Article Databases
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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 Group) Provides access to a large multi-discipinary collection of more than 5100 magazines, journals, newspapers, podcasts and transcripts (NPR, CNN, CBC). |
| Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) 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. |
| C.P.I.Q. (Canadian Periodical Index) (Gale Group) Provides access to a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, biographies, and other reference sources. Includes selected Globe and Mail coverage. |
| Canadian Encyclopedia Online (Historica) Provides access to information about Canadian personalities, places, events, history and achievements. |
| Canadian Points of View (EBSCO Publishing) 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 Publishing) Provides access to Canadian and international magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books and company information. |
| CBCA Current Events (ProQuest Information and Learning) Provides access to Canadian titles focusing on current events. the arts, sports, and any other kind of news, whether happening in Canada or abroad. Newspapers, newswires, newsmagazines. |
| CBCA Reference (ProQuest Information and Learning) Provides access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines. |
| Environmental Issues and Policy eCollection (Gale Group) 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 Group) 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 Publishing) Provides access to a variety of general subjects with abstracts, full text and some images. |
| Gale Custom Newspapers (Gale Group) Full-text articles from international English-language newspapers and news agencies. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale Group) Provides access to a collection of reference books (encyclopedias, almanacs etc.) via a single searchable interface. |
| Garden, Landscape and Horticultural eCollection (Gale Group) Provides access to practical information as well as scientific theory of horticultural studies including gardening, landscaping and biotechnology. |
| General Reference Center Gold (Gale Group) Provides comprehensive answers to a wide variety of reference questions specifically designed for elementary and high school students. |
| General Science eCollection (Gale Group) 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 (JSTOR) Provides access to a multidisciplinary collection of over 850 hundred journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. |
| Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Get a preview of what's coming up in May: New Lexis-Nexis search interface (on-campus access only) (Butterworths) 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. |
| NetLibrary (Please note: Users must set up their own account before checking out e-book titles for extended use.) (OCLC (Online computer library centre)) Provides access to a large collection for online versions of books, in more than 30 subject areas including: art, business, computers, education, history, literature, nursing and sociology. |
| OneFile (Gale Group) Provides access to a large multidisciplinary collection of more than 6000 books, magazines, journals, newspapers and trade publications. |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale Group) 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 Publishing) 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 Group) Provides access to information on educational institutes, job searching, career guides and access to industry specific journals. |
| War and Terrorism eCollection (Gale Group) Provides access to articles covering current events, international affairs and foreign policy. |
| World History eCollection (Gale Group) 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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