Gale Cengage Learning: Expanded Academic and Health & Wellness Resource Center

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Year Joined PERii
2003 (previously Thomson Learning EMEA)

Resource Name
Expanded Academic and Health & Wellness Resource Center

Resource Type

  • Expanded Academic: Online Full Text and Abstracting Databases.
  • Health and Wellness Resource Center: Online database combining journal, reference, news and other health and medical content.

Access URL
URLs to product sites:

Title Listing

2010 title lists:

Expanded Academic

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Content Overview
Expanded Academic: Unparalleled in its depth and scope, this premier database offers balanced coverage of every academic subject -- from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies.

Health and Wellness Resource Center: For access to authoritative health and medical information, turn to the Health & Wellness Resource Center, a specialized reference tool that offers a vast collection of medical information to academic, medical and public libraries.

Subject Strengths
Expanded Academic ASAP:

  • economics, topics in business and finance
  • anthropology, archeology
  • computing and computers
  • education
  • art, literature, music, history
  • international relations, law
  • sociology, philosophy, religion

Health and Wellness Resource Centre

  • various topics in medicine and health
  • STDs and AIDS
  • psychology and mental health
  • nursing
  • includes the BMJ and JAMA

Service Strengths
Expanded Academic:

  • 4,849 journals, 2,676 in full text
  • industry-leading interface and searching; excellent navigation
  • multi-publisher searching through a single, intuitive interface
  • saved search facility for repeat search queries
  • user statistics available

Health and Wellness Resource Center:

  • Health and medical journals and pamphlets (nearly 70% in full-text)
  • Articles from 2,200 general-interest publications
  • A broad collection of Gale Cengage reference titles
  • Instant access to key health Web sites
  • Reputable sources including Medical and Health Information Directory and PDR Family Guides

Usage Guides
Usage information can be found on the Gale website.

Registration Information
Each developing country institution eligible for access (eligibility criteria, Document 38kb) is required to register to use Gale Cengage Learning. If you have not used this resource before, you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the PERii registration system and select your country and institution.

Access Information
Access by IP address recognition with username and password access for remote users.

Publisher Support/Help Contact
Cengage Learning EMEA
Cheriton House
North Way, Andover
Hampshire SP10 5BE
Tel: +44 (0) 1264 343 085
Email: emea.enquiries@cengage.com

URL to General Publisher Site
http://www.gale.cengage.com/

Further Information from your Country Coordinator
The details for your country coordinator can be found on your country page. Please use the 'Country Finder on the right-hand side of this page.

Information for Librarians

Platform
GaleCengage Learning

PERii FAQs
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about registration and access, see the Information resources FAQ page.

PERii Help Documents
Please see the online help documents for further information about INASP policy on username and password access, registration, registration record keeping, downloading from publishers websites, access issues and statistics.

Publisher FAQs
Expanded Academic FAQs
Health and Wellness Resource Centre FAQs