Gale In Context: Biography
Meet The People Who Made History
ACCESS KEY INFORMATION ON INFLUENTIAL FIGURES
Built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries, Gale In Context: Biography covers international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
LOCATE TRUSTED CONTENT WITH EASE
Over 5,000 curated biography pages on contemporary and historical figures that are continually updated, merging authoritative reference content with periodicals and multimedia.
FIND THE RIGHT CONTENT WITH QUALITY SEARCHES
Search for people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.
NAVIGATE EFFORTLESSLY ACROSS ARTICLES
A similar user experience for all Gale products allows users to spend more time with content and less time learning navigation and tools.
Provide an Accessible, Efficient Platform
PLATFORM TOOLS
Accommodate learners with on-demand article translation into 50 languages and ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology into more than 20 languages.
SEARCH FUNCTIONS
Researchers can search by Lexile range or find content based on basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of complexity.
CITATION TOOLS
Integrated directly into the user’s workflow, MLA, APA, Chicago, and Harvard style citations are supported. Formatted citations can be easily imported from single or multiple documents to services like EasyBib or NoodleTools.
HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES
Organize, save, and share highlights and annotations within content.
MASTER WORKFLOW
Expand access and increase discovery by integrating Gale resources into your learning management system. Add to that the power of Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 tools, which enable users to easily share, save, and download content— including highlights and notes.
PART OF THE AWARD-WINNING GALE IN CONTEXT SUITE
The Gale In Context suite of student databases meets the needs of today’s learners with a user-friendly, mobile-responsive design. Eye-catching, engaging, topical resources provide current, authoritative, media-rich content that seamlessly integrates with curriculum-aligned materials that span core subject areas.
GET THE MOST VALUE OUT OF YOUR INVESTMENT
Gale In Context: For Educators gives teachers the power to amplify the rich content within Gale In Context: Biography in their classrooms.
When used in conjunction with For Educators, teachers can:
- Access prebuilt lesson plans for resources with differentiation tools and quizzes to check for student understanding.
- Use curation tools to collect a variety of resources into lesson folders, making it easier to pair Gale In Context: Biography content with other contextual Gale content or outside materials and links that might be useful.
- Customize assignments to embed instructions, writing prom
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL
"Because you can create new projects in a fraction of the time, more can happen in a year. The transference of skills learned on these databases will be used at the collegiate level."
- English Teacher, San Luis Obispo High School, CA
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Additional Details
subjects covered
- Biography
Platform Features & Tools
Translation Tools
ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology, and on-demand text translation into over 50 languages.
Workflow Tools
Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 tools enable users to share, save, and download content—including highlights and notes. Learn More
Citation Tools
Integrated directly into the user’s workflow, formatted citations can be easily imported from single or multiple documents to services like EasyBib or NoodleTools. MLA-, APA-, and Chicago-style citations are supported.
Reviews & Testimonials
“We emphasize that one of the most important skills students need when they leave here is the ability to effectively search and find high-quality research resources, and Gale’s databases are an essential component of this skill set.”
"This database will help teacher librarians ensure that subjects are available, up-to-date, and interesting to students."
