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As your school or institution quickly makes the move from in-person courses to online learning, your Gale resources are here to help! Join this webinar for quick tips on common Gale tools and support materials that you can use to help smooth the transition.
Recorded on 3/20/20
Let’s take a deeper dive into the hidden gems found in your Gale resources from Discus! Exciting new content is always being added to Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints and Gale In Context: Biography. Join this advanced session to discover Interactive Infographics, Viewpoint Essays, Person Search Options, Dual Lexile Level Overviews, Critical Thinking Questions, Graphical Timelines, Mini-Lecture Video Series, and more. This training will focus on the content within the resources for all users.
Recorded on 2/13/20
Did you know that you have access to digital resources that support Inquiry-based (IBL) and Project-based Learning (PBL)? Would you like to learn how your Gale resources from Discus can be used during the investigation and data collection for a unit of study? In this session, we will apply the concepts of the instructional models of IBL and PBL to the content, tools and features in your Gale resources. We will explore best practices for not only these two teaching concepts but, also how tools such as: Advanced Search, Text-to-Speech, Highlights and Notes successfully support Scaffolding and Differentiation. Join this session to learn how your digital resources can support classroom instruction! 30 min.
Recorded on 2/04/20
Gale In Context resources received interface enhancements that are designed to increase access to library resources and have a greater impact on user success. (Learn more about these enhancements here: https://www.gale.com/product-enhancements.) In this recorded webinar for Discus, you will learn what has changed with Gale In Context: Biography (previously Biography In Context) and Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (previously Opposing Viewpoints In Context) and how these improvements help users research smarter, not harder.
Recorded on 10/15/19
Biography In Context is the first source to turn to for biographical research with periodicals, reference, multimedia, and more covering hundreds of thousands of individuals from all time periods, regions, and professions. This webinar covers basic search and browse navigation, and explores helpful tools for using available content.
Recorded on 10/01/19
Gale In Context resources are receiving interface enhancements designed to increase access to library resources and have a greater impact on user success. (Learn more about these enhancements here: https://www.gale.com/product-enhancements.) In this webinar, we'll share what's changing with Gale In Context: Biography (previously Biography In Context), Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (previously Opposing Viewpoints In Context), and other popular Gale In Context resources and how these improvements will help users research smarter, not harder.
Recorded on 8/01/19
This summer, Gale is releasing experience and design changes across its portfolio of products. These product enhancements are designed to increase access to library resources online, in the classroom and have a greater impact on user success. In this webinar, we'll offer a sneak peek at these changes.
Recorded on 7/18/19
Did you know that your Gale In Context resources from Discus contain periodical content from around the world? Would you like to learn how to help your patrons easily find compelling content from newspapers, journals, and magazines right within your Gale resources? In this webinar, we’ll provide tips for working with search results, explore alternate search paths to produce better results to discover periodicals, and give you new ideas for using these resources! 30 min
Recorded on 4/18/19
Looking for a quick refresher on Gale's resources from Discus? Then this session is for you! We'll provide an overview of the resources available (Biography In Context, Kids InfoBits, Opposing Viewpoints In Context, and Career Transitions) and share tips and tricks for getting the most out of these resources! This session will be recorded for those who can't attend.
Recorded on 3/07/19
Discover and explore your new resource available from Discus -South Carolina's Virtual Library – Career Transitions, a complete, self-paced application that walks job-seekers through the entire process from assessing strengths and interests, to exploring new opportunities, to ultimately improving the chances of landing a job. Career Transitions is a turnkey career resource that saves staff time and effort and provides users with an easy-to-use tool to support their job search from start to finish. We’ll look at popular features and talk about ways to integrate this resource into your library. 30 min.
Recorded on 2/11/19
Gale's Biography In Context 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. Comprehensive, current, and easy to use, Gale Biography In Context contains more biographies on more than 520,000 people from around the world and throughout history. 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 Biography In Context makes it the first source to turn to for all related biographical research. In this workshop, we'll explore how to get the most out of Biography In Context by taking advantage of all search paths and database tools. Recorded 12-3-18
Recorded on 12/03/18
Gale's Kids InfoBits is the perfect educational product for today's young learners. It's a content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics. It features a modern, mobile-responsive, graphical interface which helps kids explore the resource and gain comfort with database searching. In this webinar, we'll explore best practices for browsing, searching, and working with results. Recorded 10-30-18
Recorded on 10/30/18
Gales Opposing Viewpoints In Context, available via Discus, provides a variety digital content in the form of informational texts, primary sources, journals, and multimedia that supports South Carolina's students in a variety of research areas. In this 30 minute session, well explore best practices for use with students and explore the tools that help grow students' information literacy skills. Recorded 10-16-18
Recorded on 10/16/18
Your Gale resources from Discus come with a behind the scenes tool called Gale Admin and in this webinar, we'll share what it can do for you! Gale Admin allows you to set databases preferences and access and set up usage reports; we'll walk you through your library's choices and show you how to set up monthly usage reports that are delivered right to your inbox! Recorded for Discus 9-19-18
Recorded on 9/19/18
Looking for a refresher on Opposing Viewpoints In Context? Then this session is for you! Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering todays hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more. Tune into this 30-minute webinar to learn how to find reading level appropriate viewpoint essays, reference articles, current periodicals, multimedia, and more by using Opposing Viewpoints In Context's engaging, streamlined interface! Recorded 4-3-18
Recorded on 4/04/18
Looking for a refresher on Kids InfoBits? Kids InfoBits is the perfect educational product for today's young learners. It's a content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics. It features a modern, mobile-responsive, graphical interface which helps kids explore the resource and gain comfort with database searching. In this webinar, we'll explore best practices for browsing, searching, and working with results. Recorded 3-12-18
Recorded on 3/12/18
Looking for a refresher on Biography In Context? Then this session is for you! This online biography resource 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. Comprehensive, current, and easy to use, Gale Biography In Context contains more biographies on more than 520,000 people from around the world and throughout history. 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 Gale Biography In Context makes it the first source to turn to for all related biographical research. In this workshop, we'll explore how to get the most out of Biography In Context by taking advantage of all search paths and database tools. Recorded 2-5-18
Recorded on 2/05/18
Do you need more advanced searching techniques in your Gale resources from DISCUS? Then this session is for you! In this 45 minute session we'll focus on using advanced tools to explore more sophisticated search techniques and functionality to integrate content into course websites. Join Stacey Knibloe, Gale Trainer, to amp up your search techniques! Recorded 9-28-17
Recorded on 9/28/17
Refresh your skills and content knowledge of your Gale resources from DISCUS to help you prepare for the new school year with this webinar! Your Gale resources provide tools to enrich classroom content and enhance learning outcomes. Well share best practices for getting the most of these resources as well as ideas for drawing users to them with tools like Bookmarks and our Google/Microsoft integration. Join us for this 45 minute webinar! Recorded 8-30-17
Recorded on 8/30/17
An overview of your Gale resources from DISCUS. Recorded 2-21-17
Recorded on 2/21/17
Using Google Tools in your Gale resources. Recorded 03/21/2016.
Recorded on 3/21/16
This tutorial explores navigation of career paths within Career Transitions.
This tutorial shows you how to use Career Transitions to find schools or training programs related to a career of interest.
This tutorial shows you how to use topic pages within Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints to research key issues and topics of debate.
This tutorial shows you how to use Kids InfoBits to discover cool facts and learn about interesting topics.
