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Lund Online 17th 18th October 2007
  • Hilde Kempenaers
  • Cengage Learning - Gale

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Cengage Learning
  • Formerly Thomson Learning
  • Cen Centre gage Engagement in Learning
  • CENGAGE LEARNING
  • Sold in July 2007 to Apax Partners and OMERS
    Capital Partners
  • Imprints remain, eg Gale

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Gale E-Book Databases
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
  • online collection of encyclopedia
  • Gale Directory Library new !
  • online collection of directories
  • BizEd Premier new !
  • online collection of business textbooks and
    journal articles

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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Topical, International, Available as Single
Titles or Build own Collection Cross-searchable
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Gale Virtual Reference Library- some key facts
  • All reference titles currently over 1,600
    encyclopedia, approx. 600 from nearly 40 partner
    publishers (Sage, Elsevier, Cambridge UP, Brill,
    Wiley etc.)
  • Purchase one eBook at a time - not a
    predetermined collection
  • Unlimited access (site license)
  • Remote access within Secure Network Environment
  • No special readers or hardware required
  • Access from OPAC via free MARC records
  • Searching across and within eBooks
  • Print or email an entire article, not just a page
  • No checkout GVRL is always accessible
  • InfoMarks / Bookmarks

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Gale Virtual Reference Library- New Publishing
Partners 07
  • AC Black Publishers
  • Brill Academic Publishers
  • Columbia University Press
  • David Bateman
  • Dorling Kindersley
  • Ediciones Akal
  • Elsevier
  • Greenwood Publishing
  • Indiana University Press
  • Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
  • Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • Princeton University Press
  • Scarecrow Press

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Gale Virtual Reference Library- Subcollections
  • Customise your own eBook collections to suit the
    needs of your students
  • Collections will appear as a separate database
    on the menu page
  • You can cross-search several different
    sub-collections rather than your entire GVRL
    database

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Gale Virtual Reference Library- Reading Lists
  • Reading List
  • Electronic Resources
  • Longe, Jacqueline, Ed. Gale Encyclopedia of
    Alternative Medicine. 2nd ed. Detroit Gale, 2005.
     2411 pp. 4 vols. Gale Virtual Reference
    Library. Thomson Gale. GVRL Demo Site for HE. 1
    Oct. 2007  (Book Level)
  • Dupler, Douglas. "Acupressure." Gale Encyclopedia
    of Alternative Medicine. Ed. Jacqueline
    Longe. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Detroit Gale, 2005. 11-15.
     4 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson
    Gale. GVRL Demo Site for HE. 1 Oct. 2007 
    (Chapter Level)
  • Collection of ebooks on Social Science subject
    (Access to only the Social Science subcollection)

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Gale Directory Library
BASIC RESEARCH BEGINS WITH DIRECTORIES
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Gale Directory Library- some key facts
  • In 2007 collection to start with 16 directories,
    a.o. Wards Business Directory, Encyclopedia of
    Associations, Gale Directory of Databases, etc.
  • Purchase one Ebook at a time
  • Cross-searchable across multiple directories, or
    each title can be searched individually in unique
    fields
  • Database allows to find names or search and sort
    by keyword, and to generate mailing lists (export
    in Excel possible) and analyze trends
  • Full e-mail and print functionalities
  • Remote access

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Gale Directory Library- 2007 Titles
  • Active Titles
  • Wards Business Directory
  • Encyclopedia of Associations National (U.S.)
  • Encyclopedia of Associations Regional, State
    Local (U.S.)
  • Encyclopedia of Associations - International
  • November
  • Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast
    Media
  • Directories in Print
  • Publisher's Directory
  • Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
  • Consultants and Consulting Organizations
    Directory
  • Directory of Special Libraries and Information
    Centers
  • December
  • Gale Directory of Databases
  • National Directory of Non-Profit Organizations
  • Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory
    Organizations
  • Research Centers Directory
  • International Research Centers Directory
  • Government Research Centers Directory

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Biz/ed Premier
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Biz/ed Premier - some key facts
  • Online access to 26 key higher education business
    e-textbooks (500 chapters), all curriculum-mapped
  • All e-textbook searches simultaneously
    cross-search 78 equally curriculum-mapped
    journals presented as selected articles for
    critical viewpoints
  • Available as subscription to institutions
  • Unlimited browsing via books Table of Contents,
    and searching in the Chapter Titles
  • Annotations, highlighting and bookmark facilities

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Biz/ed Premier - Textbooks
  • Cole, Management Theory and Practice, 6e
  • Drury, Cost and Management Accounting, 6e
  • Lumby/Jones, Corporate Finance Theory and
    Practice
  • Mankiw/Taylor, Economics
  • Needle, Business in Context, 4e
  • Thompson, Strategic Management, 5e

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Biz/ed Premier - Journals
  • Business Review
  • Chartered Institute of Management - Checklists
    and Thinkers
  • Economist
  • European Business Forum
  • Financial Times
  • Forbes
  • Journal of Business Strategies
  • Management Today

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Sample Search 1 Tourism and the environment
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Sample Search 2 Branding
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Sample Search 3 Manufacturing Data
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Thank You
  • Questions?
  • hilde.kempenaers_at_cengage.com
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