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 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 - please note that this database is now part of CBCA Reference and Current Events |
| CBCA Reference and Current Events (ProQuest Information and Learning) Provides access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines and news. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 in Context (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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