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Biography Resource Center
This comprehensive online biographical reference database is designed to meet
the needs of public, school and academic libraries in the areas of literature,
science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports,
government, history, arts and newsmakers. The Biography Resource Center
contains more than 400,000 biographies on nearly 320,000 people from around the
world and throughout history. It combines more than 130 frequently consulted
Thomson Gale biographical databases with more than 265 full-text periodicals.
Whether users want to learn about past and present noteworthy figures for their
own personal benefit, or need a starting point for more in-depth research on a
particular event, country or era, the information presented in Biography
Resource Center makes it the first source to turn to for:
Business & Company Resource Center
The first of its kind, Business & Company Resource Center brings together
a wide variety of global business information, enabling users to efficiently
research business case studies, competitive intelligence, and career and
investment opportunities.
Business & Company Resource Center has content ranging from over 4,000 business periodicals (including full-text and refereed titles) to consumer marketing data, corporate histories and chronologies, investment reports, press releases, stock quotes, company listings, product and brand information, suit and claim information, industry rankings, financial ratios, all organized in tabular navigation and all cross-indexed.
The database includes:
Whether your users are graduate students, business professionals or casual investors, this comprehensive database provides highly respected information sources, featuring Thomson Financial Securities Data content, with functions that allow for precise searching. This unique database offers access to:
Business & Company Resource Center is customizable with you choice of specialty modules - including the PROMT and Investext Plus modules -- to bring you the information you need most.
Computer Database
For researchers who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high
technology, Computer Database is their Internet- accessible reference
solution. With Computer Database, library users can access today's most
well read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications and
electronics industries -- all in one seamless search. Product reviews, industry
status reports, company profiles and more are all integrated in this one
self-service database. Researchers can easily search these combined resources
and gain a richer, more complete perspective on the latest high-tech topics.
Computer Database currently contains 654 indexed titles, of which 350are full
text.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
With Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, you have the benefits of online access to
extensive biographical and critical information combined with subject-term
accessibility and other powerful search options. And, with an integrated index
that extends to every print volume in this expansive series, cross-referencing
is a snap.
Users will find that Contemporary Literary Criticism Select offers many new advantages when accessing literary criticism information:
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select encompasses 600 significant authors and includes more than 266 major retrospective authors re-crafted from the series' earlier volumes. Updates occur two to three times per year.
Expanded Academic
ASAP
A premier database for
research in all the academic disciplines! Unparalleled in its depth and scope,
this premier database offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration
-- from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. Combining
indexing, abstracts, full text and images, Expanded Academic ASAP™
delivers answers for both the novice and the experienced researcher -- all in
one seamless search. Subscribe to this comprehensive resource through
InfoTrac®Web and your library gains 24-hour, remote access to the right
academic sources through your preferred interface with the right technical
configuration for your needs.
The scope and depth of
coverage in Expanded Academic ASAP™ will satisfy the broad spectrum of
students, faculty and graduate researchers who depend on your library for
answers every day. Balanced coverage is available through 5,555 indexed and
2,182 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social
science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national
news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and
many others. There are 2,060 refereed journals,
and 20 years of backfile coverage are included with your subscription.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
The Gale Virtual
Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized
reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials
once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online
from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each Library creates its own eBook
collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different
libraries (your school, your public library, or your office.).
The reference titles offered by The Library of Virginia for public libraries and K12 schools include:
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural American
Encyclopedia of American Industries (to release in December 2004)
The Gale Virtual Reference Library opens reference collections in a new way to libraries, patrons and students with the following:
24/7 remote access
No Checkout requirements or turnaways, multi-volume sets are always available
Circulation of reference content
Expanding selection of titles, add titles to your collection at your own pace
Cross searching
No Need for special hardware or an online reader
Shelf space-savings
Back-up for print resources
Flexible and easy to browse, The Gale Virtual Reference Library offers:
About this book (a description and cover photo)
Illustration list
eBook Indexes
eBook table of content
In-line graphics and tables
Hyperlinks to related content within an eBook
Choose your content from a continuously growing content list. Develop your e-reference collection at our own pace based on your users’ needs and usage patterns. Thomson Gale will manage your collection, showing patrons only the eBooks you have purchased.
