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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

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

Gale Virtual Reference Library Topical, International, Available as Single Titles or Build own Collection Cross-searchable

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 an entire article, not just a page No ‘checkout’ – GVRL is always accessible InfoMarks / Bookmarks

Gale Virtual Reference Library - New Publishing Partners ‘07 A&C 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

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 Gale Virtual Reference Library - Subcollections

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

BASIC RESEARCH BEGINS WITH DIRECTORIES Gale Directory Library

Gale Directory Library - some key facts In 2007 collection to start with 16 directories, a.o. Ward’s 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 and print functionalities Remote access

Gale Directory Library 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

Biz/ed Premier

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

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 Biz/ed Premier - Textbooks

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

Sample Search #1: “Tourism and the environment”

Sample Search #2: “ Branding”

Sample Search #3: “Manufacturing Data”

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