| General |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Academic Search Premier |
All subjects. Full text. |
| Cambridge Journals Online |
Cambridge University Press journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. All subjects. Full text. |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
CBCA covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information as produced in Canada. It combines 3 database subsets: CBCA Business, CBCA Reference, and CBCA Education. Full text. |
| DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals |
Websites of over 600 free scholarly journals. All subjects. Full text. |
| FindArticles.com |
All subjects. Free index. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
Subject specialized encyclopedias from prestigious academic publishers including Greenwood, Elsevier, MacMillan and Gale. |
| Ingenta |
All subjects. Free index. |
| JSTOR |
All subject areas including Arts & Sciences, Business, Ecology & Botany, General Science and Language & Literature. Full text. |
| MAS Ultra (School Ed.) |
All subjects. Popular high school magazines, pamphlets, reference books, etc. Full text. |
MasterFILE Premier
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All subject areas,with a public library focus. 1,700 journals and magazines. Full text. |
| Oxford Reference Online Premium |
Oxford Reference Online Premium provides fulltext access to 170+ key Oxford dictionaries and reference works across a broad subject range. |
| Periodicals Archive Online |
An archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities & social sciences. |
| Reader's Guide Full Text |
All subjects including current events, business, science, arts and entertainment, health and medicine, sports and fitness, and more. |
| Sage Journals Online |
Searchable collection of over 500 full text journals from Sage. Full text. |
| SpringerLink |
All subject areas including the Humanities & Social Sciences, Environmental & Plant Sciences and Physical Sciences. Full text. |
| Web of Science |
All subjects. Databases included: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, & Arts & Humanities Citation Index. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Sciences, geography, medicine, nursing, social sciences, business, computer science, psychology, education and more. Full text. |
| Agriculture |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Agricola |
Agriculture articles and books. |
| Biological and Agricultural Index Plus |
Agriculture, Biology, Food Sciences, Plant Pathology, etc. Full text. |
| Anthropology |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals |
Indexing to current periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library, U.K. |
| eHRAF World Cultures |
Ethnography including all aspects of cultural and social life. Full text. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index |
All social sciences areas including anthropology. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
All social sciences areas including anthropology. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Social anthropology. |
| Art & Visual Arts |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Art Full Text |
Art, textiles, design, fashion, photography. |
| Arts & Humanities Citation Index |
All major subject areas in the Arts & Humanities, including Fine Arts. |
| ARTstor |
Art image database of over 300,000 images. Architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design. |
| Humanities Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Humanities. |
| Aviation |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Applied Science and Technology Index |
Applied mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, etc. |
| Business Source Premier |
Business, including business of aviation. Full text. |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
CBCA Business component includes business of aviation. Full text. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Scientific and technical journals. Full text. |
| Biology |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Biological and Agricultural Index Plus |
Agriculture, biology, food sciences, plant pathology, etc. |
| General Science Index |
Botany, earth science, environment, medicine, nutrition, physics, physiology, etc. |
| GreenFILE |
Environmental Issues. Some full text. |
| National Research Council Journals |
15 Canadian science journals from the NRC. Click on 'search' to search one or all titles. Full text. |
| Science Direct |
Science, Technology and Medicine. Full text. |
| SpringerLink |
Biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science. Full text. |
| Science Citation Index |
Science Citation Index from Web of Science. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Sciences, geography, medicine, nursing, social sciences, business, computer science, psychology, education and more. Full text. |
| Business & Economics |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Business Source Premier |
All areas of business and management. Full text. |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
The CBCA Business component provides in depth access to a broad range of Canadian business periodicals. Over 400 journals make up the business collection, with file depth back to the early 1980s. Full text. |
| Canadian Newsstand |
Canadian major daily newspapers, now including the Globe & Mail. Full text. |
| FAITS (Faulkner's Advisory on Information Technoloogy Studies) |
Current full text reports on the IT industry, from infrastructure, security, wireless, networking and more. Company and product profiles |
| Science Direct |
Full text of journals in business, management, accounting, decision sciences, economics, econometrics, and finance. |
| Canadian Studies |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
CBCA covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information as produced in Canada. It combines 3 database subsets: CBCA Business, CBCA Reference, and CBCA Education. Full text. |
| Canadian Newsstand |
Canadian major daily newspapers, now including the Globe & Mail. Full text. |
| Canadian Research Index |
Subscription cancelled. Click here for alternative sites for finding Canadian government publications. |
| Globe & Mail - Canada's Heritage from 1844 |
Globe & Mail digitized newspaper from 1844 to 1997. Full text. |
National Film Board  |
