By Kevin Rygiel
With the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro coming to a close, your patrons might have a continued interest to familiarize themselves with the sporting events. Thanks to GVRL’s strong search capabilities, they will be able to stay informed and might even find a new favorite sport!
Meet Your Users Where They “Are” The key to connecting users to trustworthy, relevant content is ensuring that it appears in their workflow. Google is a comfortable, highly used pathway in most students’ study routine. Gale is a Google for Education Partner, which means after authentication, users can sign in to their library’s Gale content with their … Read more
On December 20th, users of Artemis Literary Sources, Something About the Author Online, Literature Criticism Online, and Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online will be automatically updated to a new mobile-responsive experience. These accessibility, usability, and feature-rich updates provide an improved user experience, as well as the ability to cross-search all of Gale’s literature databases … Read more
The Life and Career Skills series currently stands as a four volume set aimed at developing skills your users need to transition successfully in the real world with themes ranging from personal finance to social skills. Offering the most “up-to-date” content delivered in an “engaging” and “logical” question and answer style, the Life and Career Skills series supplies “foundational” information.
Read a review posted by the American Reference Books Annual, June, 2016.
Read moreLife and Career Skills:An “Engaging” Series with “Pertinent Information”
Updated May 24, 2016
Original Posting March 31, 2016
Global Issues In Context has been updated to reflect the standard user interface found in all the other Gale In Context products. Customers will be migrated to the new version of the product August 5, 2016.
During the continued soft launch – running through the month of July – here’s what you’ll find:
Updated May 24, 2016
Original Posting March 31, 2016
Global Issues In Context has been updated to reflect the standard user interface found in all the other Gale In Context products. Customers will be migrated to the new version of the product August 5, 2016.
During the continued soft launch – running through the month of July – here’s what you’ll find:
Posted on June 6, 2016
ENTER THE MY LIBRARY PIC PHOTO SWEEPSTAKES
Libraries complete our big picture vision. And over the next few weeks, we’re asking YOU to participate in helping us shape that vision. Send us a picture of how your library integrates and embraces technology!
The My Library Pic Photo sweepstakes is for all libraries, big or small, and all types of photographers (professional or amateur). Now through June 30, 2016, submit a photo to any of the 4 categories below, and your library could win big.
Read moreCalling all Libraries to Be a Part of the Big Picture
Updated May 24, 2016
Original Posting March 31, 2016
Global Issues In Context has been updated to reflect the standard user interface found in all the other Gale In Context products. Customers will be migrated to the new version of the product August 5, 2016.
During the continued soft launch – running through the month of July – here’s what you’ll find:
Posted 2/24/2016
By Sara Constantakis, Senior Content Developer, Journal Aggregation, Gale
When news hits the headlines, the flood of information begins immediately. Gale’s InfoTrac collections–like Academic OneFile, General OneFile, and InfoTrac Newsstand–rise above the rest to bring users timely and curated content from the world’s leading magazines, journals, and news sources. When a hot topic is racing around the headlines, InfoTrac’s highly responsive subject indexing quickly connects users with the most up-to-date and relevant information.
Read moreWhen News Breaks, Library Users Can Stay Informed with Gale’s Periodical Collections
Posted on July 24, 2015
Updates have been made this week to the rich content found in Gale’s In Context products. Check-out what’s new.
Canada In Context
New homepage spotlights have been added featuring updated content on Evangeline Lilly and Jack Layton. Also look for new content additions on Alexander Graham Bell.
A new video has been added to the home page from the CBC on the Dieppe Raid: “70th Anniversary of Ill-Fated Invasion in Dieppe, France.”
Research In Context
The newest database in Gale’s In Context family has even more content that’s been added this week. Some of the additions to the homepage spotlights include:
Read moreContent Updates for Gale’s In Context (Week of 7/20/2015)