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Get the Word Out about Gale LegalForms

Finding reliable, relevant, and state-specific legal forms is super easy with Gale LegalForms. While we are able to recommend it to patrons when they ask for help, how can we get the word out when they don’t ask?!

Thankfully, Gale’s done the work for us! They have a selection of Marketing Materials to highlight this very useful resource.

Gale Support offers marketing materials to create bookmarks, blog posts, flyers, social media posts & more.

Screen shot of list of GaleLegalForms marketing materials.
This is just a sampling of what’s available!

Many of the products are customizable for your location where you can add your library’s logo, website, etc.

Screenshot of Gale LegalForm marketing poster with red arrows pointing to areas that are customizable.
Customize documents specific to your library!

You can print flyers or shelf talkers to display near your collection of legal titles or to post in high-traffic areas or near computer centers.

Find them all on Gale’s Marketing Materials site: https://support.gale.com/doc/gale-legalforms-one-sheet

Don’t let users think they have to pay for legal forms online. Make sure they know they can get reliable free resources from your library!

-Richelle, Sewickley Public Library

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Get to Using Gale In Context

Gale World History In Context
Gale Biography In Context
Gale U.S. History In Context

I know the kids would rather not hear this but school days are creeping ever closer… and thus I do want to remind everyone of the great school resources that the county libraries provide for those upcoming school projects. Gale In Context has some great offerings to help with those history projects and papers.

World History and U.S. History are the two history databases to help you ace the new school year. Now for information on historical and famous figures you can trust Biography In Context. Get those grades up with reliable sources from the county libraries Gale In Context databases this year!

Have a Great Gale related school year!

~Adrianne, Northland Public Library

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Gale LegalForms

Have you ever had a patron inquire about legal forms? Well, there’s a database for that! Gale LegalForms connects patrons to the Pennsylvania Legal Form Library and offers access to a wide variety of templates.

front page of Pennsylvania Legal form library

Patrons can browse by category or search for a specific form needed, and all forms are easily available and specific to Pennsylvania. For most topics, there are also multiple forms to choose from, allowing patrons to find the one that best suits their needs. The documents come in MS Word format, allowing patrons to easily edit them. Best of all, there are no fees!

Erin Weaver, Bridgeville Public Library

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Kids InfoBits and Accessibility

One of the greatest tools we have to offer children is the Kids InfoBits database. You might already know it for its wide subject base and ability to adjust the reading levels of its content, making it an invaluable tool for any elementary-age student, but it’s also built with a number of features that make it accessible to everyone:

  • You can have the text of the article read aloud by selecting the speaker icon at the top of the page. This function means the website is instantly accessible to anyone whose reading skills aren’t quite advanced enough to read it on their own. It also makes this a valuable tool for new readers: they can play the audio while reading, leading to higher word recognition and comprehension of the sentences.
  • Adjustable text size makes the content available to anyone with visual impairments, and increases readability on a variety of screens. For younger readers who are used to seeing text nice and big, the text can be adjusted to be more familiar.
  • Display options can be customized. The background color can be changed, and, most importantly, so can the text. There are only four font options, but one is Open Dyslexic, a font that’s easier for people with dyslexia to read. On top of different fonts, you can also adjust the spacing of each line, letter, and word.
  • Articles can be translated to a variety of languages. You can also change your interface language, so the entire website will be presented to you in your chosen language. The importance of that is obvious, but I’ve got an additional benefit: for libraries with limited collections of books in languages other than English, this is a really useful tool. Kids InfoBits provides hours of readable content for kids who are learning a second language (and, of course, for anyone learning English as a second language).

With all of these features, Kids InfoBits is not only a great reference source, but an excellent companion to your early reader and international languages collections.

-Jaime @ Penn Hills Library

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