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Curriculum-Oriented Database Recognized for Excellence in Online Science Category

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 17, 2007 - Thomson Gale's Science Resource Center was awarded the Software & Information Industry's (SIIA) prestigious Codie Award in the category of best online science or technology service. Science Resource Center is an in-depth, supplemental curriculum science library that provides a one-stop resource for all secondary science-related research needs.

As the winner of the Best Online Science or Technology Service, Science Resource Center was recognized for being the online service that best conveys scientific or technological information. In 2007, Thomson Gale will invest over $250,000 in Science Resource Center to review and revise 10 content sets and add two new, thoroughly updated content sets. The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 4th Edition will be replaced with a new edition, and the full-text of a key science magazine, Discover, will be added on a go-forward basis.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 16, 2007 - This week (April 15-21) is National Library Week, an observance celebrating the contributions of our country's libraries and librarians. What better time to demonstrate the many reasons why you love your library!

In honor of National Library Week 2007, Thomson Gale is launching librareo (www.gale.com/librareo), an online community for libraries and the people who love them. To make certain librareo gets off to a great start, from April 15 until the end of June, librareo will host a very unique contest - the "I Love my Library" video contest.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 16, 2007 - Think nothing good is free? Think free information can't possibly be good information? Think again! During National Library Week (April 15-21, 2007), Thomson Gale, a part of Thomson Learning, is giving nationwide, free access to its entire product suite of more than 100 online databases, each brimming with authoritative, expert information in the form of journal articles, electronic encyclopedias and electronic reference books, and covering a wide range of topics and subject areas.