Gale Databases

For video tutorials on how to do advanced research using Gale databases , click here to check out our handy How-To directory. 

For passwords or usernames, please contact Mrs. deGolian at degolian@trinityrocks.com.

You can search ALL of our Gale databases with the Power Search tool.

GALE eBooks gives you access to our collection of reference ebooks, which provide up-to-date information. After accessing the collection, click on the book that matches your needs. No checkouts or holds needed.

Gale in Context: Middle School combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more.

Gale in Context: High School is a comprehensive research database that combines information from reference books, academic journals, magazines, and multimedia files. Explore topics within business and economics, geography, government, history, literature, science and health, social issues, and more.

Opposing Viewpoints offers information about today's social issues. It combines primary sources, statistics, videos, audio files, and articles to give you a well-rounded picture of the debate and help develop critical thinking skills. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, and language arts classes.

Gale in Context: Literature helps students gain a deeper understanding of literary texts through a wide variety of contextual resources like videos, images, infographics, eBooks and more. 


Gale in Context: Science provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics, covering biology, chemistry, earth and environmental science, physics, and more. Drawing students in with captivating subject matter, millions of full-text articles, 300+ interactive simulations, and 200+ science experiments, Science showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather.

Gale Social Studies Databases

Biography offers over 600,000 biographical entries on the world's most influential people throughout history.  Browse based on occupation, role, or historical period, or search based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.


Gale in Context: U.S. History empowers learners with information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history. With millions of articles and over 5,500 primary documents, this resource offers many options for exploring U.S. history.

Gale in Context: World History reaches back to the ancient world—and forward to today's headlines—to deliver a chronicle of the people, cultures, events, and societies that have formed the history of the human race. 


Gale in Context: Global Issues supports global awareness and provides a global perspective on issues within government, law, health, science and technology, society and culture, and more.


For Educators

For Educators is a lesson planning and sharing tool that enables educators to find, collect, organize, and personalize digital learning content, plan learning activities that work well for remote or in-person environments, and provide equity for all students. 

For Educators merges quality, curriculum-aligned content with related lesson plans and instructional tools, including tools for educator collaboration across any distance.