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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><img width="164" height="70" id="Picture_x0020_39" src="cid:image003.png@01D0C0B5.E9C093B0" alt="research in context (large).png"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Earlier I <a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/libs-or/2015-May/009358.html">
announced</a> that Gale was developing a new middle school database, Research In Context (RIC), and that it would go live on July 1<sup>st</sup>. Here’s an update.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Research In Context is live.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">It is designed for students in grades 6-8 and replaces these databases, which are no longer available:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Discovering Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Junior Reference Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Student Resource Center Junior (different than Student Resources In Context, which is not changing)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">InfoTrac Junior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Since one function of Gale PowerSearch is to serve as the Gale common menu, you can find Research In Context by clicking on PowerSearch and scrolling through the database list. See the
next bullet about adding a specific link to RIC on your database page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Please alert the person who updates the database page on your library’s website. Database icons and library-specific URLs are available on the
<a href="http://galesupport.com/oregon/">Gale support site for Oregon library staff</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Research In Context’s interface is very similar to that of the other In Context products – like Opposing Viewpoints, Students Resources In Context, and U.S. History In Context – with a
few intentional but minor differences. Read more about the database on the <a href="http://gale.com/researchincontext">
Research In Context product page</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">If you are familiar with the other In Context products, there’s not much to learn with RIC. Explore the
<a href="http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/video/research-in-context/">brief video tutorials</a> for a quick overview. Sometime in August, you should start to see RIC sessions on the
<a href="http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/webinars/">webinar calendar</a>. After Gale hosts a few RIC webinars, they will post one on the
<a href="http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/webinars/recorded/">recorded webinars</a> page. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Free promotional posters, bookmarks, and tent cards should be available on the
<a href="http://www.melprinting.com/cengage/">Gale Promo</a> site by the fall. The shared login is gale690228 (username) and 690228 (password). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Have questions? Please ask.
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Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Earlier RIC announcement: <a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/libs-or/2015-May/009358.html">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/libs-or/2015-May/009358.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Gale support site for Oregon library staff:
<a href="http://galesupport.com/oregon/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://galesupport.com/oregon/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Research In Context <span style="color:blue">
p</span>roduct <span style="color:blue">p</span>age: <a href="http://blog.gale.com/support-middle-school-researchers-with-engaging-new-resource/">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://blog.gale.com/support-middle-school-researchers-with-engaging-new-resource/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Video tutorials: <a href="http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/video/research-in-context/">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/video/research-in-context/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Webinar calendar: <a href="http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/webinars/">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/webinars/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Recorded webinars: <a href="http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/webinars/recorded/">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/webinars/recorded/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Gale Promo: <a href="http://www.melprinting.com/cengage/">
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