Business & Company Resource Center
Gale’s Premium Business Database
What’s in BCRC?
• 440,000 company profiles from a wide array of Gale business directory titles
American Wholesalers & Distributors, Brands & Their Companies, Consultants &
Consulting Organizations, Graham & Whiteside Major Companies of the World Series;
Publishers Directory, Telecommunications Directory, and Ward’s
• 10,000+ company histories from International Directory of Company Histories and
Notable Corporate Chronologies
• 2M Investment Reports from Reuters Research on Demand (formerly Multex)
• Financials Dashboard from FinancialContent.com
» Including detailed quotes, charting, historical stock prices, company press
releases, conference calls, podcasts, SEC reports, and views into world markets,
industries, currencies, bank rates, treasury rates, and more
• Rankings from Market Share Reporter and Business Rankings Annual
• 365,000 products from over 80,000 companies from Gale’s
Brand’s & Their Companies
What’s in BCRC? (con’d)
• Industry Overviews from Gale’s Encyclopedia of American Industries, Encyclopedia
of Global Industries and Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
• Market Research from Datamonitor
• Business associations listings from Gale’s Encyclopedia of Associations
• More than 4,750 journals/magazines/news outlets
– Of which 3,396 are fulltext (over 2,100 active fulltext with no embargo)
– Includes 825 peer-reviewed journals
– Only 154 embargoed titles (3%)
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News/magazines – Daily
Company Histories and Chronologies – 8x a year
Investment Reports – Daily
Financials Dashboard – Daily
» Including detailed quotes, charting, historical stock prices, company press releases,
conference calls, podcasts, SEC reports, and views into world markets, industries,
currencies, bank rates, treasury rates, and more
Rankings from Market Share Reporter and Business Rankings Annual – Twice
annually
Products/Brands from Gale’s Brands & their Companies/Companies & their Brands –
Annual
Industry Overviews from Gale’s Encyclopedia of American Industries, Encyclopedia of
Global Industries and Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries – Quarterly
Market Research from Datamonitor – Monthly
Business associations listings from Gale’s Encyclopedia of Associations – Daily
Home Page
TYPE of search
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Company Search
• Search for
a company, or its
products/brands
• All fields can
be combined
in any
combination
Industry Search
• Search for specific
industry data
• Fully supported
NAICS / SIC code
searching
• Use Browse feature
to teach users
about
industry
classifications
Articles Search
• Search for a
specific
journal/magazine/n
ews article
• Limit by publication
name, full-text,
peer-reviewed,
news or magazines,
date
Advanced Search
• Search each data
set individually
• Provides greatest
unique
number of access
points
Tabular Search Results
• Results are
organized by tabs:
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Company Profile
News/Magazines
Histories
Investment
Reports
Financials
Rankings
Suits or Claims
Products
Industry
Overview
Associations
Financial Dashboard
SEC Filings View
provides access to
company financials like
balance sheets and
cash flow statements,
plus insider trading
activity
Fundamentals Analysis
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Located under the "Financials" tab in BCRC, the new Fundamentals Analysis
Tool allows users to:
 Compare a company's financials (choose from Income Statement,
Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Ratios Reports) to prior periods
 Review annual or interim financial information - looking back up to 6 years
or 5 interim periods
 Compare a company's financials to their competitors –
or choose specific companies to compare
 Export the data to Excel to analyze it further
S.W.O.T. analyses
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Investment Reports
Activated by clicking on
“Investment Reports”
in the tabbed results
list.
• Provides 2 million
investment reports
from 72 sources in
PDF format
• Provided by Reuters
Research on Demand
(formerly Multex)
• 3-year rolling backfile
• (Mostly) No Embargo!
Get information about People, living and historical!
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Gale’s “In Context” Line of Products
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•Biography
in Context
(BIC) delivers
outstanding
research
Biography
in Context
– in
a Nutshell
support with:
•More than 654,000 biographical entries on more than
380,000 people
• From all countries and regions, covering all time periods
• From all areas of study, including science and technology, arts and
entertainment, literature, sports, history, popular culture, politics, and
more
•More than 725 portal pages on the most notable figures
• Featured individuals include Barack Obama, Hu Jintao, Steve Jobs,
Aung San Suu Kyi, Leonardo da Vinci, Lady Gaga, and many more.
•More than 15.6 million full-text articles from more than
350 periodicals and newspapers
•More than 160,000 videos, 88,000 images, and 95,000
audio files.
