Got an iPhone? Check out the AML app!

Posted by eileen on January 29, 2010

If you need to do some research and can’t make it to the library,  WPL is proud to announce we can now bring the library to you – whether you are in the doctor’s office, at your kitchen table or under the hood of your car.

By taking advantage of the Gale AccessMyLibrary (AML) mobile application for the iPhone, research is as simple as an Internet search on a mobile phone.  Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has developed an iPhone application allowing you to access library information wherever you are.  This service helps people retrieve quick, authoritative answers — while raising awareness about the rich resources available in the library.

The AML app finds your global position and locates libraries within a ten mile radius, giving you access to electronic resources at any time.  With AccessMyLibrary, the iPhone becomes a valuable research tool.  The iPhone application is free and the content has been paid for by the library being accessed, bringing a library’s electronic collection of Gale resources to you wherever you are.

If you are within ten miles of WPL, you can connect to our Gale resources:

• General OneFile – A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
• Biography Resource Center – This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people—both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor—based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
• Gale LegalForms – Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen’s language.

The Gale iPhone application can be downloaded at the iTunes store today or by visiting http://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/.

Not sure why you should use a database instead of a website?  Check this out: http://www.wheatonlibrary.org/refdb/main_dbvsweb.html.

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