Utah State Library has announced a partnership with Gale, part of Cengage Group, to provide Utah’s more than 3 million residents with free access to Gale digital resources. The resources are available online to all Utah residents with a local public library card through Utah’s Online Public Library (UOPL). With expanded access to reliable, high-quality content, Utah public libraries can better support the educational, lifelong learning, homeschooling, professional and informational needs of its communities.
Gale resources now available to UOPL users include:
• Gale ChiltonLibrary: Automotive repair and maintenance instruction for the most popular vehicle makes and models.
• Gale Literature: Books and Authors: A readers’ advisory database for discovery of books by author, genre and topic based on expert reviews and recommendations.
• Gale In Context student databases: 7 multidisciplinary, multi-source type databases covering elementary, middle, high school, environmental studies, biographical info, science and a wide range of viewpoints on today’s social issues.
• Gale OneFile collections: Over 16,000 full-text periodicals and popular magazines, plus, peer-reviewed journals to support research and student inquiry.
• Gale Business: Entrepreneurship: covers all aspects of starting, financing and operating a business. Resources include 1,000 sample business plans, how-to guides, articles, websites and more.
• Gale Business: Insights: Research global companies and industries with in-depth analysis through current news, statistical data, and comprehensive reports.
• Gale Health and Wellness: Authoritative source on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, updated daily.
• Gale eBooks: Digital encyclopedias and reference resources on a range of subjects from art, business, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies and science.
• Gale Interactive: Science: manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand biology, chemistry, earth, and space science concepts.
• Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids: Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology and space.
• Gale General OneFile: a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics including: business, careers, computers, current events, economics, education, health care, history, hobbies, literature, personal finance, politics, science, social science, self-help, technology and many other general interest topic
With a library card, Utah residents can access Gale’s digital resources 24/7 from anywhere and on any device. Additionally, many of the resources feature integrated workflow tools from Google and Microsoft, as well as language translation, downloadable audio and easy ways to share and save content.
Utah residents can access these new resources through the UOPL website or from the websites of their local libraries.
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