General
Reference Center - Gold
This resource center
integrates a vast array of key business and general interest titles to fully
answer your patrons' reference questions -- all in a single database. From
national news magazines and encyclopedias to core business journals, General
Reference Center GoldTM has the full-text and image resources
students and researchers need. Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, this
comprehensive reference database quickly delivers the answers to a wide variety
of reference questions both at the library or from remote sites. And
InfoTrac®'s powerful, intuitive interface makes it easy for users to search
all of these different sources in one seamless process.
General Reference Center Gold™ features hyperlinks between and even within sources, providing point-and-click navigation to related topics and articles. For instance, you can click on highlighted works within a full-text article from The Columbia Encyclopedia and go right to related articles within the encyclopedia. Many articles also provide links to related sources outside of the current article: reference books, magazine and newspaper articles. General Reference Center Gold™ features a wide variety of general interest and business magazines and periodicals including:
A 20-year backfile is integrated and included with your subscription.
Health &
Wellness Resource Center
For researchers at
all levels -- from general interest to graduate students and healthcare
professionals -- a world of health information is now available in one
user-friendly electronic resource. For one-stop access to authoritative health
information with integrated access to medical, health and wellness information,
turn to the Health & Wellness Resource Center, a specialized reference
tool that offers a vast collection of authoritative medical information.
Thomson Gale has added premium links to key health sites on the web – many of
which are accessed only by subscription by the typical user, but would be
provided free to Gale subscribers. Periodical coverage extends from 1980 to the
present.
Health & Wellness Resource Center is certified by the HONcode (Health on the New Code of Conduct). HONCode is a self-regulating, voluntary certification system based on an “active seal” concept that aims to raise the quality of health care information available on the Web. The HONCode seal helps users identify sources of reliable information.
With a comprehensive list of health care topics and precision search and retrieval options, this database provides instant access in libraries and homes to the most carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. A single search gives users instant access to over 850 health and medical journals, 648 which are full text, approximately 800 pamphlets and 2,100 general interest publications, all coupled with a broad collection of many full text reference books, including:
Health & Wellness
Resource Center Alternative Health Module
Available 24 hours a day via the Internet, Health & Wellness Resource
Center's Alternate Health Module provides a one stop, full-service resource
for alternative and complimentary therapies. It provides a rich collection of
books, journals, magazines and pamphlets for consumers and health care
professionals.
This module displays additional information on alternative topics such as, herbal remedies, yoga, homeopathy, midwifery, chiropractic and more. This module is a nice compliment to Health & Wellness Resource Center.
Some of the references included in this module are:
InfoTrac
Junior Edition
Designed for junior
high and middle school students, InfoTrac® Junior Edition features the
titles most critical to their libraries and curriculum. With Junior Edition's
diverse perspectives and strong full-text coverage, students will find the
answers they need to all their general reference questions -- without lining up
at your desk or waiting for titles out on loan. InfoTrac Junior Edition
provides indexing and abstracts of 215 journals with 201 full text titles.
Additionally, the database includes full text newspaper articles from the
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, 300+ full color maps, and the following full
text reference books:
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 5,468 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes -- a total of more than 9,660 titles in all with 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present; Gale Group support and training; and much more. InfoTrac OneFile puts approximately 25 million database records at your users' fingertips with a single search query. It includes:
InfoTrac OneFile features a fully updated, intuitive interface -- providing multiple pathways to key information. Its browser style format enables users to browse the latest news, review a set of subject areas, review and select a particular resource, or search across the entire database. With its time-tested InfoTrac search functionality, this essential resource is versatile and easy to use.
InfoTrac OneFile PLUS and Expanded Academic ASAP PLUS
Through a unique
partnership between Thomson Gale and Ingenta, InfoTrac Web provides seamless
access to electronic journals in a familiar, easy-to-use interface. The
integrated collection allows searching and access to article summaries from more
than 5,399 publications linked to the full text of 5,399 scholarly journals.
