Boyd County Public Library » GALE http://thebookplace.org Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:45:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 Artemis http://thebookplace.org/artemis/ http://thebookplace.org/artemis/#comments Wed, 07 May 2014 14:20:17 +0000 http://thebookplace.org/?p=15268 Continue reading ]]> Print

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Artemis is the consolidated search engine created by Gale to include a one-stop search for all your Literature needs. Unlock information in primary sources, critical articles, literary and cultural analysis, and biographies. Search across centuries to be able to see the broader continuum of the story you choose to tell.

Artemis includes access to the following:

Contemporary Literary Criticism                                                               

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism                                       

Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism                                 

Shakespearean Literature Criticism                                         

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800                                         

Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism                             

Drama Criticism

Poetry Criticism

Short Story Criticism

Children’s Literature Review                                                       

Something about the Author                                                 

Dictionary of Literary Biography                                           

 

Literature Subscription Online Resources

Literature Resource Center

LitFinder

Scribner’s Online

Twayne’s Online

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Gale December Webinars – Free Training! http://thebookplace.org/gale-december-webinars-free-training/ http://thebookplace.org/gale-december-webinars-free-training/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:30:58 +0000 http://thebookplace.org/?p=13155 Continue reading ]]> GVRL

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Library Journal’s “Best Overall Database”! See what made Gale Virtual Reference Library the readers’ choice: more than 8,000 authoritative reference titles, improved navigation, a colorful new interface, cross-searching ease, and much more.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health & Wellness Resource Center
With an intuitive and customizable interface providing easy-to-find answers, Health & Wellness Resource Center quickly and accurately leads users to targeted, authoritative medical information. Use this webinar to sample the navigation that supports thousands of full-text journals, magazines, newspapers, reference works, multimedia and more.
History in Context
History in Context
History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results. Learn about extensive online collection of scholarly analysis, award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents.
Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
From climate change to immigration, find thousands of thought-provoking pro/con arguments in Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Balanced overviews and opinions from curriculum-focused references combine with multimedia resources to deliver an engaging way for students to develop the critical-thinking skills vital to 21st Century learning. Join this webinar to see how you can integrate Opposing Viewpoints in Context into your library or lesson plan.

 

Free Webinar training  brought to you by Gale – the above databases are ones BCPL subscribes to – learn more about your databases today!

 

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Free Gale Webinars in June http://thebookplace.org/free-gale-webinars-in-june/ http://thebookplace.org/free-gale-webinars-in-june/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:37:06 +0000 http://thebookplace.org/?p=11389 Continue reading ]]> The following webinars are available from Gale in June – they count towards CE credit AND they will give you a better understanding of some of our databases/resources — so if you can, attend!

 

GVRL
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Discover how the Gale Virtual Reference Library can help drive eBook usage by enabling your library to create its own eBook collection — provide access to reference materials previously available only in the library. Learn how to conduct basic and advanced searches, how to use the document toolbox and how this easy-to-use tool can help users get the most out of eBooks.

 

Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Learn to navigate this engaging resource that provides the facts on current event topics, as well as proponents’ and detractors’ arguments. Discover how you can easily integrate 21st-Century skills into your instruction with this proven approach to learning through position papers, reference, and general periodical content on a variety of controversial issues, downloads, quizzes for use in the classroom, and more.
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context http://thebookplace.org/opposing-viewpoints-in-context/ http://thebookplace.org/opposing-viewpoints-in-context/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:41:01 +0000 http://thebookplace.org/?p=1402 Continue reading ]]>

Remote Access   In-house Access

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration.  Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

In addition to the engaging, streamlined interface and media-rich topic pages, the product’s unprecedented collection of content and curriculum-focused tools that help students explore issues from all perspectives include:

  • More than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays
  • 5,000+ topic overviews
  • More than 300 primary source documents
  • 300 biographies of social activists and reformers
  • More than 775 court-case overviews
  • 5 million periodical articles
  • Nearly 6,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs
  • Nearly 70,000 images and a link to Google Image Search
  • Thousands of podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs
  • A national and state curriculum standards search, correlated to the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by grade and discipline

Opposing Viewpoints in Context contains more than 700 Greenhaven Press, Gale, Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner’s Sons® and U·X·L titles.   New reference content is added on an ongoing basis, and new full-text periodical and newspaper articles are added every day. Included in the resource are:

  • More than 400 titles from Greenhaven Press Series, including Opposing Viewpoints, Opposing Viewpoints Digests, At Issue, Contemporary Issues Companion, Current Controversies and Teen Decisions
  • Fifteen proprietary Gale print sets, including Activists, Rebels, and ReformersCivil Rights in the United States; Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students; Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy; Environmental Encyclopedia; Great American Court Cases; Tsunamis; Encyclopedia of Sociology; and Macmillan Profiles: Humanitarians and Reformers

Whats in Opposing Viewpoints in Context?  Click here for journal titles and click here for reference titles.

Guided Video Tutorials:

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