You are invited to join us for a series of free informative webinars scheduled for this spring to learn more about Gale Digital Collections, the world’s largest scholarly primary source online library.
British Library Newspaper Collections
Gale has partnered with the British Library to create one of the richest collections of primary source material in the world. Unparalleled in depth and scope, British Library Newspapers consists of two major collections from the British Library which span 300 years of newspaper publishing in the U.K.: 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th Century British Library Newspapers. The two collections provide an unprecedented firsthand account of history by those that witnessed it.
Register today to participate in the British Library Newspapers free Web event on
April 15, 11:00 – 12:00 PM ET
May 5, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
June 5, 11:00 – 12:00 PM ET
The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003 The Economist and Gale are pleased to announce that the complete facsimile run of The Economist from 1843 to 2003, all in a full-text searchable interface.
What is covered in The Economist Historical Archive:
*Coverage from 1843-2003*News, analysis, commentary, editorials, statistics, demographics, letters to the editor, obituaries, and historical photographs *Special surveys and the supplements on Countries and Industries *Renowned sections including ‘Science and Technology’ *Export feature into Excel for selected tables
With The Economist online, researchers, academics and students can now easily access high-quality primary sources, enabling them to facilitate comparisons of political, business and economic trends across continents and centuries. This is the definition resource for cutting-edge ideas and intelligent analysis in an easily digested form.
Register today to participate in The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003 free Web event on
April 15, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
May 5, 11:00 – 12:00 PM ET
June 5, 2:00 – 1:00 PM ET
19th Century U.K. Periodicals
This exciting major new series covers events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. It provides an invaluable resource for the study of British life in the 19th century – from art to business, and from children to politics. Most of the materials in this extensive online collection have never been reissued, in any format, since their original publication. For the first time ever, the digital images in this collection reproduce the color contained within the original periodicals.
Features:
*1.2 million pages per series (6 million pages for the entire series) *Major new series during a time of revolutionary change and expansion in the 19th century world *Wide variety of periodicals from topics such as politics, the rural life, children’s literature, leisure and humor *First color digital archive (where published originally in color)
Register today to participate in the 19th Century U.K. Periodicals free Web event on
April 9, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
April 23, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
May 21, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
June 11, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
Sabin Americana: 1500-1926
Sabin Americana: 1500-1926 is based on the well-known Biblioteca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from its Discovery to the Present Time by Joseph Sabin and offers a comprehensive, up-close view of life in the Western Hemisphere from the arrival of Europeans in the late 15th century to the early decades of the 20th century. With over 30,000 works (and growing), this online collection of key primary source content delivered in a full-text searchable interface will enhance your own research and ability to publish as well as provide invaluable material for classroom use.
Register today to participate in the Sabin Americana free Web event on
April 16, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
May 6, 11:00 – 12:00 PM ET
June 5, 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET
The Making of the Modern World:
The Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850 This collection follows the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth – the driving force behind many of the major events during the period 1450-1850. It can be used to study slavery, colonization, social history, Latin America/Caribbean history, and gender, as well as economics, nation-state development and more. It is truly cross-disciplinary
Register today to participate in The Making of the Modern World free Web event on
April 16, 11:00 – 12:00 PM ET
May 6, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Sources in U.S. History Online
Gale has released three archival digital collections under the Sources in U.S. History Online series thus far, focusing on three essential components of the study of U.S. history: Slavery in America, The Civil War, and The American Revolution. All combine core traditional study of these topics with the most recent focus on social and cultural history. These digital collections tell the story of a particular era through primary source documents, typically regarded as “lost history” scattered throughout private collections, rare book vaults and university libraries all over the world.
Slavery in America enables researchers to study the institution of slavery from the 17th century through the end of the 19th century through personal narratives, pamphlets, addresses, monographs, sermons, political speeches, and periodicals.
The Civil War documents the war that transformed America, ending slavery and unifying the nation around the principles of freedom. The collection examines the war in all its complexity; its battles and campaigns, its political and religious aspects, the experiences of its leaders and common soldiers, the home front and the military campground, from its causes to its consequences.
The American Revolution contains nearly 500 significant documents of the time-official correspondence, personal letters, collected writings of key figures, political speeches, memoirs and narratives of soldiers and civilians. It also contains histories, biographies, contemporary reference works, and other kinds of documents-enabling students, faculty and patrons to study one of the key events in American history.
Register today to participate in the Sources in U.S. History Online free Web event on
May 7, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
May 28, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
June 18, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Historical newspapers are a key source of information on national and local affairs, events and people. They offer incomparable insight into all areas of life, often capturing the political and philosophical viewpoints of the time. These resources provide countless opportunities to understand the past for researchers and scholars at any level and are essential for an accurate understanding of the vitality and diversity of life in any given time period and are especially important for genealogical research.
Register today to participate in the 19th Century U.K. Periodicals free Web event on
April 16, 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET (Academic Libraries)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Join this online seminar where we will be demonstrating Gale’s largest and most widely used digital collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online. This collection, based on the English Short Title Catalogue, includes most of the significant works published in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, plus thousands of volumes from America. During the session, you’ll learn about the types of materials included in the collection and how the functionality of our award winning platform makes this information accessible in ways that will enhance faculty research and support your curriculum.
Register today to participate in the Eighteenth Century Collections Online free Web event on
April 17, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
