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Page 1: Cengage Gale Products at Tel Aviv University Chris Houghton Cengage Learning 3 rd June 2010

Cengage Gale Products at Tel Aviv University

Chris HoughtonCengage Learning

3rd June 2010

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Agenda

What do you subscribe to? Academic OneFile - Content Infotrac Functionality Business and Company Resource Centre 20th Century Political and Cultural Change Promoting your products In the Future….

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Your Existing Subscriptions Academic OneFile Business and Company Resource Center with

PROMT Biography Resource Center Computer Database Health Reference Center Academic LegalTrac LRC, Scribner Writers Series Online, Twayne's

Authors Online Agriculture Collection Business Economics and Theory Criminal Justice Collection Communications and Mass Media Collection Environmental Studies and Policy Collection Fine Arts and Music Collection Nursing and Allied Health Collection Psychology Collection Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection InfoTrac Diversity Studies

Infotrac Educators 200 InfoTrac General Science InfoTrac Information Science & Technology

Issues Infotrac Military and Intelligence Database InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy InfoTrac Vocation, Careers & Technical

Education InfoTrac War & Terrorism Gale Virtual Reference Library Post War Europe Conditions & Politics Testaments to the Holocaust Arab Israeli Relations Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees:

The West's Response to Jewish Emigration The Vatican and the Holocaust 1940-1945 RDS Tablebase

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Academic OneFile - Content

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Content that Students Need, No Restrictions

Fewer than 400 titles with an embargo. Full-text of major newspapers, with 24 years

of the New York Times, updated multiple times per day.

Abstracts for full Elsevier Collection. Linking to Google Scholar, ISI Web of Science,

JSTOR.

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InfoTrac Growth 2009

More than 4M articles added to InfoTrac Manually indexed more than 1M articles Signed more than 1,400 new titles Academic OneFile continues to sign full-text titles from all

of the major bibliographic indices

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Academic OneFile – content updates

13,355 Titles

8,646 Peer Reviewed

6,025 Full Text

2,687 Active, Full-text Peer Reviewed

New content added to InfoTrac in 2009

New titles: 1,000 +

Peer reviewed titles: 650+

Full text peer reviewed titles: 300+

Time Magazine articles from 1923

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Academic OneFile comparisons

Academic OneFile gives users:

More non-embargoed, active full textMore non-embargoed, peer reviewed contentFull text titles from all of the major bibliographic indicesNo embargos on 93% of titles (access new content when it’s published!)

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Academic Search Complete

11,636 7,585 9,357 2,125 3,809 35 350 days

ProQuest Central 14,134 11,128 4,840 1,909 5,472 17 326 days

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Why Avoid Embargos?In 2009 95% of the retrieved and used content in

products was published less than 8 months ago.

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More Titles

ProQuest Central

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InfoTrac is, hands down, the largest aggregation of

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Here are some recently titles signed that focus on Pscyhology

New Content: PsychINFO

Not available in other

databases

Not available in other

databases

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• Aging Health • Biomarkers in Medicine • Clinical Lipidology • Epigenomics • Future Cardiology • Future Microbiology • Future Neurology • Future Oncology • HIV Therapy • Imaging in Medicine • Immunotherapy • Interventional Cardiology • Nanomedicine • Pediatric Health • Personalized Medicine • Pharmacogenomics • Therapy

More then 20 new titles from Future Medicine Ltd.

Other Recent Additions

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Other Recent Additions

Key Titles American Education

History Journal Curriculum and Teaching

Dialogue Journal of Research in

Character Education Quarterly Review of

Distance Education The Distance Learning

Magazine Middle Grades Research

Journal

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• Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy • Expert Review of Clinical Immunology • Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology • Expert Review of Dermatology • Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology • Expert Review of Hematology • Expert Review of Medical Devices • Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics • Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics • Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology • Expert Review of Ophthalmology • Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research • Expert Review of Proteomics • Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine • Expert Review of Vaccines • Therapy

Other Recent Additions

New titles from Expert Reviews Ltd.

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Key Titles Engineering Health iBusiness Journal of Intelligent

Learning Systems and Applications

Natural Science Technology and

Investment Energy and Power

Engineering

10 new titles from Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.

