Gale is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print and in microform.

Gale family of publishing imprints includes such noted reference brands as:

• Macmillan Reference USA(TM)

• Charles Scribner's Sons(TM)

• Primary Source Microfilm(TM)

• Responsive Database Services

Gale also serves the K-12 market with its U-X-L(R), Greenhaven Press(R), Lucent Books(R), KidHaven Press(TM), Blackbirch Press(R), and Sleeping Bear Press(TM) imprints. Thorndike Press(R), Walker Large Print(TM) and Wheeler Publishing(TM) serve libraries' large print collections, while the Taft Group(R), specializes in reference materials for the nonprofit sector.Gale operating companies include the U.K.-based Graham & Whiteside(TM).

In addition to serving the school and library communities, Gale also licenses its proprietary content for integration within Web-based information services. Nearly 100 organizations - including Looksmart, Borders, Dow Jones, WebMD, and Cengage Financial - presently enjoy strategic business distribution partnerships with Cengage Gale.

Gale is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with additional offices elsewhere in the U.S. and in the U.K., Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Malaysia.

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