How do I implement the Gale Research Complete (North America) bundle in Ex Libris products?

Gale Research Complete offers academic institutions a deep well of content, including proprietary databases, award-winning eBooks, scholarly articles, and rare primary sources that enhance research, learning, and discovery at the university level and beyond.

This article is about the North American version of the Gale Research Complete product.

Because Gale Research Complete is a bundle of various Gale products, it is not possible to create a single collection to make it work as expected across Ex Libris products. Because of this, libraries who have a subscription to Gale Research Complete should select/activate collections as indicated in the spreadsheet below. The spreadsheet contains all of the collections and their Alma, 360 KB, and SFX details. 

Gale Research Complete North America collections list

Note on the Archives Unbound collections activation options: To make GRC activation for Archives Unbound easier, we have added a "Gale Research Complete North America - Archives Unbound" collection as a "one activation" option if you choose. This one activation will enable Archives Unbound content in the Central Discovery Index. However, the individual Archives Unbound collections are also included in the spreadsheet, if you prefer to activate them separately. It is recommended to use either the single "bundle" collection or the individual collections, not both, as these are likely to cause duplicate results in CDI. 

Note that your library may have access to additional Archives Unbound Modules that are not part of the GRC bundle. You will need to activate those modules individually. 

2026 updates to the spreadsheet will be available soon.

• Article last edited: 2025-01-09