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Global Issues in Context is a new electronic resource that offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues – social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural – and headlines in world hot spots. It provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

Global Issues in Context focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues, such as genocide in Darfur, product safety of Chinese imports, sectarian violence in Iraq, changing weather patterns across the globe, and disaster recovery in Indonesia and New Orleans. It also includes detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies and, International periodicals and news sources that bring additional insight and currency.

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the World News section of the home page is customizable - you can choose the news sources that are displayed for your patrons

Global Issues in Context includes a variety of sources and media formats:

• Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, contemporary stances, and the impact of each of the issues and news events featured.
• Expert Perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects, for example, cultural, religious, political, social, economic, scientific or health related.
• Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations.
• Full-text international Magazines, Academic Journals, and News Sources.
• Primary Sources, such as legislation and court proceedings
• Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts
• Such Multimedia elements as images, podcasts, and audio
• Links to Web sites, including government sites and organizations

Global Issues in Context also features robust tools such as a curriculum standards search, Lexiles reading scores for periodicals, a translation feature, research tools and a research guide, a link to Discovery Education's streaming, a vast digital media library, for customers who subscribe to streaming, and more! Give your students the tools to better compete in a increasingly global marketplace with Global Issues in Context.

There are more than 250 issue portals containing topic overviews, global perspectives, statistics, podcasts and more - 10 portals are added monthly!

There are more than 190 country portals that contain country and cultural information, statistics, maps, flags, images, podcasts and more

Searches are displayed by result/type format including reference, magazines, news, podcasts, videos and more

Review:

"Global Issues in Context provides today's classrooms and libraries with up-to-date contemporary perspectives on global issues. Gale's Global Issues in Context is a must-have."
--School Library Journal, June 2009

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