GALE DATABASES:
GALE POWERSEARCH
ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION SOURCES
Bibliographic Citation
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http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/Item
DetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCo
de=TGPS&type=4&id=227657
Gale is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan
Additional offices are in the U.S., and in the
following international regions:
 Europe,
the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia,
New Zealand and Latin America.
Review Sources
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"There are now over three
million documents in 2,025
ebooks on this well-known
platform. Many of the titles
are highly specialized, thus
offering excellent depth and
quality of results."
--Library Journal,
November 15, 2008
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"Thomson Gale
consistently provides a
quality content product
and this product certainly
rates an A. As more
school librarians begin to
explore the opportunities
of providing ebook
content, the popularity of
Gale's Virtual Reference
Library within schools is
sure to grow."
--School Library Journal
(December 2006)
About Gale
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Best known for its accurate and authoritative
reference content as well as its intelligent
organization of full-text magazine and
newspaper articles, the company creates
and maintains more than 600 databases that
are published online, in print, as eBooks,
and in microform.
PowerSearch
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PowerSearch 2.0 simplifies browsing
through Gale's more than 20,000
publications, providing the ability to search
across more than 150 million documents.
The interface provides users a Web-like
experience and includes added features
that will appeal to and empower library
patrons, students and other researchers.
Cost
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“Affordable pricing options are available for new
subscribers based on number of students or
population served. Please contact your Gale
Representative for a quote.”
Authority
Viewpoint/ Objectivity
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opposing viewpoints
thousands of different articles, primary
sources, reference materials
Purpose
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to provide a wealth of quality information to
students in an effective and efficient way
Scope
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periodicals
reference materials
multimedia
primary source information
covers all core curriculum areas, including
history, literature, science, social studies
current events
college preparation
Timeliness/ Currency
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Since its launch in 2002, the Gale PowerSearch
platform has offered comprehensive access to
authoritative reference, periodical and primary
source information.
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has incorporated
new enhancements, creating PowerSearch 2.0, a
platform providing even greater ease -- "giving
more power to the user."
Continues to update its database and revise its
organization
Format/ Arrangement
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Gale PowerSearch has 8
different content specific
resources for students to use
Gale Student Resources in Context
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For research on a
broad range of topics,
people, places, and
events.
Reference content is
supplemented with
full-text magazines,
academic journals,
news articles, primary
source documents,
images, videos, audio
files and links to
vetted websites
Student Edition
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Now with over 1100 titles,
cross searchable with EBooks, this periodical
database is designed for
high-school students
with access to a variety
of indexed and full-text
magazines, newspapers,
podcasts, and reference
books for information on
current events, the arts,
science, popular culture,
health, people,
government, history,
sports and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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A database of encyclopedias
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).
Gale Science in Context
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An engaging online
experience for those
seeking contextual
information on hundreds
of today's most
significant science
topics.
Gale's authoritative
reference content is
supplemented with fulltext magazines,
academic journals, news
articles, experiments,
images, videos, audio
files and links to vetted
websites.
Testing and Education Reference Center
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Search thousands
of college and
graduate schools
Scholarship
information
On-line practice
tests and test prep
eBooks
Literature Resource Center
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Find up-to-date
biographical information,
overviews, full-text literary
criticism and reviews on
more than 130,000 writers
in all disciplines, from all
time periods and from
around the world.
Optional MLA International
Bibliography module adds
citations for hundreds of
thousands of books,
articles and dissertations
from 1926 to the present,
linked to full text where
available.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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For those seeking
contextual information
and opinions on
hundreds of today's
hottest social issues.
Features continuously
updated viewpoint
articles, topic overviews,
full-text magazines,
academic journals, news
articles, primary source
documents, statistics,
images, videos, audio
files and links to vetted
websites.
Special Features
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Users can create their own
custom profile.
Users can modify the home
page so that the topics and
publications they are interested
in are on the homepage
Users have better navigation
options such as the new
Publication Browse with hover
technology which allows users
to see more publication details
without clicking through.
Web 2.0 sharing tools including
Del.icio.us, MySpace, Reddit,
Digg, Facebook, Newsvine,
Twitter allows users to share
articles with others.
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ReadSpeaker technology
(text-to-speech
technology),.
All articles are fully
downloadable in MP3 file
format and can be played on
an iPod or other audio
devices.
Search results include
images, video and podcasts.
On demand translation of
documents into 11 different
languages
Audience
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libraries
schools
businesses
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Gale also licenses its
proprietary content for
integration within
Web-based
information services.
Nearly 100
organizations —
including Looksmart,
Borders, Dow Jones
and Thomson
Financial — presently
enjoy strategic
business distribution
partnerships with
Gale.
Multicultural Treatment
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language translation
opposing viewpoints
Personal Reflection and Evaluation
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Not impressed with database information
part of website
Huge wealth of information
I like how you can search within each
database, or do a search within them all
It would look more congruent if each
database’s page had a similar theme