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PowerSearch
Thomson Gale's new cross-search platform. Allows cross searching of databases in one easy to use search interface. Combined with Thomson Gale's powerful indexing and new features, this interface is the new way to get the information your looking for fast. Start searching
 
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Thomson Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources, including selections from Bioethics for Students. The result is a dynamic online library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center's unique features include Topic Overviews -- frameworks that allow students to explore each topic's many facets -- and exclusive electronic access to Thomson Gale's Information Plus reference series of statistics, government data, information on legislation and more. Start searching

Student Resource Center GOLD
Provide the content and context students need to develop and strengthen critical thinking skills with Student Resource Center Gold. Students and educators will find award-winning content based on national curriculum standards featuring original reference material, a massive archive of primary source documents and periodicals and newspapers that are updated daily. Student Resource Center Gold is aimed at high school students. Each document type fulfills specific information needs. Students will find primary documents from the American Journey series and millions of articles from magazines and newspapers; a wealth of award-winning reference content that includes overview and critical essays; biographies; multimedia features and much more. (Contains the complete contents of Discovering Collection and Junior Reference Collection.) Start searching

Student Resource Center Junior
Students and educators will find award-winning content based on national curriculum standards featuring original reference material, a massive archive of primary source documents and periodicals and newspapers that are updated daily.  Start searching
 
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content.

Kids InfoBits features:

  • A drilldown subject topic tree for users who need helping identifying a particular topic
  • A simple and visually appealing graphic interface on the GaleNet platform
  • Full-text proprietary reference content from Blackbirch Press that supports the K-5 curriculum
  • Approximately 75 full-text, age appropriate magazines
  • Over 3,000 searchable, indexed images
  • A 5-year backfile that offers relevant and manageable results lists

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InfoTrac OneFile
This single electronic resource provides instant access to an unprecedented number of periodicals. Users rely on InfoTrac OneFile for instant access to periodical and news content and indexing from a variety of mainstream and specialized sources -- from The New York Times to refereed academic journals. For researchers at all levels, periodical and news information is now available in one user-friendly electronic resource. InfoTrac OneFile includes more than 6,000 full-text titles; more than 3,000 referred journals; five newspaper indexes -- a total of nearly 10,200 titles in all with more than 25 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present; Thomson Gale support and training; and much more. InfoTrac OneFile puts approximately 50 million database records at your users' fingertips with a single search query. (Contains the complete contents of Infotrac Junior Edition, Infotrac Student Edition, and General Reference Center Gold.)
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Educators Reference Collection
This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text, with the majority of the titles also covered in the ERIC database. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.  Start searching