Databases for Research: General / Databases for All Subjects
Off-Campus Access
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contains a significant amount of Canadian content
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no login required (open access)
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| Academic OneFile (Gale) Provides access to a large multi-disciplinary collection of more than 5100 magazines, journals, newspapers, podcasts and transcripts (NPR, CNN, CBC). |
| Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Provides access to a large multi-disciplinary database of more than 3900 magazines, journals, newspapers and trade publications. |
| Britannica Online (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Provides access to Encyclopædia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. |
| Canada's Information Resource Centre (CIRC) (Grey House) Online access to seven Grey House Reference tools: Canadian Almanac and Directory, Associations Canada, Financial Services Canada, Canadian Environmental Resource Guide, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Governments Canada, and Libraries Canada. |
| Canadian Encyclopedia Online (Historica) Provides access to information about Canadian personalities, places, events, history and achievements. |
| Canadian Points of View (EBSCO) Provides access to essays with differing points of view on current issues. Essays include an overview, arguments, counter arguments and a guide to Critical Thinking. |
| Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCO) Provides access to Canadian and international magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books and company information. |
| CBCA Reference and Current Events (ProQuest) Provides access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines and news. |
| CPI.Q. (Canadian Periodical Index) (Gale) Provides access to a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, biographies, and other reference sources. Includes selected Globe and Mail coverage. |
| ebrary (Please Note: Titles may be single-user or multiple-user. Check the Seneca Library Catalogue for information on a specific title; if the words "1 user licence" are not indicated, the title is available for multiple simultaneous users.) (ebrary) Full-text online access to books in the social sciences, pure and applied sciences, and humanities. |
| EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection (Please note: Users must set up their own "My EBSCOhost" account (free of charge) and also have Adobe Digital Editions (free download) and a personal Adobe account in order to check out e-book titles for extended use. Most titles in this collection are one-copy/one-user-at-a-time titles that are "signed out" for a seven-day period. Users may place a request for titles that are currently checked out by other users.) (EBSCO) Provides access to a large collection of e-audiobooks and e-books, in more than 18 subject areas including: art, business, computer science, education, history, literature, health and medicine, law, and the humanities and social sciences. |
| Environmental Issues and Policy eCollection (Gale) Provides access to comprehensive coverage of environmental topics from the perspective of the scientific community, governmental policy makers and corporate interests. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) Provides access to a large multidisciplinary collection of more than 2100 journals, magazines and books. |
| Films on Demand (Films Media Group) A streaming video collection of educational films from Films Media Group (Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware) covering a wide range of subject matter. Videos are available as Flash Video streams, but Windows Media and QuickTime formats are also available for most titles. |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO) Provides access to a variety of general subjects with abstracts, full text and some images. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale) Provides access to a collection of reference books (encyclopedias, almanacs etc.) via a single searchable interface. |
| Garden, Landscape and Horticultural eCollection (Gale) Provides access to practical information as well as scientific theory of horticultural studies including gardening, landscaping and biotechnology. |
| General Reference Center Gold (Gale) Provides comprehensive answers to a wide variety of reference questions specifically designed for elementary and high school students. |
| General Science eCollection (Gale) Provides access to a wide range of articles in science related fields. |
| HighWire Press (Stanford University Libraries) Provides access to a 4,111,711 full text articles from 1014 journals; 1,590,857 articles are freely available. |
| JSTOR - Arts and Sciences I, II, III, IV, Complement Collection (ITHAKA) Provides access to a multidisciplinary collection of over 850 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. |
| Learn Ontario (Knowledge Ontario) Access to learning tutorials for popular and specialized software applications on a wide range of topics. |
| LexisNexis Academic Universe (LexisNexis) Provides access to a large database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works. |
| MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCO) Provides access to nearly 500 popular magazines including Discover, History Today, and Scientific American. |
| MasterFILE Elite (EBSCO) Provides access to general reference books, biographies and a large image collection of maps and flags. |
| NBC Learn (NBCUniversal Media) Thousands of videos, historic newsreels, primary source documents and more, from NBC News and affiliated sources. |
| NetLibrary (SEE EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection above) |
| NFB.ca (National Film Board of Canada) Public performance rights to selected films produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Documentaries, animations, alternative dramas, trailers, and interactive productions on the Web. |
| OneFile (Gale) Provides access to a large multidisciplinary collection of more than 6000 books, magazines, journals, newspapers and trade publications. |
| Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) Provides access to a comprehensive resource offering differing points of view on current social issues with pro and con articles, topic overviews and biographies of social activists. |
| Oxford Reference Online (Oxford University Press) Provides access to 125 dictionaries and reference books via a single cross-searchable web database. |
| Primary Search (EBSCO) Provides access to magazines, photos, maps and flags specifically designed for elementary students, also includes EBSCO Animals and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Contains 200,000+ images |
| PubMed (National Center for Biotechnology Information) PubMed provides access to citations to journal articles included in MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE as well as general science and chemistry journal citations. |
| Vocation and Careers eCollection (Gale) Provides access to information on educational institutes, job searching, career guides and access to industry specific journals. |
| Vocational Studies Complete (EBSCO) A multidisciplinary database of more than 1800 full-text journals and 350 full-text monographs designed for the research needs of community colleges. |
| War and Terrorism eCollection (Gale) Provides access to articles covering current events, international affairs and foreign policy. |
| World History eCollection (Gale) This collection contains the work of established historians as well as emerging scholars of interest to both the student and the advanced researcher. |
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