Gale, part of Cengage Learning and JISC Collections

Gale, part of Cengage Learning has joined together with JISC Collections to offer an exclusive collection to some of its key online resources to JISC Collections members at specially negotiated prices.  JISC Collections mission is to support UK education and research by delivering affordable, relevant and sustainable online content.  Please see below for details of the products included in this exclusive collection.  If you would like further information on any of these products, just click on the links opposite or you can review the JISC Collections catalogue.

Biography Resource Center
An online biographical reference database is covering figures of note in the areas of literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, arts newsmakers.

Biz/Ed Premier
Biz/ed Premier offers online access to a collection of core text books covering business and economics.  These texts are extensively adopted throughout academic institutions in the UK.  Adding Biz/ed Premier to the library online collection offers users access to texts that are used and needed by students and provide academics a unique resource to aid teaching and facilitate learning.

Business and Company Resource Center (BCRC)
Business and Company Resource Center brings together a wide range of global business information from multiple sources in a single interface.  The collection incorporates company profiles, industry rankings, product and brand information, financial data, company histories and events from journals, news sources, reference works, reports, podcasts and directories.

Computer Database
Computer Database comprises more than 800 indexed journal titles, almost 450 of which are provided in full text.  This collection is ideal for those who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high technology by accessing today's most well-read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications and electronics industries in a single place.

Gale Directory Library (GDL)
As the global leader in reference publishing for more than 50 years, Gale, is the trusted source for authoritative directories on companies, publishers, associations and more.  These directories are now available online in the Gale Directory Library.  The Gale Directory Library takes and combines online directories with powerful research and analysis tools, and state of the art search and export features.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a platform designed specifically to allow for the easy search and retrieval of reference content.  Gale has created 7 subject packages of authoritative reference content now available on subscription, delivered through the GVRL platform:
Academic
Arts & Literature
Business
Medicine
Religion
Social Science
World History

Global Issues in Context (GIC)
Global Issues in Context is a ground breaking reference source that offers critical perspectives on a broad range of topics and events of international relevance.  Structured and easily as navigable as an open website, this resource ties together a variety of trusted sources to present a rich analysis of issues in social, political, economical, technological and environmental perspectives.  Global Issues in Context provides users with a framework to better understand 21st Century issues and events whilst highlighting global connections and the interdependence of political, economic, historical, religious and social forces

History Resource Center
History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive online collection of full-text periodicals, reference works and primary source documents covering world history topics from pre-antiquity up to the present.  The database also features a significant amount of newly available reference content - supported by additional primary source materials - and periodic content loads.  This virtual library provides the resources needed - credible multicultural, global and research-based content - to study world history within a flexible and convenient electronic tool.

LegalTrac
LegalTrac is an online database of legal journal abstracts and full text articles.  It serves students, law school faculty and legal researchers alike.  Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications; LegalTrac provides indexing for almost 1,500 and full text from almost 200 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.

Literature Resources from Gale including: Literature Resource Center and LitFinder
Literature Resource Center is the world's most current, comprehensive, and reliable online literature resource. Uniquely relevant to today's curriculum, Literature Resource Center's rich critical, biographical and contextual materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers at all levels will find the information they need on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Nursing Resource Center
Nursing Resource Center is designed to match the "nursing process" workflow.  The interface is intuitive to students and facilitates connections between the content and clinical practice.  This resource brings together respected medical titles from Gale and Macmillan with thorough nursing-specific texts from Cengage Learning's Delmar imprint.  The nursing Resource Center provides authoritative information written in accessible language for students completing research papers, class assignments and those preparing for their clinical experiences as the learn how to care for and treat patients.

RDS Business Suite
RDS Business Suite brings together three complimentary collections in a single interface.  The collection in aggregate provides the user with balanced and highly focussed full-text coverage of company and industry news, management practices and market research information.  By combining the complimentary strengths of Business & Industry, Business and Management Practices and TableBase, RDS Business Suite delivers a comprehensive business research package.

Contact us for a trial or price quote today at emea.enquiries@cengage.com.