New information solutions from Gale Charles-Louis Moreau Regional Sales Manager

Thomson Gale : The Leading Reference Publisher n Print format (imprints a.o. Gale Research, St.James Press, Macmillan Reference USA, Scribner, Graham & Whiteside, Greenhaven, Saur-Verlag) n Microfilm- and fiche (Primary Source Media) n Electronic format : online databases and e-books

Gale Electronic format n Periodical Databases n Resource Centers n Digitised Microfilm Collections n E-books

Periodical Databases

I nfoTrac Onefile

n Gale’s largest periodical database : 8,300 titles, of which more than 4,700 full-text n Cross-discipline : general interest, Humanities, Business, Law, Health Care, etc. n Newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires – worldwide content n Back file 1980 to present, updated daily n Linked with Ingenta

Resource Centers

Resource Centers : a single search, a world of information n Selection of major Gale reference material grouped by subject, searchable online n Second component of relevant full-text periodical titles n Further search results in the form of primary source material, links to websites, etc.

with MLA International Bibliography Literature Resource Center 3.0

n Over 125,000 biographies of authors worldwide, approx. 38,000 critical essays n Full content from well-known Gale series Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biographies n Over 170 literary journals, full-text n Over 5,000 links to literary websites n Merriam Wbster’s Enc. Of Literature n Add-on module option : MLA

Business & Company Resource Center

- Over company profiles and industry info from established Gale encyclopedia and directories (e.g. Int. Directory of Company Histories, Graham & Whiteside Major Companies Series - Over 2,400 periodicals, 1,700 full-text - Add-on module options : PROMT, Investext Plus and Newsletters ASAP

Biography Resource Center

n Over 1.2 million biographies from 80 Gale biographical reference works (e.g Enc. Of World Biography) n Full-text articles from over 250 periodicals n Links to websites n Complete Marquis Who’s Who

Other Resource Centers : n History Resource Center : Modern World n Health and Wellness Resource Center n Student Resource Center

Digitised Microfilm Collections

The Times Digital Archive

n Based on existing PSM microfilm collection n 200 years of best known and most cited newspaper in the world back to 1785 n Full PDF of every issue, every page, every article across sections (news, editorial, business, advertising, births & deaths, etc). n Several search options allow precise full-text searching of every article n Complete in September 2003

Eighteenth Century Collection Online

n Based on existing PSM microfilm collection n Over 150,000 books (approx. 33 million pages !) published in the UK or in English during the period n Full-text searching by keyword, relevancy, publication date and advanced search n Citation page, e-table of contents and list of illustrations available for each title n Subjects : Fine Arts, History and Geography, Law, Literature and Language, Religion and Philosophy, Social Science, General Reference, STM

E-Books

Getting info from the Gale Online Catalogue at Which books are available (56 at present, 170 foreseen by end ’03) Pricing of the eBook format Description of the content

How To Purchase Gale e-books n Contact Gale or agent for full pricing information or to place an order

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