CVHS Library now offers access to Gale in Context: Biography.
Biographical research just got better for CVHS students!
Gale In Context: Biography offers authoritative reference content covering historically significant people to present-day changemakers. It is continuously updated to ensure students have access to the very latest information.
For those who remember the (International) Dictionary of National Biography, this is the database has exclusive rights to that content. The editorial group for the DNB continues to research and create entries in this contemporary e-resource.
Access
Students, teachers and staff can access the database through the Library's Database A-Z List. Access is now offered via Google Single Sign-on (SSO).
Navigation: Databases A-Z
Teachers, please do not bookmark library databases. Instead, guide students to access the library homepage, find the Database A-Z list and select a database. This is not only an essential media and information literacy skill that all students need to learn before college, but it is also important as libraries regularly update links to keep our users connected. The publishing and cybersecurity industries change rapidly. Providing durable digital access is a core e-resource management service that modern libraries provide their communities. Please take advantage of it!
Guide students to the Database A-Z list.
Make an appointment with Ms. Stambaugh if you would like training or would like her to come to one of your classes.
Subject Guides
In the next few weeks, Ms. Stambaugh will update the library subject guides on the library website to integrate Gale in Context: Biography into the guides.
Subject guides help students and teachers find the best databases available to them in their discipline.
All Gale Databases are now accessed via Google SSO.
CVUSD Libraries have transitioned access for all Gale databases from Geolocation technology to Google Single Sign-on.
The following Gale e-resources are accessible 24/7 via Google Single Sign-on. Students and teachers can now “sign in with Google” to gain access.
Site libraries have begun to transition their links to the new secure links. Most of CVUSD libraries do not yet have an e-resource management function built into their websites, so this transition make take certain sites longer to implement than others. Thank you for your patience as our libraries modernize!
Why the change?
Authentication to Gale databases via Google Single Sign-on provides three key benefits:
1. Secure 24/7 easy access for students using their existing Google accounts. No usernames and passwords.
2. Students can download articles and push citations directly into their Google Drives and Google docs and teachers can integrate library databases into Google classroom.
3. Librarians can review usage data specific to CVUSD for assessment. Usage data is anonymized.
Who supports these databases?
The California State Library sponsors access to the Gale Science, Environmental Science and National Geographic databases with a statewide, negotiated publisher license on behalf of all K-12 schools. The statewide license is funded by the California Department of Education (CDE.)
CVUSD sponsors access to the Gale Biography database at CVHS. It is funded by California Lottery funds for schools. It is not available via the California State Library.