Scope

• Thomson has accumulated a number of databases that are all now integrated under the Gale Group, though some of the databases are indentified specifically under the Infotrac name.
• These databases are the most used databases by the K12, public, and academic library community (librarians and consumers) in general. This is because of the company's successful marketing and the creation of multiple, targeted databases for specific markets. This is done through reconfigurations and selections of sets of records from the total number of records that Gale has licensed from various publishers.
• Most of the database configurations are listed below, though the company will create customized mixes of records for particular customers. For example, Gale's "Custom Journals" program allows a customer to select a certain number of journals for a specific licensing fee.
• What databases any particular library has depends on the library's assessment of what their patrons need and how much money the library has to spend on databases. Consortia of different groups of libraries (public libraries, California State Universities, community colleges, private K12 schools) have negotiated group discounts that have significantly brought down the cost of Gale Group products for the individual library.
• NOTE: The Ingenta database is a large database that Gale has contracted with to provide additional content, including the delivery of full-text documents.

Example Databases by Category

General Databases

• Academic ASAP 1980 -
• Custom Journals
• Expanded Academic ASAP 1980 -
• Expanded Academic ASAP Int'l Ed. 1980 -
• General Reference Center Gold 1980 -
• Gen'l Reference Ctr (Magazine Index) 1980 -
• General Reference Center Select 1985 -
• InfoTrac OneFile 1980 -

Business Databases

• Business and Company ASAP 1980 -
• Business and Company Resource Center 1980 -
• Business Index ASAP 1998 - with access to backfile (1980 - 1997)
• Business Intl & Company Profiles 1998 -
• Business Index ASAP 1980 -
• General BusinessFile Internat'l 1980 -
• General BusinessFile ASAP 1980 -
• European Business ASAP 1983 -
• Investex
• PROMT 1998 - (Products, technologies)

Specialized Databases

• Acxiom InfoBase Phone Directory
• Books In Print
• Books In Print with Book Reviews
• Contemporary Authors
• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Computer Database 1998 -
• ¡Informe! (Revistas en Español) 1998 -

Health Databases

• Health Reference Center-Academic 1997 -
• Health Reference Center 1997 -

K-12 Databases

• Student Resource Center
• Student Edition 1985 -
• Kid's Edition 1998 -
• CPI.Q. 1988 - (Canadian publications, school-oriented.)

Newspaper & Newsletter Databases

• InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
• National Newspaper Index 1998 -
• Newsletters ASAP 1996 -

Title Counts for Online Databases - Updated August 15, 2004

• This is from the Gale Title Lists page for its databases.
• Each number represents the "total number of periodicals, excluding name changes."
• Remember that there is a lot of overlap between many of the databases, with many of them sharing a large part of the same periodicals and articles.
• In theory the "InfoTrac OneFile" contains all of the periodicals and articles that Gale indexes. One rep told me (mid-2004) that some publishers (New York Times, for example) are not allowing the OneFile product to provide the full text of their publication, though other Gale databases many have the full text.

  Database Name	Indexed	Full Text	Images
  Academic ASAP	1253	708	590
  Biography Resource Center	272	272	224
  Business & Company Profile ASAP	3371	2676	1450
  Business & Company Resource Center	4066	2972	1586
  Business ASAP	3371	2676	1450
  Business ASAP International	3572	2605	1470
  Business International and Company Profile ASAP	3572	2605	1470
  Computer Database	654	356	156
  European Business ASAP	132	116	81
  Expanded Academic ASAP	3543	2179	1742
  General Academic ASAP International	316	32	22
  General Business File ASAP	3371	2676	1450
  General Business File ASAP International	3572	2605	1470
  General Reference Center	1300	989	656
  General Reference Center Gold	4440	3484	2190
  General Reference Centre International	4462	3360	2193
  Health Reference Center Academic	889	677	434
  Health and Wellness Resource Center	857	644	425
  Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Module	58	39	16
  History Resource Center Modern World	141	138	100
  History Resource Center U.S.	122	121	87
  Informe Revistas en Espanol	140	140	116
  InfoTrac Custom	7518	4886	3110
  InfoTrac Custom Newspapers	388	388	0
  Ingenta	5900	5900	5900
  InfoTrac OneFile	9632	5464	3271
  InfoTrac Kids Edition	135	130	32
  InfoTrac Junior Edition	205	191	69
  InfoTrac Student Edition	545	469	231
  Kids InfoBits	121	120	51
  LegalTrac	1427	123	107
  Literature Resource Center	258	258	NA
  Newsletters ASAP	486	486	53
  Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center	122	122	71
  PROMT	400	240	87
  Student Resource Center College (w/ Academic ASAP)	1297	750	594
  Student Resource Center College (w/ Expanded Academic)	3602	2234	1758
  Student Resource Center Gold	1310	1234	854
  Student Resource Center Silver	1010	945	619
  Student Resource Center Bronze	817	754	456
  Student Resource Center Junior	447	419	203
  Student Resource Center Health Module	62	62	53