Access to article summaries from the 5,399 publications is free of charge to
customers of InfoTrac OneFile. This brings potential total journal count
available via InfoTrac OneFile PLUS to over 15,000 titles. Full-text
access is set by each of Ingenta’s 170 publishing partners, but typically
institutions that subscribe can access the full text of their print publications
for free. Non-subscribers can for the majority of articles, pay per view,
choosing from electronic, fax or Ariel delivery.
Full integration with Ingenta is available within InfoTrac OneFile or Expanded Academic ASAP databases. The products are called “InfoTrac OneFile Plus” and “Expanded Academic ASAP Plus.” Total journal count available in InfoTrac OneFile PLUS is over 15,000 titles, and Expanded Academic ASAP PLUS is over 8,900 titles.
InfoTrac
Religion & Philosophy
InfoTrac Religion
& Philosophy features a custom selection of more than 250 magazines and academic
journals covering religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology and
anthropology. Use this database not only to study theological approaches to
social issues, but also to learn about the impact that religion has had on
culture throughout history, including literature, arts and language. Coverage
begins as early as 1980 for indexing and 1983 for full-text of some of the
periodicals. With InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy, your research is
focused to provide quick answers and reliable search results.
InfoTrac Student Edition
Designed
for secondary school students, InfoTrac® Student Edition is the quick and
easy way to do classroom assignments and get answers to general reference
questions. Student Edition is comprised of a variety of full-text sources
that include the leading magazines, newspapers and reference books that
librarians prefer and students enjoy. InfoTrac Student Edition provides indexing and abstracting
of 550 journals with full text of 424 titles. Additionally, the database
includes more than 40,000 full text newspaper articles from the
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service and 300+ full color maps. In addition,
indexing and full text is provided of the following reference books:
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits
includes curriculum support references from Blackbirch Press, nearly 120
full-text age appropriate magazines and 2 newswires. Kids InfoBits is jam-packed
with eye popping graphs, charts, maps and more than 3,000 searchable images.
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:
Reference content in Kids InfoBits includes:
LegalTrac
LegalTrac
is a database
that is designed to meet the needs of students, law
school faculty, and legal researchers. LegalTrac provides indexing for 1,427 of
the most highly regarded legal publications, 123 of which are full text. These
include major law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, bar
association journals, and international legal journals. Each title is selected
on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the
American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac also contains law-related
articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
Military & Intelligence Database
The Military
and Intelligence Database periodical list has been hand-selected by Gale
editors to meet the content needs of libraries serving military personnel.
Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are
updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and The World
Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles and more than 7 million
articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find answers to their reference
questions. And InfoTrac®'s powerful, intuitive interface makes it easy
for users to mark, print, and e-mail results.
Military and Intelligence Database features hyperlinks between and even within sources, providing point-and-click navigation to related topics and articles. For instance, you can click on highlighted works within a full-text article from The Columbia Encyclopedia and go right to related articles within the encyclopedia. Many articles also provide links to related sources outside of the current article: reference books, magazine and newswire articles.
K12
Professional Collection
Professional
Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for
educators that is updated daily and provides 24 hour access from school or home.
The Professional Collection offers balanced coverage for any professional
educator:
What Do I Read
Next?
Powerful search
functions and an easy-to-use interface make What Do I Read Next? the most
powerful readers' advisory tool available today. Researchers of all ages will
enjoy the expertise of specialists, critics and librarians to find the best
examples of internationally known fiction and nonfiction.
Gale gives you and your users over 112,500 titles, more than 60,000 plot summaries, 562 awards titles, nearly 1,100 recommended reading lists and biographical information. Most books included in What Do I Read Next? must be an award-winner, a best seller or have appeared on a recommended reading list.
Genres include inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western and historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and nonfiction. The user-friendly software includes custom, in-depth search options by title, author, subject, genre, locale and more.
This unique readers' advisory tool allows you to:
What Do I Read Next? Is updated on a biannual basis.