More Additions

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Nature Biotechnology Nature Cell Biology Nature Chemical Biology Nature Digest Nature Genetics Nature Geoscience Nature Immunology Nature Materials Nature Medicine Nature Methods Nature Nanotechnology Nature Neuroscience Nature Photonics Nature Physics Nature Protocols Nature Clinical Practice Urology Bone Marrow TransplantationBritish Dental Journal British Journal of Cancer British Journal of Pharmacology Cancer Gene Therapy Cell Death and Differentiation Cell Research

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology Journal of Human Hypertension Journal of Investigative Dermatology Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings Journal of PerinatologyKidney International Laboratory Investigation Leukemia Modern Pathology Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Systems Biology Molecular Therapy Mucosal Immunology Neuropsychopharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics EMBO reports European Journal of Clinical Nutrition European Journal of Human Genetics Evidence-Based Dentistry Eye Gene Therapy Genes and Immunity HeredityImmunology & Cell Biology International Journal of Impotence Research International Journal of Obesity Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Obesity Oncogene Prostate Cancer Spinal Cord The Pharmacogenomics Journal Vital

Other Recent Additions

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45 peer reviewed journals in biotechnology and other areas from Mary Ann Liebert. All in full text, no embargo.

Key Titles AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science Biotechnology Law Report Cloning and Stem Cells Election Law Journal Human Gene Therapy

Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research Journal of Neurotrauma Journal of Child and Adolescent

Psychopharmacology Obesity Management Stem Cells and Development

Not available in other

databases

Not available in other

databases

3 of the top ten US searches on Academic Onefile in 2008 were related

to stem cells and cloning.

Other Recent Additions

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Live surgeries from OR LIVE

Rhinoplasty, Knee Replacement, Heart Transplant, Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy,

Craniotomy Treatment for Meningioma Tumors, Anterior Spinal Fusion, Kyphoplasty

for Vertebral Compression Fractures

More unique content

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Key Titles Business Law today Criminal Justice Labor and

Employment Law ABA Journal Fidelity and Surety

Digest State and Local Law

News

More than 50 titles from the American Bar Association.

More Additions

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Critical Studies in Television Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World: A Review

Journal Film Studies Gothic Studies

International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies International Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Education Irish Economic and Social History

Mediterranean Studies Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film The Journal of Transport History

The Seventeenth Century

Manchester University Press: Not available in other databases

Social Studies

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Provides profiles and analysis on companies, industry

sectors and countries from South East Europe

Aii Data processing Ltd & International Monetary FundTitles coming soon: International Business

Countries:Bulgaria

KazakhstanRomania

RussiaUkrain

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 186

countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation,

secure financial stability, facilitate international trade,

promote high employment and sustainable economic growth,

and reduce poverty around the world.

Includes:•Country reports

•Bulletins•Economic Outlook reports

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Key Titles (not available in other databases) Cancer Research Alert Diabetes Management Holistic Nursing Update

Psychiatric Medicine Report Radiology Alert

More than 30 titles from the AHC Media.

Titles coming soon: Health

American Academy of Audiology

Key Titles Journal of the American

Academy of Audiology Audiology Today

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DEMONSTRATION

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Business and Company Resource Centre

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What’s in BCRC?

440,000 company profiles 365,000 products 10,000+ encyclopedia entries Business Ranking Industry Overviews Market Research Business associations Real Time Financials Investment Reports Financial tools

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Detailed Information about BCRC Content

440,000 company profiles from 8 premier Gale directories – American Wholesalers & Distributors, Brands & Their Companies, Consultants & Consulting Organizations, Graham & Whiteside Major Companies of the World Series; Publishers Directory, Telecommunications Directory, Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies and Ward’s Business Directory of Private & Public Companies in Canada & Mexico. Global in coverage – 35% international and covering over 90% private companies.

4,668 indexed periodical titles - 74% full text, 97% embargo free. Coverage extends from 1980 to the present.

10,000 company histories and chronologies only available from Gale’s Notable Corporate Chronologies and International Directory of Company Histories.

30,000 top lists, market share tables, product rankings, market forecasts from 2 premier Gale sources – Market Share Reporter & Business Rankings Annual

1.5 Million Investment Reports – Premier investment research reports (current plus 3 yrs back) on publicly traded companies and industry sectors from Reuters Research on Demand.

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414 case digests in the area of human resource law from Ornel Inc. 365,000 products from over 80,000 companies from Gale’s Brand’s & Their Companies.

Industry Overviews and market Research 1300 overviews covering every SIC code, emerging and global markets from Gale’s

Encyclopedia of American Industries, Encyclopedia of Global Industries and Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries.

10,700 market research reports from around the globe from premier publisher Datamonitor.

8,000 association records on service and manufacturing associations worldwide from Gale’s Encyclopedia of Associations National; Encyclopedia of Associations Local, State & Regional and Encyclopedia of Associations International Directories

Company Financials – 15 min delayed stock quote and stock data, charts, historical stock prices, SEC documents with financial statements and insider buying and selling activity, plus open Web content, blogs and podcasts from FinancialContent.com.

And More….

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DEMONSTRATION

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20th Century Political & Cultural Change

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Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970

Step into the global drama of the last century From the National Archives at Kew comes an unparalleled collection that offers researchers a unique opportunity to study documents that shed insight on the history of the Middle East in the 20th century.

