1. Fu Jen Catholic Univ. – User Training April 2005 Hyonjoo Yang Electronic Product Manager Gale, Thomson Learning Asia

2. Agenda Literature Resource Center with MLA Biography Resource Center Testing and Education Reference Center Q&A Demo

3. Literature Resource Center - Content Thomson Gale Literary Databases –Contemporary Authors Online Biographies on more than 110,000 authors since 1900 –Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Online Nearly 600 biographies and more than 5,600 critical articles on 600 authors –Dictionary of Literary Biography Online Nearly 10,000 biocritical essays on 7,000 authors

4. Literature Resource Center – Content Focus on more than 2,500 most-studied authors2,500 most-studied authors 38,000 critical essays 4,329 work overviews, plot summaries and explications 285,000 full-text articles from more than 260 literary journals more than 260 literary journals Add 3,000 to 4,000 new authors each year More than 5,000 links to authoritative related Web sites More than 122,000 author biographies 2,500 author portraits Merriam-Webster's® Encyclopedia of Literature, featuring 10,000 definitions of literary terms

5. Literature Resource Center New content developing –Positioning at interdisciplinary –Provide wish list for Asian authors

6. MLA Int’l Bibliography – LRC Add On Module premiere tool for researchers in the humanities, particularly in literature, language, and linguistics More than 44,000 periodicals - more than 1.4 million bibliographic citations 1963 - present International in scope - scholarship in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and other languages Benefits from LRC –Fulltext articles linked to LRC

7. Biography Resource Center Total biographies (without optional Marquis Who’s Who module) –Nearly 414,000 biographies –Covers 320,000+ different people Types of biographies –Narratives: 205,000+ –Thumbnails: 208,000+ New/revised biographies –100,000-140,000 new and revised added annually

8. Biography Resource Center Reference titles (without optional Marquis Who’s Who module) –140+ total titles (842 total volumes) –135+ Gale proprietary (836 total volumes) –6 licensed All entries from licensed volumes are included. Gale cannot update or change the content in the 6 licensed titles. –Reference content value = $125,000+ 18,000+ Web site links 24,000+ images

9. Biography Resource Center : 2003-2004 new content 2003 –97 published volumes –162,000 new/updated biographies –Nearly 950 new bios written specifically for BioRC 2004 –63 published volumes –Nearly 91,000 new/updated biographies (including bios in “World of” titles and American Eras volumes) –Nearly 580 new biographies, written specifically for BioRC

10. Biography Resource Center 2004 Enhancements New “Updates section added to biographies More dynamic “Spotlight On” feature Redesigned “Spotlight On Archive” More descriptors – nationality and occupation – in results lists More targeted periodical results Search by reference sources

11. Testing and Education Resource Center Publications and Value in TERC : 81 titles = $1,995 Value of College Search : 4 titles = $112 Value of Graduate Search : 10 titles = $357 Value of Specialty & Career Program Search : 18 titles = $542 Value of Test Preparation : 49 titles = $984 62 Tests in TERC

13. New Tests in 2005

14. Q&A - Demo Access to DB From your Library Home Page Direct URL http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fujen Thank you.