LIRN Core Packages
Content that drives excellence.
Our core packages are a cost-effective way for your library to offer a strong collection of general education materials that support your accreditation and licensing requirements.
Well-rounded content packages that suit your school's programs.
LIRN Core packages include access to over 2600 full text ebooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library.
We offer five core packages, and can help you choose the package that best matches your school's programs.

Our core package choices and providers.
We offer four core packages from Gale Cengage, along with optional sets of add-on subject bundles to customize your subscription to your institution’s specific needs.
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Business Insights: GlobalBusiness Insights: Global is a unique source for international business intelligence offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries. More Information |
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Gale Academic OneFileGale Academic OneFile covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects with peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world’s leading journals. More Information |
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Gale Academic OneFile SelectGale Academic OneFile Select integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and now includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students, filling a specific need for curriculum-oriented collections. More Inforamtion |
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Gale General OneFileGale General OneFile is Gale’s largest general-interest database, with more than 8,000 titles, many of which are recommended by Bowker’s Magazines for Libraries. We’ve included the reference, newspaper, and audio content that complements the resource’s robust collection of magazines and journals. More Information |
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Gale In Context: CollegeGale In Context: High School provides stellar support for papers, projects, and presentations that reinforce development of academic skills like critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation. More Information |
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Gale In Context: ScienceGale In Context: Science integrates content from Gale reference sets (Encyclopedia of Science, Chemical Elements, Science in Dispute, and Macmillan Science Library), as well as topic overviews, biographies, periodical articles from noted publications, images and videos, detailed experiments from Experiment Central, biographies, and dictionaries. More Inforamtion |
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Gale OneFile: AgricultureWith strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola index, this collection of more than 600 journal titles is focused on agriculture-related fields. In addition, more than 30 Delmar titles provide in-depth coverage on a variety of agriculture-related topics. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: BusinessGale OneFile: Business provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, strategy, as well as business theory and practiceq. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass MediaBrings together information found in more than 400 journals on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Computer ScienceGale OneFile: Computer Science includes more than 600 journals and periodicals, providing information on computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Criminal JusticeGale OneFile: Criminal Justice informs the research process for researchers who are studying law, law enforcement, or terrorism, training for paralegal service, preparing for a career in homeland security, delving into forensic science, investigating crime scenes, developing policy, going to court, writing sociological reports, and much more. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Culinary ArtsGale OneFile: Culinary Arts offers a smorgasbord of information — more than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Diversity StudiesGale OneFile: Diversity Studies explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. This collection includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals, updated daily. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Economics and TheoryWith a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, this collection provides academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference CompleteGale Onefile: Educator’s Reference Complete seeks to provide full text for titles in the Eric database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty — such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: EntrepreneurshipIdeal for business schools and entrepreneurs, Small Business Collection is updated daily and provides insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and PolicyGale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy covers over 5.4 million articles from more than 300 journals and book reference content from Delmar, including Soil, Science, and Management; Introduction to Agronomy; Food, Crops, & Environment; Fundamental Soil Science; and more. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Fine ArtsPeriodical database for serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Gardening and HorticultureGale OneFile: Gardening and Horticulture serves horticultural enthusiasts of all levels with more than 3.6 million articles from more than 100 journals, as well as more than 20 reference titles from Delmar, including Handbook of Flowers; Foliage and Creative Design; Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects; and more. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Gender StudiesGale OneFile: Gender Studies Studies provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of culture and society. The database offers access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues, and more. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Home ImprovementGale OneFile: Home Improvement puts the research of hobbyists and professionals alike on a solid foundation with more than 4.5 million articles from more than 200 home improvement-focused titles, covering topics including architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and others. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Hospitality and TourismThis collection provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism; it offers current and relevant content that provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Informe AcadémicoMeeting the research needs of Spanish-speaking users with a wide range of full-text Spanish and Portuguese language scholarly journals and magazines, Informe Académico provides quality reference material — not simply translations of English-language materials — allowing researchers to analyze topics and conduct research in Spanish. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Insurance and LiabilityProtection of assets — physical or intellectual — is a concern for those ranging from the individual property owner to multinational corporations. Gale OneFile: Insurance and Liability connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Military and IntelligenceGale OneFile: Military and Intelligence provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. The database offers content in key subject areas including governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: NewsThis full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied HealthWith a strong emphasis on full text titles cited in EMCARE and CINAHL and over 10 million articles, this collection’s current and authoritative content will help nursing professionals already working in the field, as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy and Sports MedicineOffer a wide spectrum of information, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research, and more with access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of fitness and sports. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Pop Culture StudiesGale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: PsychologyGale OneFile: Psychology provides access to academic journals and magazines that cover the study of emotions, personality, and the human mind. The database offers content of interest to both researchers and general users. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Religion and PhilosophyGale Onefile: Religion and Philosophy features a selection of more than 200 magazines and academic journals — everything from Anglican Journal to Zygon — covering religion and the related areas of philosophy and anthropology. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: ScienceWith the Gale OneFile: Science, researchers can remain current with the latest scientific developments in particle physics, advanced mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, and hundreds of other areas. Key subjects covered include the biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Vocations and CareersOffering hundreds of current and applicable periodicals, from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals, Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: War and TerrorismResearchers accessing the more than 1.7 million articles in the Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism will gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This collection is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily. More Information |
