Gale In Context: Global Issues
EXPAND THE UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT US ALL
DISCOVER A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS
Vetted content is provided from over 366 geographically diverse newspapers, magazines, and journals, including 171 newspapers that are published in countries other than the United States. With a truly global view, users can find information on business and economics, conflict and diplomacy, society and culture, environment and climate change, and more.
ACCESS AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE
Users will find over 680 topic and issue pages and 250 country and territory topic pages. Gale In Context: Global Issues is cross-searchable with Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints.
HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS
Exclusive to Gale In Context: Global Issues, Global Issues Viewpoints contains more than 3,783 exclusive commentaries that provide background and guidance on significant topics.
NAVIGATE EASILY ACROSS TOPICS
A similar user experience for all Gale products allows users to spend more time with content and less time learning navigation tools.
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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.
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.
SEARCH FUNCTIONS
Researchers can search by Lexile range or find content based on basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of complexity.
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
“I use Gale In Context resources across all subject areas in my high school. Their robust content, and ease of use, have helped me to foster a collaborative spirit with my teachers. This year we used Gale In Context: Global Issues with science research teachers and students that were participating in a biomimetics competition in relation to the U.N. Sustainability Goals, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.”
- Teacher Librarian, Garden City High School, NY
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Additional Details
subjects covered
- Business & Economics
- World History
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
"In addition to providing a comprehensive look at current international issues, Global Issues in Context also aids with links to important historical context and information on countries and cultures. With an organized and user-friendly interface, content is media-rich- always an attractive feature with secondary school audiences, and offers authoritative analysis from a non-US perspective.”
"This product could easily be used in a high school or undergraduate library for basic research needs. The students will appreciate the cross-linked articles and the multimedia features. It would also be a welcome addition to larger public libraries for patrons researching countries for business needs and travel to foreign countries or patrons interested in current events."
