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Academic Search Elite
Inside Access   •  Outside Access

Offers full text for more than 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 100 journals have PDF images back to 1985.
 
Access Science

Access Science
Inside Access   •  Outside Access

Provides students and researchers with easy access to the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, thousands of illustrations, Science News headlines, Web sites, science biographies and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms.
 

The Canadian Encyclopedia
English Version  •  French Version

The site contains the complete text of the Canadian Encyclopedia in English and French, the text of the Junior Encyclopedia of Canada (in English only), numerous interactivities, feature articles, games, the Canucklehead Quiz, and an extensive timeline of Canadian and world events. From Historica.
 
Proquest

Canadian Newsstand
Inside Access   •  Outside Access

Full text of over 190 Canadian newspapers. Titles include the Vancouver Sun, Province, North Shore News, Outlook, as well as the National Post, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and Calgary Herald. Most titles are not available for 2 days after print publication.
 
Canadian Points of View Reference Center (Ebsco)
Inside Access | Outside Access
Want to hear all sides of an issue? From the debates over marijuanna to Quebec separation, this database helps us understand the Sarious points of view related to dozens of important topics and issues, with lots of Canadian content.
 

Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Inside Access   •  Outside Access

Provides complete, searchable text of the widely-consulted Encyclopædia Britannica, which contains reliable, well-written articles, related links, and multimedia enhancements.
 

Encyclopedia of British Columbia
Inside Access   •  Outside Access

The Encyclopedia of British Columbia (EBC) is the definitive reference work on BC. With more than 4,000 entries and hundreds of photos, maps, tables and charts, the EBC is the source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant BC people, places and things that you would currently have to search a vast library to find.
 
Middle Search (Ebsco)
Inside Access | Outside Access
Full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays, photos, maps and flags.
 

World Book Online
Inside Access   •  Outside Access

Provides encyclopedia entries, images, maps, videos, timelines, current news, links to external articles, and more.

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