E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the renewal of a contract with the Connecticut State Library. The contract covers the delivery of a broad range of Gale resources via iCONN.org - Connecticut's research engine that provides students, faculty and state residents with online access to library and information resources.
The previously available Gale resources include Academic OneFile, Business & Company Resource Center and Health & Wellness Resource Center. The new contract will additionally provide residents with access to Science Resource Center, History Resource Center: US, History Resource Center: World, What Do I Read Next?, and 50 e-reference books.
The e-reference books cover a range of topics including history, literature and world cultures. Science Resource Center is a curriculum-oriented resource focusing on such topics as earth science, life science and space science. History Resource Center: US seeks to put the tools of the historian in the hand of the student and general researcher covering US history from pre-colonial times to the present. History Resource Center: World is an online collection of full-text periodicals, reference works and primary source documents covering world history topics from pre-antiquity to the present. What Do I Read Next? identifies similarities in various books, helping the reader to make a new selection.
Using iCONN.org, users will have easy access to their entire collection of electronic resources through a one-search homepage which leverages Gale's PowerSearch technology.
