1. New information solutions from Gale Charles-Louis Moreau Regional Sales Manager

2. Thomson Gale : The Leading Reference Publisher n Print format (imprints a.o. Gale Research, St.James Press, Macmillan Reference USA, Scribner, Graham & Whiteside, Greenhaven, Saur-Verlag) n Microfilm- and fiche (Primary Source Media) n Electronic format : online databases and e-books

3. Gale Electronic format n Periodical Databases n Resource Centers n Digitised Microfilm Collections n E-books

4. Periodical Databases

5. I nfoTrac Onefile

6. n Gale’s largest periodical database : 8,300 titles, of which more than 4,700 full-text n Cross-discipline : general interest, Humanities, Business, Law, Health Care, etc. n Newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires – worldwide content n Back file 1980 to present, updated daily n Linked with Ingenta

7. Resource Centers

8. Resource Centers : a single search, a world of information n Selection of major Gale reference material grouped by subject, searchable online n Second component of relevant full-text periodical titles n Further search results in the form of primary source material, links to websites, etc.

9. with MLA International Bibliography Literature Resource Center 3.0

10. n Over 125,000 biographies of authors worldwide, approx. 38,000 critical essays n Full content from well-known Gale series Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biographies n Over 170 literary journals, full-text n Over 5,000 links to literary websites n Merriam Wbster’s Enc. Of Literature n Add-on module option : MLA

11. Business & Company Resource Center

12. - Over 450.000 company profiles and industry info from established Gale encyclopedia and directories (e.g. Int. Directory of Company Histories, Graham & Whiteside Major Companies Series - Over 2,400 periodicals, 1,700 full-text - Add-on module options : PROMT, Investext Plus and Newsletters ASAP

13. Biography Resource Center

14. n Over 1.2 million biographies from 80 Gale biographical reference works (e.g Enc. Of World Biography) n Full-text articles from over 250 periodicals n Links to websites n Complete Marquis Who’s Who

16. Other Resource Centers : n History Resource Center : Modern World n Health and Wellness Resource Center n Student Resource Center

17. Digitised Microfilm Collections

18. The Times Digital Archive

19. n Based on existing PSM microfilm collection n 200 years of best known and most cited newspaper in the world back to 1785 n Full PDF of every issue, every page, every article across sections (news, editorial, business, advertising, births & deaths, etc). n Several search options allow precise full-text searching of every article n Complete in September 2003

20. Eighteenth Century Collection Online

21. n Based on existing PSM microfilm collection n Over 150,000 books (approx. 33 million pages !) published in the UK or in English during the period 1701-1800 n Full-text searching by keyword, relevancy, publication date and advanced search n Citation page, e-table of contents and list of illustrations available for each title n Subjects : Fine Arts, History and Geography, Law, Literature and Language, Religion and Philosophy, Social Science, General Reference, STM

26. E-Books

27. Getting info from the Gale Online Catalogue at www.gale.com/world Which books are available (56 at present, 170 foreseen by end ’03) Pricing of the eBook format Description of the content

30. How To Purchase Gale e-books n Contact Gale or agent for full pricing information or to place an order

31. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! Charles.moreau@gale.com