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

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Expanded Academic

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Name of service
Expanded Academic and Health & Wellness Resource Center

License Agreed

Expanded Academic: Country-wide for all not-for-profit libraries, research and learning institutes 

Health and Wellness Resource Center: Country-wide for all not-for-profit libraries, research and learning institutes 

Service 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

Content

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.

Titles of Journals

Expanded Academic:
Journals - http://www.gale.com/tlist/sb5019.xls

Health and Wellness Resource Center:
Journals - http://www.gale.com/tlist/sb5117.doc
Reference Titles - http://www.gale.com/tlist/hwrc_rt.xls
Pamphlets - http://www.gale.com/tlist/hwrc_pam.xls

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:

  • 4,241 journals, 2,529 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 Thomson Gale reference titles
  • Instant access to key health Web sites
  • Reputable sources including Medical and Health Information Directory and PDR Family Guides

Archival information
Journal coverage can start from 1980.

URLs to platform/collection access

Expanded Academic ASAP:
http://www.gale.com/ExpandedAcademic/index.htm

Health & Wellness Resource Center: http://www.gale.com/HealthRC

Registration
Each institution is required to register to use Expanded Academic and Health and Wellness Resource Center.  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 INASP registration database and select your country and institution.

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

URL to general publisher site
http://lr.thomsonlearning.co.uk/

For help and support from the publisher please contact
Thomson Learning
High Holborn House
50/51 Bedford Row
London
WC1R 4LR
Tel: +44 (0)20 7067 2500
Fax: +44 (0)20 7067 2600
Email: emea.enquiries@cengage.com

For further information please contact your country coordinator
Please contact your country coordinator, whose details can be found on your country page. Please select your country from the drop-down menu on the top right of this page.

More information for librarians
Go to the Librarian’s page please click here.