Gale PowerSearch

Gale PowerSearch gives you all the tools you need to search across multiple Gale collections of periodical and reference content, while efficiently managing your results. With the cross-search feature of Thomson Gale PowerSearch, you can search one, several, or even all available databases simultaneously.

Databases available for cross-searching include:

• InfoTrac OneFile

• Professional Collection   

• Expanded Academic ASAP  

• General Business File ASAP

• General Reference Center Gold

• Health Reference Center Academic   

• Junior Edition

• Student Edition

• Computer Database

• Religion & Philosophy Database   

• Military & Intelligence Database   

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

Not sure what you'll find in a particular database? Gale PowerSearch makes it easy for you to select the databases most appropriate to include in your cross-search by providing an alphabetical listing of databases along with product descriptions. You may even decide to leave Gale PowerSearch and continue your research directly in a single Gale database.

Selecting databases:

You will see a listing of the Gale collections to which your library subscribes. Databases that may be included in a cross-search are listed first. Simply select one or more databases to include in your search, or click Select All to include all the cross-searchable collections shown in your search. Databases that you have selected to cross-search are highlighted.

Depending on your library setup, some databases may be selected by default (a checkmark appears automatically). Keep the checkmark to include the database in your search, or click to remove the checkmark. Click the Submit button when you have finished making your selections.

Choose from Many Search Options:

You have many search options in Gale PowerSearch to find the information you seek, whether you wish to enter one or two keywords, search using pre-defined subject terms, or construct complex search queries using Boolean logic.