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Gale Announces New Search Interface and Enhanced Features for Biography Resource Center

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 22, 2007 – At this week’s American Library Association National Conference, Gale will showcase Biography Resource Center’s new search interface and range of enhanced features.

Enhancements to Biography Resource Center are designed to make the database easier to use and highlight the currency of this acclaimed resource.  Navigational elements are streamlined, including more direct access to the open Web from the Websites tab.  Category Browse creates a new pathway to biographies on highly notable individuals from ancient to current times.  Results for full-length biographies are ordered by update date and the Recent Update news icon has been made easier to see, leading users to updated biographies more efficiently.

Also included in the improved Biography Resource Center are:

• A freshened, more contemporary interface
• Category Browse, with biographical profiles in more than 15 categories (and growing), including athletes, world leaders, multicultural groups and more
• Results lists that display and order full-length biographies by date last updated
• Word counts following citations for individual biographies on results lists
• Renamed reference content tabs for improved clarity and navigation
• More direct access to open Web addresses from the vetted Websites tab

The Biography Resource Center is a comprehensive database of biographical information on over 340,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 432,000 biographies from over 980 volumes of more than 135 respected Gale sources with full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines, nearly 19,000 vetted websites, and more than 27,000 images. More than 50 volumes of new and updated content are added to the database each year.
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For more information, contact Vanessa Birch at vanessa.birch@cengage.com.

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