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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is the premier source for 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.

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Access Science
Up-to-date articles and biographies about science and technology, including the entire McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
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Alt-Health Watch
Full-text alternative health information articles from over 170 periodicals as well as information from pamphlets and books.
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Ancestry
A genealogical and historical research tool which gives researchers access to over 4 billion names in over 4,000 databases, including census, vital statistics and church records, directories, passenger lists, immigration records, maps and more from Canada, US and the UK.
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Auto Repair Reference Center
Automotive diagnostic and repair information, including technical service bulletins & recalls, step-by-step photographs and video
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Biography Resource Center
Integrates Thomson Gale biographies with full-text magazine articles, images, and website links. Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text.
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Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations
Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations
Updated every week, this is Canada's largest and most accurate bilingual fundraising database, containing over 3,100 foundation listings, more than 150 corporations and over 90,000 indexed grants.
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Canadian Encyclopedia
Information in French and English about Canada, including timelines of Canadian and world events.
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Canadian NewsStand
Full text of 41 newspapers published by Torstar Media Group, including the Kitchener-Waterloo RECORD, updated daily.
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Canadian Reference Centre
Canadian and international magazines, newspapers and reference books, newswires, images and more than 84,000 biographies
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Career Cruising
Occupation profiles, assessment tools and information about Canadian universities and colleges. 
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CBCA Canadian Business
This collection provides in depth access to a broad range of Canadian business periodicals. It satisfies the information needs of business professionals, journalists, students, and teachers interested in business issues in Canada.

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CBCA Current Events
This collection includes Canadian titles focusing on current events. Current events is interpreted broadly to include politics, business, the arts, sports, and any other kind of news, whether happening in Canada or abroad.
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CBCA Education
This collection focuses on Canadian information in the field of education. It is the perfect source for those interested in teaching, educational research, and educational administration in Canada.

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CBCA Reference
This collection provides in depth access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines.
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Communication and Media Collection
A custom collection of more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include advertising and public relations, linguistics, and literature.
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Computer Database
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.
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Contemporary Authors
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
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CPI.Q
The Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q) is a general interest database with articles from over 400 Canadian magazines and newspapers.
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Criminal Justice Collection
Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals dedicated to the study of crime and justice.
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Discovering Collection
With its comprehensive coverage of core classroom subject areas accessible through an intuitive graphic interface, the Discovering Collection will become a sure-fire hit among students from middle school to high school.
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Diversity Studies Collection
A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community.
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Dragon Source Chinese Magazines
Dragon Source - Chinese Magazines Online
A wide selection of Chinese-language magazines are available for online reading in this collection.
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EBSCO Animals
The Encyclopedia of Animals offers 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.
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Educators Collection
Perfect for educating future teachers and administrators, this set covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs.
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eLibrary Canada
Newspapers, books, maps and TV and radio transcripts, with the ability to limit to Canadian sources only.
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eLibrary Elementary
General information for elementary school students.
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Encyclopedie Universalis

Encyclopédie Universalis [en francais]
With over 30,000 entries, and several thousand photographs, tables, figures, and maps, the Encyclopédia Universalis is a top-rated french-language research tool.
Please note this is a french-language resource only.
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Environmental Issues & Policy Collection Robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
More than 3300 indexed and 2000 full-text academic journals and periodicals, covering the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
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Financial Post Advisor
Comprehensive current information on Canadian public and large private companies. Includes company histories, predecessor and defunct information, financial data, stock prices and buy/sell recommendations.
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Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
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Garden, Landscape, and Horticulture Collection
This resource, useful for both the amateur and experienced gardener, focuses on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.
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GLBT Life and Issues Collection
Provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
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General Reference Center Gold
Information on current events, sports, science and topics of general interest from newspapers, magazines, reference books and includes Consumers Reports.
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General Science Collection
Provides researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology
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Global Books in Print
Over 4 million book titles and 250,000 publishers of print, video and audio worldwide.
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Grolier Online Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia articles, maps and current event information found in Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and America the Beautiful
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Grolier Online Kids
Information from encyclopedia articles, magazines and websites found in Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and America the Beautiful.
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Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health information from over 400 medical journals, 2,200 general interest titles and other sources such as medical encyclopedias and pamphlets.
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Health Reference Center - Academic
Health information for medical professionals, students and the general public from 228 nursing, allied health and medical journals, 1500 general interest magazines, over 700 full-text pamphlets, and reference books.
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Health Source - Consumer Edition
Consumer health information from 300 journals, covering medical science, food science and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
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Hoovers Company Information
Information on 40,000 companies worldwide. Provides competitors and access to articles.
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Hospitality & Tourism Collection
Coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field.
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Information Science & Technology Collection
Comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals, this collection provides current and accurate information for the information professional. Coverage includes such topics as data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.
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InfoTrac OneFile
More than 9,200 titles and backfile coverage from 1980 — from mainstream to specialized sources — and an intuitive search interface make this an unequaled source for virtually every popular, business and professional topic.
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Insurance and Liability Collection
This collection takes a broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
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Junior Edition
This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Kids Search
Information and pictures from magazines and encyclopedias.  Includes EBSCO Animals.
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LegalTrac
Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac™ provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.
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Literature Resource Centre
Literature criticisms and plot summaries, author biographies, definitions of literary terms, and full-text articles from literary journals.
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Magill on Literature
Critical analyses and plot summaries of fiction, poetry and drama from around the world.
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MasterFILE Premier
Full-text of 2000 general periodicals, 433 reference books, and more than 86,000 biographies.
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Mergent Industry Reports for Canada and the United States
Comprehensive reports on forty sectors of the North American economy, including detailed analysis of the market environment, industry landscape and key market trends.
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Military and Intelligence Database
Direct access to more than 600 military-related and general interest periodicals, including military-specific and world news publications.
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National Newspaper Index
National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
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NetLibrary eBooks
More than 9,000 electronic books to read online, including Cliffs Notes, Idiot Guides and computer and business books.
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New Book of Popular Science
Articles, science fair projects, careers, games and current news stories, all about science and technology.
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NoveList
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles.
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NoveList K – 8
Reviews and information about more than 46,000 books for students in grades K - 8.
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O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms
O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms
A comprehensive Canadian collection of forms and precedents covering the broadest range of legal subjects, providing thousands of expertly prepared and regularly updated legal documents which can be easily customized to suit your individual needs.
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Pop Culture Collection
This full-text collection provides useful information on popular culture, trends, and social significance, from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives.
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Price It!

Price It!
Antiques & Collectibles

An antique/collectibles pricing tool, containing over 23 million prices realized for art, antiques, and collectibles, using data from a variety of sources including online auctions, antique dealers and land-based auction houses.

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Primary Search
Designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, this database contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines, the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags.
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Psychology Collection
A full-text collection comprised of select journals designed to give individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops over time.
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Religion & Philosophy Collection
This custom collection provideds coverage of different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives. Two hundred and fifty subject-appropriate full-text periodicals are included.
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Scott’s Directories
A comprehensive index of Canadian manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors.
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Shakespeare Database
Resources include the most recent Arden Shakespeare editions of the complete works, as well as editions and adaptations of Shakespeare's works, other works published during Shakespeare's time, prompt books, the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diaries, criticism, reviews, images, and reference.
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Small Business Collection
Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation of full-text articles provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories.
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Student Edition
This periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Tumblebooks
Online e-books for children. Listen to a story, do a puzzle, or play a game!
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TumbleReadables
An online collection of read-along titles which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlited as they are being read and the pages turn automatically.
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