Hundreds of streaming videos, including animated shorts and feature length documentaries. |
| National Research Council Journals |
15 Canadian science journals from the NRC. Click on 'search' to search one or all titles. Full text. |
| Theses Canada Portal |
Full text Canadian theses and dissertations published from 1998 onwards. Also, search 220,000+ Canadian theses held by the Library and Archives Canada. |
| Chemistry |
| Database Name |
Description |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
Chemistry. Full text. |
| Applied Science and Technology Index |
Applied mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, etc. |
| General Science Index |
Botany, earth science, environment, medicine, nutrition, physics, physiology, etc. |
| National Research Council Journals |
15 Canadian science journals from the NRC. Click on 'search' to search one or all titles. Full text. |
| Royal Society of Chemistry |
Chemistry. Full text. |
| Science Direct |
Science, Technology and Medicine. Full text. |
| SpringerLink |
Biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science. Full text. |
| Science Citation Index |
Science Citation Index from Web of Science. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Sciences, geography, medicine, nursing, social sciences, business, computer science, psychology, education and more. Full text. |
| Child & Youth Care |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts |
Criminology, including juvenile justice and delinquency. |
| ERIC |
Subjects include preschool through adult education, educational psychology, special education and children. |
| PsycINFO |
Psychology, including child development and education related topics. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Sociology, social work and social sciences. |
| Communications & Media |
| Business Source Premier |
Advertising, marketing, business writing. Full text. |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete |
Communication, mass media, journalism, linguistics, speech. |
| Computer & Information Science |
| Database Name |
Description |
| ACM Digital Library |
Computer Information Systems, software, hardware, networking, etc. Journals, magazines and conference proceedings from Association for Computing machinery. |
| Applied Science and Technology Index |
Applied mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, computing, etc. |
| Business Source Premier |
Business, including information technology. Full text. |
Faulkner's Advisory on Information Technology Studies
|
Current full text reports on the IT industry, from infrastructure, security, wireless, networking and more. Company and product profiles |
| Science Direct |
Includes full text computer information systems journals. |
| SpringerLink |
All subject areas including the Humanities & Social Sciences, Environmental & Plant Sciences and Physical Sciences. Full text. |
| Criminal Justice |
| Database Name |
Description |
| BC Laws |
Statutes and Regulations of B.C.
For Hansard, Bills, Votes and Proceedings, see Legislative Assembly of B.C. website. |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts |
Criminology and criminal justice. |
| Criminology: A Sage Full Text Collection |
See Sage Journals Online. |
| NCJRS |
Criminology and criminal justice. |
| PsycINFO |
Psychology including deviance, criminal mind etc. |
| Sage Journals Online |
Full text journals from Sage, including many Criminology titles. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
All social sciences areas including criminology. |
| Social Services Abstracts |
Social work, human services, social welfare, social policy. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Sociology, social work and social sciences. |
| Education |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
The CBCA Education component focuses on Canadian information in the field of education, including teaching, educational research, and educational administration. Over 265 journals are in the education collection, with file depth back to the 1980s. Full text. |
| Canadian Student Research Centre (Grades 5-12) |
Resources for students and teachers, grades 5 - 12. Includes magazine, newspaper, photos, maps, radio and tv transcripts, an encyclopedia, a dictionary and more. Teacher Resources include education journals. |
| ERIC |
ERIC indexes education periodicals, research reports, conference proceedings and other resource materials in education. Subjects include preschool through adult education, educational psychology, special education and children. |
| JSTOR |
Includes full text education journals. |
| Kids Search (Grades K-5) |
Resources for teachers and students in grades K-8. Includes magazine, newspaper, photos, maps, radio and tv transcripts, EBSCO animals, an encyclopedia, a dictionary and more. Teacher Resources include education journals. |
| NoveList |
Reader's Advisory database with over 150,000 fiction titles. Author read-alikes, book discussion guides, genre resources, booktalks, and more. Teen and adult literature. |
| NoveList K-8 |
Reader's Advisory database with over 60,000 children's literature titles. Designed for students, teachers and librarians. Author read-alikes, book discussion guides, genre resources, booktalks, and more. |
| PsycINFO |
World's literature in psychology, including education related topics. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Social Sciences. |
| Teacher Reference Center |
Indexes 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. |
| Fashion Design |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Art Full Text |
Art, textiles, design, fashion, photography. |
| Business Source Premier |
Business, including business of fashion. Full text. |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete |
The CBCA Business component includes business of fashion. Full text. |
| Humanities Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Humanities. |
| First Nations |
| Database Name |
Description |
| America: History & Life |
History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. |
| Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals |
Indexing to current periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library, U.K. |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
CBCA covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information as produced in Canada. It combines 3 database subsets: CBCA Business, CBCA Reference, and CBCA Education. Full text. |
| