New National Geographic multimedia resource launched

Gale, part of Cengage Learning, today announced the launch of National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World, a new multimedia resource in its National Geographic Virtual Library (NGVL) product line.

National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World includes a variety of content such as full-text books on travel, science & technology, history, the environment and animals; videos covering such topics as the Islamic world, alternative energy and the lifestyle of beluga whales; more than 650 maps; 600 downloadable National Geographic images; and the National Geographic Traveler magazine from 2010 – present.

In addition, the recently released National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1995-Current combines advanced research tools to enable users to make new connections and discoveries among data, with such topics as Genghis Khan, Inca Ice Maiden discovery, Egyptian tombs exploration and the Hubble Space Telescope and Mars Rover .