UMBC now has trial access to the Gale Business Insights: Global database.

Gale Business Insights: Global contains the following content and features:

• Case studies from Gale CaseBase and from additional publishers
• Interactive LiveCharts for economic and business indicators that let students generate their own analyses and generate custom charts for use in reports and presentations
• Inline article content that lets users explore the broader context behind events and trends they perceive in economic data
• Global company, country, and industry overviews full of detailed information, as well as interactive rankings and stats, with quick links to associated news, case studies and academic journal articles
• Global industry research reports for specific industries within specific countries
• Academic journal articles, periodical articles, news articles, newswires and other news media
• Topic overviews on major areas of international business, with quick links to associated content
• Company histories and market share data
• Faceted search results, extensive deep links, multiple sorting options

Trial access runs through April 9, 2012.  Feedback on the usefulness of this product is appreciated.  Leave a comment to let us know what you think, or contact Drew Alfgren at alfgren@umbc.edu.