Thomson Gale, a business of The Thomson Corporation, 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.

The Thomson Gale family of publishing imprints includes such noted reference brands as Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner's Sons®, Primary Source Microfilm™ and Scholarly Resources Inc.

Thomson Gale also serves the K-12 market with its U·X·L®, Greenhaven Press®, Lucent Books®, KidHaven Press™, Blackbirch Press® and Sleeping Bear Press™ imprints.

Thorndike Press®, Walker Large Print™, Wheeler Publishing™, Five Star™ and Large Print Press™ serve libraries' large print collections, while the Taft Group® specializes in reference materials for the nonprofit sector.

Thomson Gale operating companies include distinguished German reference publisher K.G. Saur™ and the U.K.-based Graham & Whiteside™.

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

Thomson 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.

The Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation with 2004 revenues from continuing operations of $8.10 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) has approximately 38,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. Its learning businesses and brands serve the needs of individuals, learning institutions, corporations and government agencies with products and services for both traditional and distributed learning.

The Thomson Gale offer to eIFL

Thomson Gale are pleased to offer the following online databases to select countries within the eIFL community:

• Literature Resource Center - http://www.gale.com/LitRC
• Business & Company Resource Center - http://www.gale.com/BusinessRC
• InfoTrac OneFile - http://www.gale.com/onefile
• Biogrpahy Resource Center - http://www.gale.com/BiographyRC
• Health and Wellness Resource Center - http://www.gale.com/HealthRC
• History Resource Center - Modern World - http://www.gale.com/HistoryRCWorld

Thomson Gale offers online access to all of the above mentioned online databases for the 3-year period (2005-2008) to eIFL countries at greatly discounted rates.

If you are an institution in one of the eIFL countries and would either like to know whether your institution has access to the Thomson Gale online databases or how to gain access to them, please get in touch with your country coordinator.