All products under contract were thoroughly evaluated by a team of Massachusetts librarians representing a cross-section of school, public, and academic libraries prior to being recommended for purchase.
Each vendor has their own editorial or content curation process, and questions about specific content within a product should be directed to the vendor. We've collected this information together here for convenience.
Gale
For more than six decades, Gale has provided students, educators, and libraries with authoritative content. As a publisher and aggregator, we partner with libraries to deliver essential information to educators, researchers, and learners of all ages.
Britannica
For over 250 years, Britannica has used a thorough and meticulous editorial process to deliver trusted information worldwide.
ProQuest
ProQuest has been working hand-in-hand with content providers since 1938 to improve research, teaching and learning for libraries and their users. The ProQuest information archive includes academic journals, video, dissertations and theses, Ebooks, newspapers, periodicals, historical collections, music scores, governmental and cultural archives – an ever-growing collection of diverse and inclusive content that showcases unique perspectives and voices.
Capstone (PebbleGo)
For over 30 years Capstone has helped kids succeed by making learning fun through digital resources and books. With PebbleGo's research-based platform children develop a lifelong love of reading, learning and discovery.
Transparent Language
The content featured in Transparent Language Online is tagged for the target audience it’s recommended for. We take a conservative approach to content as it is used by many from different cultures and religious backgrounds, and we want all learners to be able to comfortably use the materials.
When developing something for a specific target audience our content undergoes multiple levels of managerial and quality assurance review in order to make sure that it is appropriate for that audience.
Media in material for K-12 learners is curated to be interesting and age-appropriate for young minds. Images in particular are carefully, individually sourced, reviewed, and approved for the content. The content itself is written to be likewise interesting and relevant for the young target audience, so they are only learning and being exposed to age-appropriate material. Content developers and reviewers are provided with clear guidelines and specifications for each element of the content. Content targeting adult professionals is likewise carefully reviewed to ensure no content is overly explicit, vulgar, or provocative.
For inquiries about a specific piece of content, please contact Transparent at libraries@transparent.com.