Foundational Package        |        Business Package

Top-notch Resources at Small Community Prices

At any given time, one patron may be looking for resources to prepare their child for kindergarten and someone else may be studying up on how to start a business. You can help patrons find the answers to their questions and make an immediate impact. Our most-purchased, most-used, most-loved resources are now available at special, small-community pricing. This allows you to successfully manage your library’s budget while putting more resources in patrons’ hands. 

FOUNDATIONAL PACKAGE

Includes resources that cover do-it-yourself, eLearning, genealogy, homework help, and readers' advisory.

Do-It-Yourself

ChiltonLibrary

Give patrons 24/7 access to a guide on everything from changing their car’s spark plugs to knowing if a mechanic’s estimated hours are on track. Continuously updated, this online resource offers users the detailed information they need to tackle preventive vehicle maintenance and repairs.

LegalForms with Law Digest

Empower patrons without law degrees to approach legal affairs with confidence. This valuable resource features state-specific, fill-in-the-blank forms and insight to help users understand and prepare for a wide range of legal topics, such as bankruptcy, landlord-tenant cases, name change, power of attorney, and living wills.

eLearning

Public Libraries Miss Humblebee's Academy

This interactive, kindergarten-readiness solution is as challenging as it is fun. With learning concepts based on standards developed by the U.S. Department of Education and others, this resource keeps preschoolers engaged and libraries and parents informed about measured learning outcomes.

Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep

Focused content provides in-depth information on colleges, technical schools, entrance exams, career certifications, citizenship, and more. This easy-to-use resource was designed to help everyone, from those entering the workforce for the first time to military personnel to anyone seeking new opportunities.

Genealogy

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

This is a reference standard for libraries and the best place to begin any search. Users can quickly determine where to find biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor—providing elaborate information on over 5 million people.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index

This single-search database consolidates genealogical information, making immigration records and content easily accessible. Compiled from more than 3,500 sources, it provides researchers with distinctive details about ancestors who immigrated to North and South America between the late 1500s and mid-1900s.

Homework Help

Best of Gale eBooks

Expand your eBook offerings, and impact, with the “Best of Gale eBooks” subscription. Public libraries can now subscribe to over 350 of our most-popular eBooks. Users have unlimited, simultaneous access from anywhere with an internet connection. That means no holds, check ins, or check outs required.

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Infectious Diseases: In Context, 2nd Edition

Understand how diseases impact science and culture, travel, and the future of both industrialized and impoverished nations. 

Disability Experiences

The two volumes examine a fascinating set of memoirs and autobiographies written by a variety of authors. Included are works by famous persons such as Temple Grandin and Christy Brown, as well as others. 

Readers' Advisory

Gale Books and Authors

Match your patrons’ reading interests with a reader’s advisory database that makes finding a great read much less challenging. With fun ways to browse, an intuitive design, read-alikes, reviews, award winners, themed booklists, and more, this resource answers the question, “What do I read next?”

Gale Literature: Book Review Index

With access to more than 5.6 million book reviews, patrons can use this index to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more. This unique product is OpenURL compliant, which allows subscribers to link to full-text reviews from other sources.


BUSINESS PACKAGE

Gale Business: Plan Builder

Offers a step-by-step guide to starting and optimizing a business as well as how to manage it. The intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a plan focused on long-term success and the 400 highly-curated links to “Helpful Resources” inform and assist them in completing business planning activities.

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship

Mapped to four key business stages—plan, fund, start, and manage—this resource covers all major areas of starting and operating a business. Now integrated with Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 tools.

LegalForms with Law Digest

Empower patrons without law degrees to approach legal affairs with confidence. This valuable resource features state-specific, fill-in-the-blank forms and insight to help users understand and prepare for a wide range of legal topics, such as bankruptcy, landlord-tenant cases, name change, power of attorney, and living wills.

Gale Business: DemographicsNow

Connects users with timely, actionable market research for small business communities as well as demographic, psychographic, and consumer insights in targeted geographic locations to support business- planning activities.
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