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Gale Health and WellnessGale Health and Wellness provides accurate, authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative and complementary medical practices. More Information |
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Gale In Context: Global IssuesGale In Context: Global Issues focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues. More Information |
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Gale In Context: Opposing ViewpointsGale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints delivers a range of perspectives on important issues. Users find a remarkable compilation of proven reference content — including the award-winning Opposing Viewpoints series from Greenhaven Press — integrated with the best multimedia available today. More Information |
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Gale Literature Resource CenterGale Literature Resource Center offers up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Health and MedicineGale OneFile: Health and Medicine contains more than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: Information ScienceProvides access to periodical content covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more. More Information |
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Gale OneFile: LegalTracGale OneFile: LegalTrac indexes more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text. Endorsed by the American Association of Law Libraries, its special advisory committee selects, reviews, and enhances the content of Gale OneFile: LegalTrac. More Information |
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Gale Ready Reference ShelfGale Ready Reference Shelf incorporates Gale’s most popular general reference directories. Users can access more than 355,500 entries for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (ranging from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations and more. More Information |
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Testing & Education Resource Center with Career Module (TERC)Testing & Education Reference Center provides users with in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards, preparatory entrance tests and much more. More Information |
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Gale Business: EntrepreneurshipCreated by subject experts and a librarian advisory board, Gale Business: Entrepreneurship covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including finance, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting, and taxes. More Information |
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Gale In Context: BiographyGale In Context: Biography is built on a foundation of more than 700,000 biographies of more than 500,000 people gathered from more than 170 award-winning Gale reference sources. More Information |
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Gale In Context: U.S. HistoryGale In Context: U.S. History delivers the best titles from Macmillan, Scribner, and other world-class sources. Students will find comprehensive coverage of the most-studied topics, from the arrival of Vikings in North America 1,000 years ago to Vietnam, Watergate, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. More Information |
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Gale In Context: World HistoryGale In Context: World History reaches back nearly 5,000 years to chronicle the rise and fall of cultures and societies across all continents and eras. Rare primary sources combine with reliable references to put content into context for every learner. More Information |
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Gale Interactive: ChemistryEngaging, interactive models bring science to life, allowing students to better visualize and understand concepts in chemistry, supporting university coursework. Students and instructors can manipulate and explore the periodic table, molecules, and other 3D models that are paired with reference and periodical content for further understanding. More Information |
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Gale Interactive: Human AnatomyEngaging, interactive models bring science to life, allowing students to better visualize and understand human anatomy, supporting university coursework. Students and instructors can manipulate and explore 3D models that are paired with reference and periodical content for further understanding. More Information |
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Gale Interactive: ScienceGoing beyond textbooks and traditional science curriculum, Gale Interactive: Science is a highly visual online learning tool that takes visual-spatial learning to the next level by bringing the lab to the classroom. High-value, rich-media digital content is paired with interactive 3D models to deliver a virtual laboratory simulation experience. More Information |
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Gale In Context: Environmental StudiesGale In Context: Environmental Studies offers authoritative reference content in the area of the environment, energy and natural resources. More Information |
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Gale Literature: Scribner’s Writers SeriesThe new Scribner Writers Online provides your users with immediate access to esteemed Scribner literature content, including: American Writers Collection, British Writers Collection, European Writers Collection, and the World and Genre Writers Collection. |
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Gale Literature: Twayne’s Authors OnlineTwayne’s Authors Online includes approximately 600 entries combined from: U.S. Authors Series — Classic, World Authors Series — Classic, English Authors Series — Classic, plus, 300 newly digitized works from: The Masterworks Series, Short Fiction Series, U.S. Authors, World Authors. and British Authors Updated Editions. |
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Gale NewsVaultGale NewsVault provides access to 15 million digitized facsimile pages spanning more than 400 years, cross-searching Gale’s historical newspaper collections of The Times Digital Archive, 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection, Financial Times Historical Archive, The Economist Historical Archive, and many more. |
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National Geographic Virtual LibraryWith comprehensive, timely articles and legendary photographs and maps, National Geographic magazine documents life on our planet and beyond, and interprets the world’s sweeping changes through the lens of personal experience. More Information |
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Smithonian Archive OnlineAir & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive brings together the full history of both of these premiere magazines, over 40 years of in-depth and expert coverage of high-demand topics and unique insights into innovation, history, science, technology, the arts, and culture. More Information |
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Scribner’s Writers SeriesThe new Scribner Writers Online provides your users with immediate access to esteemed Scribner literature content, including: American Writers Collection, British Writers Collection, European Writers Collection, and the World and Genre Writers Collection. |
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Twayne’s Authors OnlineTwayne’s Authors Online includes approximately 600 entries combined from: U.S. Authors Series — Classic, World Authors Series — Classic, English Authors Series — Classic, plus, 300 newly digitized works from: The Masterworks Series, Short Fiction Series, U.S. Authors, World Authors. and British Authors Updated Editions. |
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Gale ebooks |
*** In 2019 updated their product names, but the Gale Core packages have the same content as before. A mapping of the old names to the new names is available from Gale's support site.

Our ProQuest Core Package features ProQuest Central and provides a rich set of resources for your library collection. You can add additional databases to the core package in order to customize your subscription to the programs your school offers.
SciTech
Business
Health Research
The Arts
Interdisciplinary
News
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
Agricultural Science Database
Biological Science Database
Computer Science Database
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database
Engineering Database
Environmental Science Database
Materials Science Database
Military Database
Science Database
Telecommunications Database
ABI/INFORM Collection
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
Asian & European Business Collection
Business Market Research Collection
Health & Medical Collection
Consumer Health Database
Healthcare Administration Database
Nursing & Allied Health Database
Psychology Database
Public Health Database
Arts & Humanities Database
Research Library
Australia & New Zealand Database
Continental Europe Database
East & South Asia Database
East & Central Europe Database
India Database
Latin America & Iberia Database
Middle East & Africa Database
Turkey Database
U.K. & Ireland Database
Career & Technical Education Database
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (CBCA)
Publicaly Available Content Database
International Newsstream
Canadian Newsstream
U.S. Newsstream
Global Breaking Newswires