Search, Sort, Export & Analyze—On a New Platform

60+ years of valued directories. 23 well-respected titles. One customizable collection. Zero shelf space. Since 1954, Gale has been publishing authoritative directories on companies, publishers, associations and more. The Gale Directory Library offers a wide-range of data sorting, filtering, and exporting options so users can tailor results and put them to practical use.

Gale Directory Library lets libraries customize content. Consider the benefits of selecting the directories most relevant to your patrons’ needs – including business and market research, medical and health topics, publishing, government, higher education, research and more. An added value—purchase and own directories like a book collection, but use them like a database due to the robust export features.

Better with Age

With a major new enhancement to the interface, additional workflow tools, and improved search and export capabilities in place, this popular collection of online directories is easier to use than ever before.

What Else is New

Homepage

Redesigned homepage features improved basic search, direct access to individual directories, and auto-assist to help users input the right search term.

Search

Redesigned Search results page allows for easier analysis at-a-glance. Sidebar filters allow users to narrow their results by geographic region, section, subject, and more.

The Advanced Search page features a new design and allows easier selection of titles for cross-searching. Choose product-specific indexes and search on individual editions or against the entire backfile.

New SICS/NAICS hierarchy tool makes selecting and narrowing down an industry a breeze, without having to consult a manual to find the classification codes.

Export

Enhanced Export Tool—Now you can export up to 1000 records at a time directly from your search results to Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, your email address, or locally to a PC. Sort, filter, or use the .CSV file for analysis outside of the application.

A Librarian’s Insight

An adult services coordinator at a Michigan public library shares how Gale Directory Library benefits the information needs of her library’s patrons.

Say Hello to the New Gale Directory Library

With a major new enhancement to the interface, additional workflow tools, and improved search and export capabilities in place, this popular collection of online directories is easier to use than ever before.

Become an Expert!

This on-demand recorded webinar covers Gale Directory Library's new, user-friendly tools, and best practices for searching for relevant listings.

Gale Directory Library: Ready Reference Shelf

Providing one-stop keystroke access to a reference treasury. Gale Directory Library: Ready Reference Shelf uses the power of electronic searching to create an integrated resource that incorporates 13 of Gale’s most popular general reference databases.

Look Inside

Redesigned homepage features improved basic search, direct access to individual directories, and auto-assist to help users input the right search term.

The Advanced Search page features a new design and allows easier selection of titles for cross-searching. Choose product-specific indexes and search on individual editions or against the entire backfile.

New SICS/NAICS hierarchy tool makes selecting and narrowing down an industry a breeze, without having to consult a manual to find the classification codes.

Redesigned Search results page allows for easier analysis at-a-glance. Sidebar filters allow users to narrow their results by geographic region, section, subject, and more.

Available Titles in the Gale Directory Library

Brands and Their Companies

Covers U.S. consumer brands; manufacturers, importers and distributors; and companies that are out of business, as well as brands that are no longer in production or are now considered generic.

Business Rankings Annual

Provides "top ten" rankings of companies, products, services, and business-related activities compiled from a variety of published sources.

Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory

Covers 14 general fields of consulting activity ranging from agriculture to marketing, and more than 400 specialties are represented, including finance, computers, fund-raising and others.

Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers

Provides comprehensive information on subject-specific resource collections maintained by government agencies, businesses, newspapers, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and societies.

Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations

Covers multinational and national membership organizations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - including U.S.-based organizations with a binational or multinational membership.

Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.

Covers more than 23,000 organizations in categories such as trade, business, and commercial; legal, governmental, public administration, and military; cultural; educational; veterans, and many more.

Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations

Provides comprehensive information on associations and societies that are organized and function at the regional (both interstate and intrastate), state, county, city, neighborhood, and local levels.

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources

This encyclopedia identifies live, print and electronic sources of information. including directories, databases, newsletters, indexes, research centers, etc. within each subject area.

Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations

Describes the activities and personnel of groups and committees that function to advise the President of the United States and various departments and bureaus of the federal government.

Gale Directory of Early Stage Investment

A guide to more than 4,500 angel investment groups, business incubators, venture capital firms, associations, and resources needed to help entrepreneurs start or grow their business.

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media

Covers newspapers, magazines, journals, and other periodicals, as well as radio, television, and cable stations and systems including ad rates; circulation stats; local programming; personnel

Government Research Directory

Comprehensive source of information on research facilities and programs of the U.S. and Canadian federal governments. Listings include email addresses, patents available for licensing and more.

International Research Centers Directory

Comprehensive resource on government, university, and independent nonprofit research organizations in over 150 countries.

Market Share Reporter

Presents comparative business statistics. Each entry features a descriptive title; data and market description; a list of producers/products along with their market share; and cites original sources.

Medical and Health Information Directory

A comprehensive guide to organizations, agencies, institutions, services and information sources, including libraries and electronic resources, in medicine and health-related fields.

National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations

A comprehensive guide to the nonprofit world designed for marketers, sales staff, and nonprofit professionals. Provides contact and basic information on the largest nonprofits in the United States.

National Faculty Directory

Provides names, departmental affiliations and institutional addresses of professionals at thousands of American colleges and universities, as well as at approximately 200 Canadian institutions.

Publishers Directory

Detailed coverage of U.S. and Canadian publishing operations. Includes contact information and descriptions of publishers and distributors of books, classroom materials, prints, reports, and databases.

Research Centers Directory

Comprehensive guide to North American nonprofit research organizations. Covers programs, staffing, publications, services, and laboratories, institutes, research support facilities, and more.

Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans

Provides comprehensive information on sources of education-related financial aid sponsored and administered by private organizations and companies.

Statistics Sources

Guide to current sources of factual quantitative information on more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources.

Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies

Covers 100,000+ U.S. companies, 90 percent of which are private. Intended for librarians, executives, students, analysts, marketers, and other professionals who require current company and industry profiles.

Ward's Business Directory of Private and Public Companies in Canada and Mexico

Provides company information from Mexico and Canada with emphasis on privately held companies and hard to find data on small and mid-sized companies.

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