Researchers will also find critical documents such as: • conference reports • ministerial memos • diplomatic dispatches • letters from the King of Jordan • press releases • arms deal reports

…plus much more.

Series 1 consists of archived material from the British foreign Office, Prime Minister’s Office and War Dept., among others.

It covers: • the Balfour Declaration • the Black September War in Jordan• the death of the Egyptian President, Gamal Abdul Nasser in 1970. • the Palestinian-Zionist tensions and their

impact on British policy in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Conditions and Politics in Occupied Europe

Explore attitudes, experiences and choices in an occupied land • A source of invaluable information collected from papers received in the Foreign Office. • Documented are German attempts to win over important groups in occupied countries;

the reaction to, and effect of, the German occupation; the propaganda struggle; the creation of the first resistance units; and repercussions of events such as the German invasion of Russia.

Essays included are: • Life in Occupied France, 1940-1944: by Professor Rod Kedward, University of Sussex • Norway Under German Occupation, 1940-1945 by Dr. Chris Mann • The Benelux Countries During the Second World War: Between Collaboration,

Accommodation and Resistance by Dr. Dirk Martin • The Departments of the Foreign Office by Dr. Michael Stenton

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Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement – 1945-1950

An Essential Resource for anyone studying the Holocaust or Jewish Studies• The role of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Commission • The international response to the refugee crisis in Europe • Life in the DP camps • The rise of Zionism and determination to secure a Jewish homeland in Palestine • The Soviet attitude to refugees from Eastern Europe and the breakdown in US/Soviet relations • Reports and statistics on refugees by country

Essays included are: • The Henriques Archive - Ben Barkow, Director of the Wiener Library• Displaced Persons and the Desire for a Jewish National Homeland - Dr Michael Brenner, Ludwig-Maximilian University,

Munich• The Politics of Displaced Persons in Post-War Europe, 1945-1950 - Professor Arieh Kochavi, University of Haifa• Preparing for a new World Order: UNRRA and the International Management of Refugees - Dr Jessica Reinisch, Birkbeck

College, University of London• A Continual Source of Trouble, The Displaced Persons Camp Bergen-Belsen (Hohne), 1945-1950 - Dr Rainer Schulze,

University of Essex• Displaced Persons, 1945-1950: The social and cultural perspective - Dr Angelika Königseder and Dr Juliane Wetzel,

Zentrum fur Antisemitismusforschung, Berlin

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Testaments to the Holocaust

Gain unforgettable insights into one of history’s darkest hours The Wiener Library is the oldest institution in the world established for the task of documenting the Nazi regime and its crimes against the Jewish people. Now, the remarkable primary source documents from its archives – complemented by appropriate secondary literature – can be viewed anytime, anywhere, with an Internet connection.

• Wiener Library publications – the publications in the collection span the 1930s through the mid-1960s, detailing developments in Europe as they were unfolding. Early material testifies to Jewish efforts to resist the Nazi onslaught.

• Original Nazi propaganda materials – illustrated volumes; Nazi calendars; the Sigilla Veri, a rare encyclopedia of anti-Semitism; Hitler Youth materials; songbooks extolling the glories of the Third Reich; pamphlets; educational books and more.

• 1,200 eyewitness accounts – unique insights into almost every aspect of the Holocaust.

• Photographs - communicate the essential horror of what occurred in Europe, with an impact that complements and reinforces the written descriptions and records.

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Promoting Your Products

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Promoting Resources to Users: Marketing

To help the library increase and maintain their usage and promote their databases, Cengage can offer the following

Materials:

• Posters

• Bookmarks

• Factsheets

• Flyers

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Promoting Resources to Users: Training

Cengage is committed to providing you with the resources to

train users to access relevant material effectively and

efficiently:

• support.gale.com

• Tip Sheets

• Navigation Guides

• Sample Searches

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Agenda

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Promoting Resources to Users: Guided Tours

Cengage are developing a suite of Guided Tours for each of

their products. These will be:

• Created in Flash; therefore low in bandwidth and quick to load

• Aimed at Users with little or no experience of products

• Approximately 10 minutes long

• A comprehensive walk through of the product

• Available for the library to link to from their webpage/VLE

COMING SOON!

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Agenda

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In the Future?

