Gale In Context Middle School

The United States Air Force is conducting market research to determine if there are businesses available that can provide a database combining reference content, age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more for middle school students. The database should support national and state curriculum standards for grades 6-8 and provide authoritative information from leading sources. Key features should include a discovery layer, sorting by source types and publication date, subject thesaurus, and HTML or PDF viewing. The database should also have search functionality, customer convenience services, and be able to interface with all 4 service branch libraries using industry standard authentication methods. Some of the key requirements for the database include: • Providing over 300 topic pages that support national and state curriculum standards • Offering content written explicitly for middle school students on various topics • Accommodating different learning styles with a variety of nonfiction, informational text, and formats • Providing authoritative information from proprietary Gale, UXL, and Lucent Books titles and leading sources • Having a database with a discovery layer, sorting by source types and publication date, and subject thesaurus • Allowing search functionality by keyword, Boolean/phrase, and options to limit by keyword or phrase • Providing customer convenience services, including online help, search and browse, and option to save, print, and email information