Using GALE In Context
High School

Level 2 Tool

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  Middle

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This information last checked: 09/06/2019

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Overview

Gale In Context: High School offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards and reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Learners can access news content including full-text newspapers and periodicals like The Economist, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Science, Smithsonian, and more. Empower learning with hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections that include archival film clips, broadcast video, BBC News, New York Times video, and NPR.

Target Audience:  Grades 9-12  Content Connections:  All 

Why use your library's GALE resources? 

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Content & Features

• GALE In Context High School provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including:
• Reference articles from acclaimed publications like American Decades
• Periodical and newspaper articles from the New York Times, USA Today, and many others
• Primary sources
• Multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables
• Video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources

• Subjects covered: 

• Humanities & Social Sciences

• Literature

• Science

• U.S. History

• World History 

• Title List 

Learning Supports & Tools

• Interface available in more than 34 languages
• ReadSpeaker technology with 19 text-to-speech languages
• Dictionary 
• Downloadable PDFs allow for offline reading anytime, anywhere
• Source citations at the bottom of each article. Export citations to NoodleTools.
• Highlight & take notes; Sign In with Microsoft Office to export highlights/notes to OneDrive. 
• Lexile/Reading Level:  Used Advanced Search for a target audience or Lexile range; or after searching, Limit Search Results (on right sidebar) to a reading level or Lexile range.  

Tutorials & Guides

GALE In Context Enhancements (recorded Webinar)
In July 2019, GALE In Context resources received interface enhancements designed to increase access to library resources and have a greater impact on user success. This Webinar reviews the changes to Gale In Context resources and how these improvements will help researchers.

GALE Tools video tutorials (tools included in all GALE databases): 

• Gale Tools - Downloading and Sending to Google Drive and OneDrive
• Gale Tools - Cite
• Gale Tools - Get Link
• Gale Tools - Highlights and Notes
• Gale Tools - Topic Finder

Guides & Tip Sheets:

• Gale In Context: High School Resource Guide 
• Gale In Context Content Levels Guide
• Link to Trusted Gale Content - Get Link Guide  

Educator Resources

• Direct Linking:  Select Get Link on the horizontal navigation bar; a new window will open displaying the direct link URL.
• Link to Trusted Gale Content - Get Link Guide 
• Gale Tools - Get Link video tutorial