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Gale Gale Cengage Cengage Learning Learning

• A World Leader

in e-Research and Educational Publishing for Libraries, Schools and Businesses.

• Our products are used in libraries in almost every country of the

world.

• 100% of public and 100% of academic libraries in the United States
• wns or subscribes to at least one Gale product
• Gale products are used in libraries in over 200 countries worldwide
• More than 200,000 researchers access more than 10 million Web

pages in our online products daily.

• Largest Collection of Databases with Fewest & Shortest Embargoes!

Not Just an aggregator, rather a Publisher. Mostly Proprietary content on a wealth of subjects.

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More than just a Journal Aggregator More than just a Journal Aggregator More than just a Journal Aggregator

We are Publishers, not only Information Providers or Aggregators We are Publishers, not only Information Providers or Aggregators

More than 1500 Gigabyte live data Historical documents Archived journal articles (over 11,000 journal titles in total) in over 100 online databases Archived newspaper articles (Times Digital Archive 1785 to 1985) Third party databases eBooks

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Building Customer Specific e Building Customer Specific e-

• Library

Library

Gale allows your library to build electronic collections based

• n the subject areas you need

You can build a collection based on e-journals, e-books or a combination of both The Gale user interface will allow you to search across your electronic collection (eJournals and eBooks) simultaneously You only purchase the content you need – make the most of your library budget!

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World World’ ’s Top Universities Use Gale s Top Universities Use Gale

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Cambridge University United Kingdom Oxford University United Kingdom ETH Switzerland National University of Singapore Singapore London School of Economics United Kingdom Kyoto University Japan McGill University Canada University of Melbourne Australia University of Tokyo Japan

Library Reference Database Options Library Reference Database Options Library Reference Database Options

InfoTrac InfoTrac Databases Databases

Standard platform Periodicals, Newspapers Easy to use

Resource Centers Resource Centers

Integrated databases Multiple sources: full text periodicals / reference / primary sources Flexible search and retrieval

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eBooks eBooks

Purchase one book at a time Search across & within eBook collection

Digital Archives Digital Archives

Reference, newspaper and Research Collections

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• All e

All e-

• Books are Ownership Model

Books are Ownership Model – – Onetime Payment. Onetime Payment.

• Gale will deliver an archive copy of each

Gale will deliver an archive copy of each eBook eBook as part of the as part of the

• rder fulfillment process.
• rder fulfillment process.
• After first 12 months, Only a very nominal access fees is charge

After first 12 months, Only a very nominal access fees is charged. d.

• Over 2300+ Reference Works on all subjects

Over 2300+ Reference Works on all subjects … … Growing Daily! Growing Daily!

• Over 4,000 volumes of reference from more than 60+ different

Over 4,000 volumes of reference from more than 60+ different publishers publishers

Cambridge University Press Elsevier Science Columbia University Press Harper Collins Harvard University Press Houghton Mifflin Idea Group Reference Kogan Page John Wiley & Sons Macmillan McGraw-Hill Digital Penguin SAGE Publications Routledge

• All online databases are Subscription Model. FREE TRIALS AVAILAB

All online databases are Subscription Model. FREE TRIALS AVAILABLE! LE!

• Digital Archives are very high value products.

Digital Archives are very high value products.

• Ownership Model

Ownership Model

• Annual Subscription Model

Annual Subscription Model

• The new search Platform

The new search Platform – – PowerSearch PowerSearch Plus is a revolution in online Plus is a revolution in online publishing industry. publishing industry.

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Academic Libraries / Universities Academic Libraries / Universities

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Academic Libraries Academic Libraries -

• Subject Specific Databases

Subject Specific Databases

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Hospitals + Medical & Nursing Institutes Hospitals + Medical & Nursing Institutes

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• Schools/Corporate

Schools/Corporate

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Gale Digital Collections Gale Digital Collections -

• ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

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QUESTIONS?

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And we begin…

Talking Point #1 WHY GALE 1. World‘s Largest Reference Publisher 2. World‘s Most Awarded Reference Publisher 3. Over 200,000 researchers access over10 million pages in our online products daily 4. 100% public & 100% academic libraries in USA own or subscribe to at least

• ne Gale product

5. Not just a Journal Aggregator. Huge Proprietary content. 1 5

Talking Point #2 Content Quantity 1. Gale has largest periodical file in the business, with most full-text articles. 1 6

Talking Point #3 EMBARGOES 1. Gale has the fewest percentage of embargoes. We have less than 4%. 2. Average embargo period is 1/3rd as compared to competitors. 1 7

Talking Point #4

CONTENT QUALITY

1. InfoTrac titles are selected with the highest scrutiny. ISI & Leading indices 2. Focus is to increase coverage not duplicate it. 3. We have not just PR journals & books but also many award-winning ref. titles. 4. We have more titles highly reviewed by Magazines for Libraries than anyone else.

Magazines for Libraries provides information, statistics, &comparative data to support collection development

• decisions. It has an annotated list & evaluations of over 6500 periodicals arranged by over 100 major

subject headings. descriptions have strengths & weaknesses of each periodical in relation to similar titles.

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Talking Point #5

CONTENT CURRENCY

• Our products are updated daily, sometimes multiple times.

The TSUNAMI EXAMPLE: On December 28th, two days after the Asian Tsunami….

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Talking Point #6

Indexing Quality & Currency

• When compared to EBSCO and Proquest, Gale’s subject guide is far
• superior. MANUAL INDEXING.

In EBSCO, Same article repeated multiple times

• Gale updates its vocabulary more frequently than the competition.

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Talking Point #7

CONTENT STABILITY

• Gale’s proprietary reference content is not subject to license agreements
• r partnerships.
• Huge Proprietary content.
• A very high %age of content in our databases will always be there.

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Talking Point #8 PowerSearch

1. Language Translation – Content in to 9 & Interface in to 4 Languages 2. UNIQUE Cross-search ability – Single One-Stop Search for all content formats.

Journals + leading INDICES + e-Books+ News Papers + Digital Archives (OCR) +Multimedia

3. New PowerSearch Plus – the Federated Search Capability. Search Box Capability

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Talking Point #10 CUSTOMIZATION

• Create your own database of Journals &/or e-books.
• As small or as large as needed.
• Pay for only what you need & use.
• Change collection once every 24 Hours with NO COST TO YOU!

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Talking Point #11 INDIAN CONTENT

• Get information about the journals or other publications published by

your prospect & exhibit interest in licensing them for our online products.

• Get all the relevant details & pass on to me. If they are willing the title will

be with us in 3-6 Months.

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I nfoTrac Continues to Grow

Humanities 11% Law 11% Natural Sciences 10% Technology 8% Arts 3% Medicine & Health 14% Business 16% Social Sciences 27%

The InfoTrac program now includes more than 15,000 titles

Focus is on subject gaps, not competitor title lists Titles are licensed to address needs determined by end user search queries Library programs are monitored to identify content needs

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QUESTIONS?

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Overview of Gale Online Product Lines

Customized Databases

Introduction to Gale’s Highly Customized Solutions

May, 2009

About InfoTrac Collection

Gale’s massive collection of 17000+ eJournals and eMagazines that caters to the learning needs of all the segments of education including Management, Engineering, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences and many more.

InfoTrac Management Collection

InfoTrac Management Collection is a carefully selected list of Management Journals covering almost all streams of management . Some of the covered subject areas are as follow:

• International Business
• General Business
• Region specific business
• Economics
• Risk and Insurance
• International Relations
• Industrial Relations….
• Advertising
• Marketing
• Public relations
• Banking
• Finance
• Accounting
• Personal Finance

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IMC Journal Distribution : Subject area wise

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InfoTrac Management Collection Features

