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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has acquired the assets of Questia Media, Inc., a leading provider of information and educational resources to students through its questia.com and questiaschool.com products. Questia provides a premium subscription-based online information service that gives users access to more than 76,000 books from 300+ publishers and millions of articles from journals, magazines and newspapers. "Questia has developed...

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Many business charts have sophisticated and intelligent underlying information, but the presentation fails to convey the intended message. That's the underlying premise of a new book, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics, authored by Dona M. Wong, strategy director of information design for global strategic branding firm and simplified communications pioneer Siegel+Gale. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100120/NY40758 ) "In...

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of print and digital teaching, learning and research solutions for the academic, professional and library markets, today announced that the company has been selected by Westwood College to provide a broad range of content assets and curriculum resources to strengthen the school's offering for students. Westwood College is an institution of higher education with 18 campuses across the country including an...

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of print and digital teaching, learning and research solutions for the academic, professional and library markets, launched CengageBrain.com, a retail outlet providing students with a variety of choices for obtaining the company's diverse array of learning solutions. At CengageBrain.com students can now rent textbooks for up to 70% off the suggested retail price, and purchase print textbooks, eTextbooks,...

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Learning, will commission an independent board to examine the factual accuracy, scholarly basis, coverage, scope, and balance of every article in The Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. This step is being taken to address concerns from several organizations regarding one of the nearly 400 articles in the work, "Zionism," by Noel Ignatiev. The groups questioned the lack of articles regarding other nationalist movements in the...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Learning, today announced the launch of the AccessMyLibrary (AML) mobile application for the iPhone - making access to library research just a click away on a mobile phone. AccessMyLibrary, a groundbreaking library advocacy program, is a major portal from the Internet to libraries, allowing Web searchers to find what they need by connecting them to their local library. This service helps people find quality...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world's largest distributor of physical and digital books and entertainment products, and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, are proud to announce their partnership to distribute the highly regarded Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) e-book collection. Baker & Taylor, the first wholesaler to sell the GVRL platform, will distribute GVRL - including Literature Criticism Online and Gale Directory Library - in the...

STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, one of the world's leading providers of print and digital educational materials for the academic, professional and library markets, today announced the appointment of Ron Mobed as President of the company's Academic and Professional Group, effective immediately. Mobed will serve on the company's executive committee and report to Ronald Dunn, President and Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Charles Siegel who is retiring after...

LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Global brand consultancy Siegel+Gale announced today that it has appointed Tom Blackett as Chairman of its UK office. Mr. Blackett was formerly Group Deputy Chairman of Interbrand, and spent 25 years with the company working in all areas of corporate and product brand development for clients throughout the world. "We have built an outstanding team of talented people in London who are doing world-class work for our clients in Europe and the...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Learning, along with The British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), have made nineteenth-century British newspapers available on the internet. The database, known as "British Newspapers, 1800-1900" and available at http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/, gives users access to over two million newspaper pages from 49 different national and regional newspapers from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland....