Gale (publisher)

Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in <a href="/facts/Farmington_Hills%2c_Michigan/LU2cT5q9">Farmington Hills, Michigan</a>, United States, west of <a href="/facts/Detroit/S84s4PGo">Detroit</a>. It has been a division of <a href="/facts/Cengage_Group/Bda6bYXT">Cengage</a> since 2007.
The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale Group, is active in research and educational publishing for <a href="/facts/Public_libraries/VDjIpJS8">public</a>, <a href="/facts/Academic_libraries/mLngfDaN">academic</a>, and <a href="/facts/School_libraries/GcmRNmb7">school libraries</a>, and for businesses. The company is known for its full-text magazine and newspaper databases, Gale OneFile (formerly known as Infotrac), and other online databases subscribed by libraries, as well as multi-volume reference works, especially in the areas of <a href="/facts/Religion/cxntrD0R">religion</a>, <a href="/facts/History/bSKgXaCA">history</a>, and <a href="/facts/Social_science/hAbm1xtD">social science</a>.
Founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954 by <a href="/facts/Frederick_Gale_Ruffner_Jr./okCNFrqQ">Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr.</a>, the company was acquired by the <a href="/facts/International_Thomson_Organization/HaY7YlQg">International Thomson Organization</a> (later the <a href="/facts/Thomson_Corporation/EDNXn9VX">Thomson Corporation</a>) in 1985 before its 2007 sale to Cengage.

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