Free Gale databases including: Black History, Hispanic Heritage, Poet's Corner, Women's History, and Literary Index.

The Gale Lit Kit includes the Literary Index, Glossary of Literary Terms, How to Write a Term Paper, and Citing Information from Gale Databases.

• Read biographies of significant African-American individuals
• Take a Black History Month quiz
• Follow a timeline of events that helped shape African-American heritage
• Enjoy activities taken from the Black History Month Resource Book
• Explore African-American literature

• Read biographies of significant Hispanic individuals
• Take a Hispanic culture quiz
• Follow a timeline of events that helped shape the Hispanic culture
• Explore Hispanic holidays, musical genres and other topics with information culled from Gale resources
• Visit other pertinent sites and find suggestions for further readings

• Read biographies of well-received poets
• Take a quiz based on these poets and their works
• Follow a timeline of events that traces the poetry movement
• Partake in activities taken from Gale's Exploring Poetry CD-ROM
• Discover the poems and the concepts behind them

• Read biographies of significant women throughout time
• Take a quiz based on women and their achievements
• Follow a timeline of significant events in women's history
• Enjoy activities taken from the Women's History Month Resource Book and excerpts from Women's Rights on Trial

• Author Search - Find which Gale literature series include entries on an author.
• Title Search - Search for the title of a literary work to see who wrote it and/or where it's discussed in Gale's literature criticism series.
• Custom Search - Look for authors in the Index by name, birth date, death date, or nationality.