| By Leigh Ann Cusack, Senior Director of Product, Public & Consortia | Public libraries inspire us at Gale every day, and we have been focused on delivering data-driven ways to help them reach and engage their communities more effectively. So, after months of development and countless hours of conceptualizing, testing, and feedback from public … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, 3rd Edition presents detailed, yet easy-to-read information on 300+ topics covering diet and nutrition. Entries include special and popular diets, dietary treatments, nutrition basics, and health-related concerns. Diet entries focus on the development and history of a diet; its basic principles; key figures that influenced … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Our June selections deliver captivating reads of topics proven to be perennial favorites—a conflicted family with damaging secrets, women responding to unimaginable injustice, and a true tale of the emotional and physical battles fought by opposing soldiers. Order today and put these new large print titles within reach of your … Read more
| By Rebecca Parks, Senior Content Developer, Gale | It’s easy to see why libraries are connecting space exploration and reading in their summer reading programs this year, beyond celebrating the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon. Both space exploration and reading make you feel like literally anything can happen—whether you’re in … Read more
| By Gale Staff | While winter often finds book lovers cozying up to devour a stack of fresh titles, the long days of summer encourage leisurely reads and new discoveries. This month we’re highlighting titles, now available in large print, that have enjoyed critical acclaim and reviews. Learn more about a few that will … Read more
| By Brigham Narins, Sr Content Developer, Gale | May is Mental Health Month! Mental health is like health generally: everybody needs it, wants it, and deserves it. And while there are great disparities in access to general health care worldwide and in the United States, the situation with mental health care is even more … Read more
| By Matthew Miskelly | This blog is the second in my four-part series on entrepreneurship. (Actually, that line was supposed to be a joke, but in a few minutes I’ll be halfway there, so who knows?) For my first blog a few months ago, I interviewed two small business owners, Gordie Richard and James … Read more
| By Catherine DiMercurio | For people who love to read, a book is a sacred object. Many book lovers have some form of e-reader, and might acknowledge its convenience when traveling, for example, but most have not, and will not, eschew the pages of an actual, printed book. There is just something about the … Read more
| By Holly Hibner | Here in Michigan, we take our automobiles pretty seriously; it is very common for laypeople to perform routine maintenance and basic repairs on their own vehicles. My husband wouldn’t dream of paying for an oil change or a tire rotation! But when both got new vehicles in 2016, general maintenance wasn’t as easy … Read more
| By Matthew Miskelly | Webster’s Dictionary defines entrepreneurship as… (Nah, that’s no good.) Starting a business is a lot like… (Nope, don’t like that, either.) I’ve kept a journal since 1990, roughly five thousand entries. You’d think I wouldn’t find it so difficult starting a blog. But you write what you know, and the … Read more