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Academic OneFile contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. (French content, Health Information, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
This alternative health database provides full text for 180 publications in the collection, including full text for many peer-reviewed journals. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. (Health Information)
Ancestry (Reference Books)
Professional automotive repair information, including repair procedures and methods, wiring diagrams, Technical Service Bulletins and more. (Automotive Repair)
Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete is a bibliographic full text reference and current events database. CBCA combines full text and indexed content. Subject coverage is comprehensive and information is available from a broad range of Canadian sources. With over 4.5 million records and more than 1,600 titles, CBCA Complete is ideal for anyone interested in current events, business, science, the arts and academic information as produced in Canada.CBCA Complete combines high quality indexing with direct access to full text articles. This includes over 540 periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian).
(Book Reviews, French content, Newspapers & Magazines)
This full-text database is designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more.
The database contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 400 main essays, leading political magazines, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. It also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. It provides the basis from which students can better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
(Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Canadian Reference Centre combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full text content available to Canadian libraries. This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K) periodicals in full text; full text reference books; full text biographies and an Image Collection. This database is updated on a daily basis.
(Book Reviews, French content, Images, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
CareerCruising - is an interactive career reference guide that provides in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers; multimedia interviews with real people in careers; career search tools which help users find careers that suit their interests; a comprehensive database of colleges and universities, so that users can learn where to get education and training; and a career matchmaker which allows users to find careers that match their interests in terms of school subjects, education level, income, working conditions and many other important factors. (Careers & Education)
For researchers who need to keep pace with the fast changing world of high technology, Computer Database is their Internet- accessible reference solution. With Computer Database, library users can access today's most well-read and influential periodicals on the computer, telecommunications and electronics industries -- all in one seamless search. (French content, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines)
Use this database to find articles from a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Thomson Gale, all with a Canadian focus.
(Book Reviews, French content, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines)
Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, timelines and multimedia elements make this an original online resource - ideal for developing and enhancing critical thinking skills so important to today's core curriculum. At the same time, its ease of use makes Discovering Collection effortless for students in grades 6 through 12 to research class assignments, write papers, create projects and deliver presentations. (Encyclopedias, For Children, French content, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. (For Children, Reference Books)
eLibrary - makes it possible to conduct real research over the Internet using a deep database of reliable sources from around the world. With this tool you can pose a question in plain English and launch a comprehensive, simultaneous search through hundreds of full text newspapers, magazines, newswires, classic books, hundreds of maps, thousands of photographs, as well as major works of literature and art. The information is always up-to-date as eLibrary Canada is updated continuously. eLibrary Canada also offers an online tutorial. (Book Reviews, Encyclopedias, French content, Images, Maps, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
elibrary elementary - With this tool you can pose a question in plain English and launch a comprehensive, simultaneous search through hundreds of full text newspapers, magazines, newswires, classic books, hundreds of maps, thousands of photographs, as well as major works of literature and art. The information is always up-to-date as eLibrary Canada is updated continuously. eLibrary Canada also offers an online tutorial. (Book Reviews, Encyclopedias, For Children, French content, Images, Maps, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Eureka.cc offers a selection of daily newspapers from across Ontario, as well as French-language newspapers from across Canada. Newspapers covered include The Niagara Falls Review, the Welland Tribune, the St. Catharines Standard, and 17 others. French-language sources include L'Actualité, Le Devoir, and Le Droit. (French content, Newspapers & Magazines)
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! (Book Reviews, French content, Literary Criticism, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines)
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. (Encyclopedias, For Children, French content)
General Reference Centre Gold - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. (Book Reviews, French content, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Health & Wellness Resource Centre - Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. (Encyclopedias, Health Information)
Health Reference Centre Academic - Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. (French content, Health Information, Multilingual)
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. (Health Information)
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides comprehensive full text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today. Including full text for more than 500 magazines and books, as well as access to hundreds of videos and hobby reports, this database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby-enthusiast. Subject areas include arts & crafts; collecting; games & electronics; model building; home & leisure; needlework; outdoors & nature; and scrapbooking & papercraft. (Arts & Crafts, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Designed for junior high and middle school students, InfoTrac® Junior Edition features the titles most critical to their libraries and curriculum. With Junior Edition's diverse perspectives and strong full-text coverage, students will find the answers they need to all their general reference questions -- without lining up at your desk or waiting for titles out on loan. (Encyclopedias, For Children, Maps, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy features a custom selection of more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and the related areas of philosophy, archaeology and anthropology. Use this database not only to study theological approaches to social issues, but also to learn about the impact that religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts and language. Coverage begins as early as 1980 for indexing and 1983 for full text of some periodicals. (French content, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines)
Designed for secondary school students, InfoTrac® Student Edition is the quick and easy way to do classroom assignments and get answers to general reference questions. Student Edition is comprised of a variety of full-text sources that include the leading magazines, newspapers and reference books that librarians prefer and students enjoy. (Encyclopedias, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content. (Encyclopedias, For Children, Images, Maps, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Literature Resource Center - Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. (Book Reviews, Literary Criticism, Reference Books)
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. (Book Reviews, French content, Images, Maps, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
On a daily basis, military and government personnel, their spouses, their children and the general public have questions about everything from home decorating to military history to aerospace and engineering. The periodicals in this database were hand-selected to meet the specialized and general interest needs of patrons. Editors worked with title lists from military library and intelligence holdings to develop this database. (French content, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines)
The National Newspaper Index gives you quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times (Late and National Editions); The Wall Street Journal (Eastern and Western Editions); The Christian Science Monitor (National Edition); The Washington Post (Final Edition); and The Los Angeles Times (Home Edition). (Newspapers & Magazines)
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction. (Book Reviews, Finding Books to Read)
NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles that teachers may use in the classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides a complete introduction to the product and shows how to use NoveList to meet the reading needs of students and teachers. You can access the Learning Center by clicking on its link in the left hand column of your screen. (Book Reviews, Finding Books to Read, For Children)
Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. (Encyclopedias, For Children, Images, Newspapers & Magazines)
Search all these databases at once:
Alt HealthWatch, Canadian Reference Centre, EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Health Source - Consumer Edition, MasterFILE Premier, Primary Search, History Reference Center, Science Reference Center
(Search Multiple resources)
Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, the inaugural database from Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
Developed for teens, with their unique concerns and perspective in mind, Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers draws on Rosen's award-winning series, including Coping, Need to Know, and others. Thoroughly updated and revised for online use, all content is reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.
Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers has received critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including an EDDIE (Annual Education Software Review) Award, an Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Distinguished Achievement Award, a World Wide Web Health Award, and a Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Award. (Health Information, Teens)
Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. N.B. - This database is mainly U.S. based but does have Canadian content also. (Encyclopedias, French content, Multilingual, Newspapers & Magazines, Reference Books)
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office). (Encyclopedias, French content, Multilingual, Reference Books)
What Do I Read Next? - What Do I Read Next? includes over 117,000 recommended titles, more than 63,700 plot summaries, and awards information from 561 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month. (Book Reviews, Finding Books to Read)
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