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in Context
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onon:Reliable
–Biography
Biography in Context
(BIC)’s biographies
are based
– More than 82 biographicalSources
reference titles published by Gale,
including:
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Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed., 30 vols.
Contemporary Authors, 300+ vols. (incorporating CA New Revision Series)
Contemporary Musicians, 70+ vols.
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, 110+ vols.
Newsmakers, 20+ vols.
International Directory of Business Biographies, 4 vols.
And many more!
– Plus biographical entries selected from an additional 94 titles.
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Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Encyclopedia of Modern China
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Contemporary Fashion
And many more!
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Search Box
Biography in Context – Home Page
Featured People with
links to portal pages
Featured Video
Portals Pages by
major groups – max 3
per group
Featured News articles
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Overview
Biography in Context – Portal
Page for
Notable People
Featured Content
Reference
News
Magazines
Video
Academic
Journals
Images
Audio
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Biography in Context – Search Assist
Can Search by:
- Name
- Occupation
- Nationality
- Birth Place
- Death Place
Automatically
shows names
within the
database
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Biography in Context – Person Search
Can Search by:
- Name
- Birth Place
- Death Place
- Occupation
- Nationality
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Birth Year
- Death Year
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Biography in Context – Mouse-Over
Dictionary
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Biography in Context – Readspeaker
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Welcome to Cengage Learning
Delivering Results Through Engagement
Cengage Learning
is a leading provider of innovative teaching,
learning and research solutions for the
academic, professional and library markets
worldwide. The company’s products and
services are designed to foster academic
excellence and professional development,
increase student engagement and improve
learning outcomes.
CENGAGE Learning -- at a glance
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HQ: Stamford, Connecticut
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Number of Employees: 5,600
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Location: 42 countries
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Formerly called: Thomson Learning
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July 2007 separated from the Thomson Corporation
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Sept 2007 changed its name to CENGAGE Learning
(Coined from the phrase “Center of Engagement”)
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Library Reference (Gale)
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Academic & Professional Group
Today’s presentation is on products from the Library Reference division
Gale (Library Reference)
HQ in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
One of the foremost library reference publishers
Has many well-established imprints, including:
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Gale
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Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Macmillan Reference USA
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UXL
Publishing formats include:
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Print library reference such as thematic encyclopedias,
annual directories, literary biographies/criticisms, etc.
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eBook versions of print publications and an eBook platform
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Aggregated Journal databases
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Subject Portals and Databases combining various content together
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Microform collections and serials
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Digital Archives of primary source material
Product Types: What Are They?
Reference
E-books
Databases
Digital Archives
Portals
• Printed reference books
• Standing orders (10 series of literature criticism & directories)
• New frontlist (this year 16 titles; next year 28); one-time sale via 3rd party
• Ex: Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL); Literature Criticism Online (LCO),
Gale Directory Library (GDL)
• Electronic versions of printed reference books
• Sold on a one time basis (GVRL) or as a standing order (LCO; GDL)
• Ex: Resource Centers, Infotrac
• Aggregations of proprietary content (e.g. reference books and primary sources)
and licensed content (e.g. journals)
• Sold on a subscription basis
• Ex: Digital collections, Archives Unbound (AU)
• Aggregations of rare and historical books, newspapers, manuscripts
• Sold on a one-time basis, with some subscriptions (Sabin, London Times)
• Aggregations that integrate proprietary and licensed materials in media-rich
environments with dynamic, ongoing updating
• Emphasis on “web-like” look and feel
• Attempts to tie together the “best of Gale” with the “best of the Web.”
• Sold on a subscription basis
References: Encyclopedias & Directories
Winner of 23% of all major reference awards since 1998
•Dartmouth Medals
•ALA Outstanding Reference Source
•Library Journal Best Reference Source
•CILIP/Nielsen BookData Reference Awards (e.g. Early Printed Book)
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E-books: Gale Virtual Reference Library
Display results by article
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Digital Archives: Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Databases: Business & Company Resource Center,
Literature Resource Center
Portals: GREENR, World History in Context
Gale Cengage Learning
Literature Resource
Center
What is the Literature Resource
Center?
An online database of Secondary Material on literature
• Critical biographies of authors, bibliographies of works
• Literary reviews, critical writings, topical essays
• Explanations of notable works, themes, characters
• Links to related websites, author interviews, etc.
• Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
• MLA International Bibliography (optional)
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Critical Biographies
• Taken from flagship Gale series such as CA or DLB
• 127,000 people, 140,000 articles
• International coverage – not just UK and US
• Not just novelists/poets – nonfiction writers, journalists,
essayists, playwrights, screenplay writers, politicians,
celebrities – anyone who has written a notable work is covered
• From ancient times to active contemporary writers
• Bibliography of works, major studies
• New works, awards, deaths updated continually
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Criticisms, Reviews, Journal Articles
• More than 650,000 fulltext articles from 440 journals
• 70,000 Critical writings from Gale’s Literary Criticism
Series (CLC, NCLC, NCLC, CMLC, etc.)
• Other topical essays about literary movements, trends,
important events, etc.
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Work/Character overviews
• Plot summaries, analyses and commentary
on famous works most studied in classrooms
• Analyses of major characters
• More than 7,000 of these
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Multimedia
• Links to audio files of National Public Radio programs
– All Things Considered, Weekend All Things Considered, Day to
Day, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition
• Full transcripts of the same (usually not free!)
• Websites, Pictures
Primary Sources / Literary Works
• Interviews with contemporary authors (from CA)
• Short stories & poems (mainly from literary magazines)
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New content added in 2010
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More than 4,100 new and updated
biographies – from Contemporary
Authors, Contemporary Authors
New Revisions, and Dictionary of
Literary Biography.
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More than 3,200 selected,
reprinted critical essays – from
books, journals and other sources,
from various Gale Literature
Criticism series.
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Current journals – new content
from nearly 450 full-text journals
flows into the product continually, as
soon as it is released by the
publishers.
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More than 90 new full text
journals – 76 of them peer-
reviewed, were added in 2010,
including:
• The AnaChronist (Hungary)
• Babel (Australia)
• Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de
Cultura y Literatura (U.S.A.)
• Dalhousie Review (Canada)
• East-West Connections (U.S.A.)
• English in Africa (S. Africa)
• Fu Jen Studies: Literature &
Linguistics (China)
• Lenguaje (Colombia)
• Tydskrif vir Letterkunde (S. Africa)
• Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
(Germany)
 Continuous updating of
existing biographical
information
Literature Resources from Gale: Easy-toUse Interface
• Search Results organized into tabs by type of material
Literature Criticism
Biographies
Topic & Work Overviews
Reviews & News
Primary Sources & Literary Works
Multimedia
MLA Int‘l Bibliography (Subscribers only)
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Literary research starts here:
The MLA International
Bibliography
What is the MLA International
– Authoritative index of articles,
books, and other materials on literature,
Bibliography?
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linguistics and folklore
The best place to begin your research on a topic
Edited by the MLA（Modern Language Association)
190 milliion entries, 66,000 added every year
• Coverage: 1926-present (Some journal articles go back to the 1880’s)
• Geographical coverage: no restriction
• Language: no restriction
• Indexes non-print materials such as video and audio publications as well
• Updated 10 times a year
Used to be published in print format
Can be searched simultaneously in the same interface as LRC!
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MLA Directory of Periodicals (part of MLA Int’l
Bibliography)
– Directory of 4,400 periodicals
on literature, linguistics & folklore
– Lists addresses, contacts, publication frequency, descriptions, circulation,
prices, advertising information, peer review, and submission guidelines.
– Can be linked from an article entry in the bibliography
Possible links from MLA to your library’s fulltext
Fulltext in Literature Resource Center (subscribers)
MLA
Citation
Fulltext in JSTOR (subscribers)
DOI
Open URL
Fulltext from publisher’s e-journal
(subscribers – DOI-compliant publishers only)
Open URL linking (requires link solver)
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Get information about People, living and historical!
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•World
History
in Context
(WHIC) delivers
outstanding
World
History
in Context
– in a
Nutshell
research support with:
•More than 255,000 reference articles, including 60,000
topic overviews and 63,300 biographies, on all countries and
regions, covering all time periods
•More than 245 portal pages on the most notable events,
topics and people
• Featured topics include Renaissance, Victorian Era, French
Revolution, World War II, Israeli-Arab Conflict, Globalization, Islam,
Industrial Revolution, Ancient Egypt, Mayas, United Nations, and
more.
•More than 12 million full-text articles from more than
440periodicals and newspapers
•Thousands of primary documents from our microfilm
collections and other archival sources.
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in Context
– World
HistoryHistory
in Context (BIC)’s
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– More than 138 reference
titles published
by Gale, including:
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Ancient Europe: 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
The Cold War: 1945-1991
Gale Encyclopedia of World History
Dictionary of the Middle Ages
History of World Trade since 1450
The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society
Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia of Russian History
And many more!
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