, 2016
By Tina Creguer
In every case, there’s one resource that can connect patrons to the information they seek: Ward’s Business Directory.
Posted on February 26, 2016
By Tina Creguer
24-hour news cycles. News radio, news reels, news websites. Hard news that breaks via social media. Some say that media has created information overload on all channels of communication – the internet, TV, radio, podcasts,…you name it.
Media just ain’t what it used to be.
So, given the exponential growth of media sources in the Information Age, when people need to connect with broadcast media and publications—the ones that are really appropriate to them, where do they begin?
Read moreMedia Is Ubiquitous…So How Do You Find the Right Ones?
Posted on February 19, 2016
By Tina Creguer
Lizette is managing director of a non-profit organization focused on preventing prescription drug overdose – a growing health problem sweeping the nation and a particular problem in her county. They have programs in hand ready to implement, but they lack funding and volunteers to make it happen. She wonders if there are resources and groups close by with a shared interest that may be interested in joining forces on this topic. But she’s not sure how to connect with them.
With Gale’s Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local (RSL), Lizette can pinpoint valuable information for appropriate state, regional, and local groups from a comprehensive list of nearly 95,000 non-profit organizations in the US. She can discover not only names and addresses, but get background information such as purpose, activities, conferences, membership dues, and much more.
Read moreBuilt by Association, Part II – Making (Local) Connections, Joining Forces
Posted on February 12, 2016
By Tina Creguer
Pop quiz. Are these organizations real or made up?
Read moreBuilt by Association – Making Connections, Joining Forces
Posted on February 10, 2016 The Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, 152nd Edition is now available. Valuable to researchers seeking descriptions, contact information and advertising rates on print/online media worldwide, this directory now covers 53,000 listings. These include newspapers, magazines, journals, radio and TV stations and cable stations and systems. Publishing this month, the Encyclopedia of Associations–International Organizations, … Read more
By David Schroeter
Last week, EBSCO announced its acquisition of YBP Library Services. For years, YBP and its GOBI platform have been a valuable partner to Gale, part of Cengage Learning, providing access to both print and eBook titles as part of Gale’s GVRL, Gale Directory Library, and Literature Criticism Online programs.
We at Gale are devoted to providing our customers with the best ease of access and workflow models available, and because of this, our partnership with YBP will remain unchanged. This means that there will be no interruptions to service or changes in contracts, and you can continue using our resources the same way you always have.
Read moreCommitted to a Seamless Customer Experience: Gale Continues Partnership with YBP