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Gale Virtual Reference Library

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Relevant GVRL Titles

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa Middle East Conflict Reference Library Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed. Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Historical Atlas of the Islamic World Books About the Middle East, Selecting and Using them with Children and Adolescents Going to School in the Middle East and North Africa The Contemporary Middle East, A Documentary History Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers, Rev. and Updated ed. Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Historical Dictionary of Iran, 2nd ed. Historical Dictionary of Iraq Historical Dictionary of Pakistan

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Encyclopaedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa Culture and Customs of Syria Encyclopaedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa Historical Atlas of the Islamic World Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, 63, Historical Dictionary of the

People's Republic of China Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, 65, Historical Dictionary of

Australia Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, 68, Historical Dictionary of Israel Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals of the Twentieth Century Indonesian Muslim Intelligentsia and Power Indonesian Syariah, Defining a National School of Islamic Law Iran Today [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopaedia of Life in the Islamic Republic Islam in America Islam in Southeast Asia The Ancient Near East: An Encyclopedia for Students Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions

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Financial Times Historical

Archive,

1888-2006The complete London edition, online

Advisory editor: Dr Richard Roberts, Institute of Contemporary History, University of London

The Financial Times

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FT – the world’s daily business newspaper

World business, finance and political news Objective, accurate and full coverage Companies: Business, Industry, & Finance Globalisation Management National and international Politics Business Education Entrepreneurship Personal Finance Technology Arts & Leisure Special Surveys

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FT – key points

Distinctive global recognition Cover to cover from 1888 to 2006 800,000 pages approx., fully searchable* Includes all classified and display advertising Every item is subject or topic categorised Contributed essays by leading experts Will become cross-searchable with The Times and TheEconomist - creating an authoritative C19th and C20th international historical resource Purchase and Subscription models

*Not published June 1st – August 8th 1983

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The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003

The complete online archive of every issue of the global weekly newspaper

Every page, leader, letter, news article and financial indicator available in an easy to use digital format

Unique functionality which includes Key Indicators tables post-1983 downloadable into spreadsheet applications

The Economist

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The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003

An archive as gripping as it is good…The Economist has shown how backfile

digitisation should be doneInformation World Review, January 08

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Biography Resource Centre

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Biography Resource Centre

• Comprehensive biographical reference database, combining more than 135 of the most frequently consulted Gale biographical sources with over 300 full-text periodicals

• Over 1.4 million biographies

• Multi-disciplinary: Material in the areas of literature, science, business, entertainment, politics, sport, history and the arts

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Biography Resource Center’s comprehensiveness is unmatched 450,000+ biographies on 380,000+ people

101,000+ international entrants!

More than 300 periodicals…full-text only

27,000+ photos/portraits

19,000+ vetted web sites

Whether it’s latest news or new perspectives, the Biography Resource Center is relevant to a wide variety of research needs

Continuous updating--new/updated biographies added weekly, periodicals added daily

More than 100,000 new/updated biographies added in 2008!

Powered by more than 50 years’ experience publishing biographies, BioRC provides authoritative content

135+ respected Gale biographical reference titles

1,100+ volumes

Print reference valued at more than $150,000!

Biography Resource Centre – Product Overview

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Literature Resource Centre

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Literature Resource Center: needs it meets

Critical and biographical coverage of authors and their works from: all genres all time periods around the world

Literature PLUS: Theater, Film, Culture Studies, Area Studies, Gender Studies, Philosophy, History, Religion

Literature in context Multiple viewpoints Materials for a broad range of skills and interest

levels

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

Literature Criticism and Reviews More than 75,000 critical essays from Gale

Literature Criticism series and other titles; about 25-30 per cent of LC/LCO series content is in LRC

More than 390 full-text journals, literary magazines, & trade publications—more than 850,000 articles as of September 2009

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

Biographical information More than 145,000 author biographies More than 7,000 interviews More than 3,000 author images

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

More than 11,000 work overviews, topic overviews and explications help readers understand the “story behind the story” of literary works and movements

Historical, Social and Cultural Context: Dictionary of Literary Biography and

Literature and Its Times illuminate the historical and social contexts of literary works and movements.

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What’s in Literature Resource Center?

But wait, there’s more… More than 10,000 National Public Radio segments

on books, writers, publishing and related subjects Nearly 30,000 full-text contemporary poems,

short stories, and plays Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature and

Collegiate Dictionary 5,000 links to literary Web sites Continuous updating via new Gale & periodical

content, biographical updates, additional journal titles

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RDS Business Suite

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RDS Business Suite Overview

RDS is a modular, subscription-based database. It originally launched in 1994. Gale acquired RDS in 2000.RDS traditionally has had a strong foothold in the corporate market. Today, its reach also extends into corporate, government, academic and public libraries.

RDS Business Suite is comprised of three modules: TableBase: Indexed tabular data on companies, products, and

industries. Business & Industry: Business/industry-focused articles. Business & Management Practices: The “how and why” of a

business; real-life applications and case studies.

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A New Experience From Gale

Proactively addressed RDS customers’ “wish list” for reinvigorated search capabilities

Actively added and enhanced journal and periodical content Enhanced RDS’s unique vocabulary terms Modified and enhanced the user interface Focused on and enhanced the original strengths of RDS – which

include, precise search results with categorized content (tables, case studies, etc.) on timely business topics

Addressed additional requests that customers are telling us about

Garnered from customer feedback we have: