[Michlib-l] January Gale Webinars for MeL Resources

Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) BiggsD at michigan.gov
Wed Jan 17 14:23:05 EST 2018


There’s still time to register!  First one is tomorrow—Jan. 18th: Gale Directory Library

Please share widely!
Thank you,
Deb

D. R. Biggs, MA AMLS
Library Consultant & Michigan eLibrary Coordinator
Library of Michigan/Michigan Department of Education
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MeL Minute: January Gale Webinars

[Deb Renee Biggs and Sonya Schryer Norris]Greetings,



For your continuing education pleasure, please note the following Gale resources for January. The following webinars are all available at no cost to help further understanding and use of MeL’s Gale database content.  Please register soon and share widely.  Your small business owners/entrepreneurs are welcome to attend the Gale Directory Library and DemoNow webinars and homeschool families the education resource webinars.



Gale Directory Library

January 18, 2018 @ 1 pm EST

Register:  https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=ef408436efaf6d680e7f98714c9f8a642

Search titles like Encyclopedia of Associations and Ward’s Business Directory online in the new Gale Directory Library provided by MeL.  The new experience is fully mobile-responsive, and offers a user-friendly experience including the integration of G-Suite, Microsoft Office, and other popular features available in leading Gale products.  In this session, we will cover the new features available as well as well as best practices when searching in Gale Directory Library.





DemographicsNow: How to pull business or household information to create mailing lists!

January 22, 2018 @ 10 am EST

Register:

https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=e65c818a19d2b276f08a4b5313d656f1a

Companies, small businesses, and organizations of all sizes recognize the power of big data for growth and success. However, typical approaches to gathering and analyzing data can be time consuming, costly, and complicated.  DemographicsNow, available to all residents in Michigan through MeL (Michigan eLibrary), is a single resource solution that offers up-to-date and easy access to demographic data, consumer spending data, and more!

Join this session to learn more about how to create a list using the business and people directory in DemographicsNow.  We will learn how you can use these lists to target mailings and gather more information about the people & businesses in a certain area.





DemographicsNow: How to pull demographic data, consumer spending data, and more!

January 25 @11 am EST

Register:

https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1ab8e42d33a2dde8bce2500c3c0e852f



Companies, small businesses, and organizations of all sizes recognize the power of big data for growth and success.  However, typical approaches to gathering data can be time consuming, costly, and complicated.  DemographicsNow, available to all residents in Michigan through MeL (Michigan eLibrary), is a single resource solution that offers up-to-date and easy access to demographic data, consumer spending data, and more!

Join this session to learn more about the demographic data, psychographic data, and consumer spending data available in DemographicsNow.  You will also learn how to pull this data for various geographies & how to customize reports to provide you with only the data you are looking for.





Meeting the Needs of Middle School Students with Gale’s Research In Context

January 31, 2018 @ 2pm EST

Register:

https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=e20bc098540255aef948a3f5d92914497

Research In Context, available through Michigan eLibrary, is created specifically for middle school level researchers.  It brings together authoritative content in a variety of formats on one modern, student-friendly, and mobile-responsive interface. Join us in this webinar to learn more about how to use Research In Context as a classroom tool, as a homework helper, and for entry level research projects at the middle school level.



Brought to you by Deb Renee Biggs and Sonya Schryer Norris, Library Consultants at the Library of Michigan



MeL databases are available to Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.



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