Features: Streams covered : Finance, Marketing, Operations, Economics, Accounting, Banking, International Business, International law, Human Resources, Banking & Insurance, Advertisement, Public relation etc. IMC Feature Titles Total Titles Available 1929 Non Embargo 1844 Total Active Full Text 1414 News Wires 100 Investment/Marketing Research reports 171 Some of the High Impact Titles Marketing Science Management Science Journal of Business Journal of Advertising Omega Systems Research and Behavioral Science Forbes

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InfoTrac Engineering Collection

InfoTrac Engineering Collection is an aggregation of top notch journals from world wide publication covering all streams of Engineering. . Some of the covered subject areas is as follow:

• Military and naval science
• Aerospace and defense industries
• Earth sciences
• Engineering and manufacturing industries
• Electronics and electrical industries
• Humanities
• Automobile industry
• Architecture and design industries
• Automobiles
• Containers and packaging industries
• Telecommunications industry
• Computers
• Science and technology
• Metals, metalworking and machinery

industries

• Mathematics
• Computers and office automation industries
• Construction and materials industries
• Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
• Electronics

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IEC Journal Distribution : Subject area wise

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InfoTrac Engineering Collection Features

Features:

Some of the streams covered includes Architecture, Electronic, Mechanical, Computer Science, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Engineering Titles Titles Total Titles Available 2226 Non Embargo 2159 Total Active Full Text 668 News Wires 11 Reports 87 Some High Impact Titles INFORMS Journal on Computing IBM Systems Journal International Journal of Robotics Research International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications American Scientist Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering Technology Review (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Detailed Information about BCRC

• 430,000 company profiles from 8 premier Gale directories – American Wholesalers & Distributors, Brands

& Their Companies, Consultants & Consulting Organizations, Graham & Whiteside Major Companies of the World Series; Publishers Directory, Telecommunications Directory, Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies and Ward’s Business Directory of Private & Public Companies in Canada &

• Mexico. Global in coverage – 35% international and covering over 90% private companies.
• 4,668 indexed periodical titles ‐ 74% full text, 97% embargo free. Coverage extends from 1980 to the

present.

• 10,000 company histories and chronologies only available from Gale’s Notable Corporate Chronologies

and International Directory of Company Histories.

• 30,000 top lists, market share tables, product rankings, market forecasts from 2 premier Gale sources –

Market Share Reporter & Business Rankings Annual

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And More….

• 1.5 Million Investment Reports – Premier investment research reports (current plus 3 yrs back) on publicly

traded companies and industry sectors from Reuters Research on Demand.

• 414 case digests in the area of human resource law from Ornel Inc.
• 365,000 products from over 80,000 companies from Gale’s Brand’s & Their Companies. Industry

Overviews and market Research

• 1300 overviews covering ever SIC code, emerging and global markets from Gale’s Encyclopedia of

American Industries, Encyclopedia of Global Industries and Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries.

• 10,700 market research reports from around the globe from premier publisher Datamonitor.
• 8,000 association records on service and manufacturing associations worldwide from Gale’s Encyclopedia
• f Associations National; Encyclopedia of Associations Local, State & Regional and Encyclopedia of

Associations International Directories

• Company Financials – 15 min delayed stock quote and stock data, charts, historical stock prices, SEC

documents with financial statements and insider buying and selling activity, plus open Web content, blogs and podcasts from FinancialContent.com.

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Search for a particular

• company. When you

have found it, click the “Financials” tab to launch the new Financials dashboard.

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The Detailed Quote View provides quick access to stock information, charting, related companies, and more.

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Scroll down to see more information, such as company press releases, news, podcasts, and investor conference calls.

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Listen to a Podcast

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Read a blog from the

• pen Web

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Share a story using your favorite social networking site

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Or access all the news items together via the News View

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Charting lets users compare stocks to one another or to a particular stock index

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SEC Documents View provides access to company financials like balance sheets and cash flow statements, plus insider trading activity

Plus, many other great new features!

Financial calculators A market summary view

World market index tracking

Treasury rates, bank rates and currency exchange rates Mutual fund information Views into particular industries and the biggest stock movers within each sector And much more! Log into BCRC today to see for yourself.

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QUESTIONS?

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