Hello and Happy New Year! The following webinars are all available at no cost to help further understanding and use of MeL's Gale database content. Please register soon and share widely. Your small business owners/entrepreneurs are welcome to attend the Gale Directory Library and DemoNow webinars and homeschool families the education resource webinars. Best, Deb Gale Directory Library January 18, 2018 @ 1 pm EST Register: https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=ef408436efaf6d680e7f987... Search titles like Encyclopedia of Associations and Ward's Business Directory online in the new Gale Directory Library provided by MeL. The new experience is fully mobile-responsive, and offers a user-friendly experience including the integration of G-Suite, Microsoft Office, and other popular features available in leading Gale products. In this session, we will cover the new features available as well as well as best practices when searching in Gale Directory Library. DemographicsNow: How to pull business or household information to create mailing lists! January 22, 2018 @ 10 am EST Register: https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=e65c818a19d2b276f08a4b5... Companies, small businesses, and organizations of all sizes recognize the power of big data for growth and success. However, typical approaches to gathering and analyzing data can be time consuming, costly, and complicated. DemographicsNow, available to all residents in Michigan through MeL (Michigan eLibrary), is a single resource solution that offers up-to-date and easy access to demographic data, consumer spending data, and more! Join this session to learn more about how to create a list using the business and people directory in DemographicsNow. We will learn how you can use these lists to target mailings and gather more information about the people & businesses in a certain area. DemographicsNow: How to pull demographic data, consumer spending data, and more! January 25 @11 am EST Register: https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1ab8e42d33a2dde8bce250... Companies, small businesses, and organizations of all sizes recognize the power of big data for growth and success. However, typical approaches to gathering data can be time consuming, costly, and complicated. DemographicsNow, available to all residents in Michigan through MeL (Michigan eLibrary), is a single resource solution that offers up-to-date and easy access to demographic data, consumer spending data, and more! Join this session to learn more about the demographic data, psychographic data, and consumer spending data available in DemographicsNow. You will also learn how to pull this data for various geographies & how to customize reports to provide you with only the data you are looking for. Meeting the Needs of Middle School Students with Gale's Research In Context January 31, 2018 @ 2pm EST Register: https://cengage.webex.com/cengage/onstage/g.php?MTID=e20bc098540255aef948a3f... Research In Context, available through Michigan eLibrary, is created specifically for middle school level researchers. It brings together authoritative content in a variety of formats on one modern, student-friendly, and mobile-responsive interface. Join us in this webinar to learn more about how to use Research In Context as a classroom tool, as a homework helper, and for entry level research projects at the middle school level. Deb Renee Biggs, MA AMLS Library Consultant & Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Department of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 Phone: 517-373-4466 http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> Like MeL on Facebook - http://facebook.com/mel.org