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Gale is a very large American educational publisher of multiple research databases. There are up to 50 one-year accounts available to Wikipedians through this partnership. Each account receives access to:

• Academic OneFile, a database of more than 17,000 periodicals, including 3,000 peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Resources include Nature and the New York Times.
• General OneFile, a database of more than 14,000 periodicals including consumer magazines and trade and industry magazines. Resources include The Economist and Publishers Weekly.
• Infotrac Newsstand, full-text articles from over 2000 newspapers. Newspapers include New York Times (1985-present), The Times (1985-present), The Guardian (1990-present), and The Independent (1996-present). Full list available here.
• Selected content from Gale Virtual Reference Library including American Decades and Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
• Biography In Context, a database of biographical entries containing biographies on more than 400,000 people from over 170 sources.

Requirements

• You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia or on your home wiki linked from your application; (see Special:Preferences)
• You have an account that is a minimum of 6 months old
• You have a minimum of 500 edits to the encyclopedia
• You do not already have access to this resource through another library or institution

If you don't quite meet the experience requirements but think you would still be a strong candidate for access, feel free to apply and you may be considered

Expectations

Approved editors may

• Search, view, retrieve, and display portions of restricted content;
• Electronically save portions of restricted content;
• Print out single copies of portions of restricted content;

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
• Mass scrape or mass download Gale content
• Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose.
• Datamine metadata without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles.
• Violate any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the Gale website they are accessing.

Private and confidential information

• By applying to the Program, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and Gale. Wikipedia Library organizers contracted under the Wikimedia Foundation will abide by the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy and associated confidentiality agreements. Volunteer representatives of the Wikipedia Library are neither employees nor contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation (or Gale), but they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation

External video

Playlist of Gale tutorial videos

• Editors should always provide original citation information including a DOI where available, but otherwise as provided in the relevant Gale product, in addition to linking to Gale, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
• Editors should not provide bare links to restricted Gale pages
• Note (subscription required) in the citation, where appropriate
• Respect the copyright of Gale, in accordance with Wikipedia's copyright policy and their terms of use
• Cite resources in line with the citation examples provided by Gale, including use of the Wikipedia URLs generated by Gale.

Note that citation styles vary by article and editors can use the citation style that is most appropriate to the articles they are working with so long as they are complete.

Example

{{Cite journal|url = http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/GALE{{!}}A256635439/GPS|title = Escape into the past|last = |first = |date = 2011|journal = Paraplegia News|volume = 65|issue = 5|pages = 49–53}}{{subscription required|via=General OneFile}}

• "Escape into the past". Paraplegia News. 65 (5): 49–53. 2011.  – via General OneFile (subscription required)

Further participation

You can help The Wikipedia Library share this partnership:

• Add {{Wikipedia:Gale/Userbox}} to your user boxes. This helps us share our project with other experienced users.

Gale This user has access to Gale through The Wikipedia Library.

Applications

Add yourself at the bottom of the list with a line starting with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}) followed by an explanation of why you would like access to this resource. It is a good idea to include in your application text your editing areas benefited by access and examples of your commitment to content creation.

1. Amqui (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I contribute in a lot of subject areas, including but not limited to engineering, history, geography and other sciences. The vast majority of my edits are focused on content creation on French Wikipedia, I have created over 1,500 articles, wrote 14 Good Articles, and edited too many to count. I can read resources in English as this is my main language of work, but French is my native language. Having an account at GALE would give me access to resources that I don't have access to in other databases that I have access to. Thanks, Amqui (talk) 15:50, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

   Approved Sorry for the late attention; please check your mailbox for a Wikipedia Email with instruction to proceed. Anup [Talk] 04:26, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

2. Pax85 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) As I start to move more towards content creation, there are times when I have needed additional resources not found on line, such as a novel series that I am currently working with and needing access to past newspapers. My topic interests include theology, science, and literature, although I have been known to work on articles in many different areas. -Pax Verbum 17:12, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

   Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 13:16, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

3. AFlorence (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) --Florence (talk) 18:54, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

   Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 21:25, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

4. Hnaluru (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been an active user and contributor of Wikipedia for more than a decade and as I started inching towards more content development, I began to look at sources, Gale offers to provide such a platform and I am keen to be a part of this library. My interests include India, Archaeology, History, Science and Politics. Thanks for considering. Hnaluru (talk) 18:07, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

   Not approved: As you don't yet meet the experience requirements, I think it would be helpful for you to do a bit more editing first before applying for access. In the interim, I recommend using the Resource Exchange to seek specific sources you may need. Anup [Talk] 21:25, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

5. Struway2 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I contribute mainly in the area of British football, biographies as well as historical content. My BNA and Findmypast subscriptions have just expired, so I'm going to be working on more recent stuff, and access to Gale's range of local newspapers going back to the 1990s, which aren't available to me anywhere else online, would be particularly useful. Thanks, Struway2 (talk) 08:53, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

   Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 21:25, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

6. Keri (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Extremely useful for my article work in social history topics. Keri (talk) 15:19, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

   Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 04:47, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

7. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Generalist editing for 10 years across various articles. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 01:19, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

   Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 04:47, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

8. MWright96 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would like this resource to help me expand coverage on Women's biographies and sports. MWright96 (talk) 19:05, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

   Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 01:25, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

9. Lemongirl942 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I usually work with improving the sourcing of articles and I'm also active at AfDs. Gale has a lot of resources, particularly recent newspaper archives, which can help me to look for sources. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 23:08, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

   Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 06:51, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Lemongirl942: I'm yet to receive a response. Please check your mailbox for an email titled "Wikipedia Email (The Wikipedia Library)". If you changed your mind and do not want access to this resource, let me know so. Anup [Talk] 11:16, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey Anupmehra. Really sorry. Let me check. It must have gone into one of the filtered folders. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 11:18, 5 October 2016 (UTC). Update:Anupmehra, I just filled it up. Thank you. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 11:33, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for very quick response. I just sent you login credentials. Happy editing Wikipedia! Anup [Talk] 11:51, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

1. Apwoolrich (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would like access, please, for the work I do creating new articles on mostly British industrial history and biography. Apwoolrich (talk) 19:32, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

   Pending: @Apwoolrich: We have very limited number of accounts available. Do you need it for your draft in sandbox? If it is the only topic you need help with sources at this time, I'd suggest you to make use of WP:RX (see also: Shared Resources). Please let me know, if you plan to work on many others and access to this resource will be helpful for your work, and I'll very gladly approve your subscription request. Thank you. Anup [Talk] 20:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Yes please, I have ideas for other topics in the pipeline, the next one being Thomas Gilpin sr, Joshua Gilpin's father, and another on historical industrial espionage. Apwoolrich (talk) 07:32, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Approved: Expect an email shortly with further details. Anup [Talk] 17:45, 5 November 2016 (UTC)