Gale Training

Join us for a comprehensive webinar designed to help academic libraries explore usage data and gain insights on promoting their Gale resources. In this session, we will delve into the differences between COUNTER reports and Gale usage reports and demonstrate how this data can be effectively used to drive usage and awareness of Gale resources. Additionally, we will discuss why certain primary sources might experience higher usage than others. We will touch on the impact of discovery services, such as EDS SmartLinks on usage and will provide tips for maximizing Gale resources in discovery services.  Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your understanding of usage data and discover strategies to optimize the promotion of your Gale resources.

Gale’s ChiltonLibrary provides students with access to ASE test prep questions, a full video library, and step by step diagnosis and repair manuals to ensure a complete understanding of automotive technology. Diagrams empower students as they work in the shop, and mobile responsiveness allows them to take the content with them wherever they are.

Join our session, intended for anyone working with high school or trade school automotive technology students, as we explore the content and workflows within this valuable resource.

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies is designed to support students, researchers, and educators in exploring and understanding the critical issues surrounding the environment, many focused in human-environment interactions. Diverse content types including Reference Articles, News and Magazines, Conferences, Statistics, Academic Journals, and Multimedia materials engage all types of learners to ensure equitable access and maximize understanding.

Join our session to explore the key topics, workflows, and tools designed to support users in effective environmental research, teaching, and learning.

With academic interest in the social history of the 20th century rising, academics, more than ever, are turning to primary sources to give voice to history. Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America is a 20th century collection that offers perspectives on society, sexual identity, community building, and gender issues with collections from Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The archive contains materials that cover activism and social justice issues, highlight disabilities in Queer society, offer information around alternative sexualities, document interactions between sexuality and religion, and represent diverse ethnic communities across North America. Join us as we explore these unique and mostly unpublished manuscripts, monographs, and other personal papers that outline the histories of individuals, communities, and their identities through different social conditions and relations.

Join us for a training session exploring how to effectively use Gale In Context products in line with the science of reading principles, specifically fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Participants will explore how Gale can support evidence-based instructional practices and enhance students' reading comprehension and literacy skills through research and learning tools including translation, listen, highlights and notes, and more.

From survey courses to upper-level undergraduate seminars, do History students at your institution know which Gale resources will help them locate primary and secondary sources? Librarians and instructors should attend this webinar for a review of US History and World History (In Context), and OneFile: US History and World History. We’ll also explore the Archives Unbound program and its potential for supporting historical research papers. Learn what each resource offers, and how to integrate materials in course materials.

Use the Gale Digital Scholar Lab to apply Digital Humanities tools to your academic institution’s archival holdings. In this session, you will become familiar with the Lab’s robust interface and iterative three step workflow: Build, Clean, Analyze. Learn how researchers can work together on shared projects. Discover the integrated materials that support classroom instruction and self-guided exploration of the Digital Scholar Lab. And leave with insight into how to leverage the tools in Gale Digital Scholar Lab created to support early career researcher publication and an online showcase for research created in the Lab.

Gale’s Support Site, Support.gale.com, provides you with access to pre-made training, marketing, and technical support materials designed to aid you in learning, promoting your resources, and stretching your Gale skills. In this session we will explore the layout and workflows found within the Support Site, as well as the content available to you.

United States Courts of Appeals are battlegrounds for some of the most hotly debated issues in American politics and culture. The Making of Modern Law: Landmark Records and Briefs of the U.S. Courts of Appeals chronicle the evolution of the appellate courts, deepening our understanding of social, economic, political, and historical issues from 1891 through 1983. In this webinar we will cover Part I: 1950–1980, Part II: 1891–1950, and Part III: Key Issues from 1907–1983. In this webinar you will learn how each module was curated while revealing their critical importance to modern social, cultural, and economic issues that regularly occupy newspaper headlines in today’s heated political climate. Join us to learn more about the content and platform features that will help you maximize your research experience.

Gale In Context: Science is an online learning resource designed to support secondary science subjects including Biology, Earth/Space Science, Chemistry, Physics, Health, and more. Varied content types including reference articles, interactive simulations, news reports, images, experiments, and statistics provide an engaging and wide-reaching experience.

Join this beginner webinar to explore the content, tools, and workflows found within this valuable resource.