Gale In Context: Biography
Meet The People Who Made History
Gale In Context: Biography is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Organised into a user-friendly portal experience, it merges Gale's authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia
Gale In Context: Biography
Providing coverage of the most searched and studied people, Gale In Context: Biography is built on a foundation of more than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. It offers authoritative reference content alongside, videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers.
- Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text
- Includes over 4,500 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures
- Continuously updated to ensure users have access to the very latest information
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subjects covered
- Arts
- History
- Literature
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Platform Features & Tools
Platform Tools
ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology, and on-demand text translation into 12 languages
Collaboration Tools
Integrated G Suite for Education and Microsoft Office 365 tools enable users to share, save, and download content—including highlights and notes.
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.
