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Just a couple days left to register and attend this GALE presentation.
Happy Holy Days,
Jim
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From: Oliver, James
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:19 PM
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Subject: FW: Gale Fedlink on 4/28 / Hot Off the Digital Presses -- New Scholarly Resource from Gale!
Subject: Gale Fedlink on 4/28 / Hot Off the Digital Presses -- New Scholarly Resource from Gale!
Gale has a new product arriving – hot off the presses in April 2011 -- Gale World Scholar
Our first release for this program (it’s both an archive and an updated subscription) is for the Latin American and Caribbean Regions.
When: Thursday, April 28, 2011
Time: 9:30 AM or 1:30 PM
Where: Library of Congress, Adams Bldg., 2nd and Independence Ave, SE,
FLICC / FEDLINK Training Room, 2nd Floor, RM 216
Registration: Please e-mail Jim Oliver, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, to register for either session. Please include phone number and agency affiliation. Also, please distribute to colleagues who might have an interest in this new offering.
MORE INFO:
World Scholar blends instructive learning content with rare, high-value research content. These materials are accessed through an interface that presents information in ways that mirror the workflows of researchers and scholars for regional studies and across disciplines.
The first release on this platform:
Gale World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean serves research libraries and institutions with Latin American and Caribbean content needs. Independent researchers, corporate businesses and library patrons will find Gale World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean an appealing and beneficial resource.
This multidisciplinary resource will include a comprehensive range of content for the region, providing research across the humanities, both for current Latin America and the Caribbean and as a historical perspective back through the colonial period.
Sample Portal topics include: Migration, Nationhood and the Imagination, Fruit Industry, Architecture, Gender Issues, Liberation Theology, and nearly 300 additional subjects.
Signature elements of Gale World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean include:
* A combination of contemporary and historical documents designed to reveal a true depiction of the nature, integrity and culture of Latin America.
* Documents in multiple languages
* Historical and contemporary maps
Additional regions planned:
* The Middle East
* China
* South East Asia
* India
* Africa
Welcome!
The brand new Product Site for Gale World Scholar is here, explore and start sharing now!
http://www.gale.cengage.com/WorldScholar/
Video Preview: (This is the BETA site as this is not a complete depiction of the product)
https://www.brainshark.com/brainshark/brainshark.net/portal/title.aspx?pid=zFjzDgQGIz2BNNz0
Title Lists available upon request
When: Thursday, April 28, 2011
Time: 9:30 AM or 1:30 PM
Where: Library of Congress, Adams Bldg., 2nd and Independence Ave, SE,
FLICC / FEDLINK Training Room, 2nd Floor, RM 216
Registration: Please e-mail Jim Oliver, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, to register for either session. Please include phone number and agency affiliation. Also, please distribute to colleagues who might have an interest in this new offering.
Light snacks and coffee, provided by Gale, will be served at each session.
Please forward to colleagues who might have an interest in the subject matter.
See you there!
Thanks,
Kelly M. Gegich (Mills)
Account Executive, Government & Special Libraries
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Thanks,
Jim Oliver
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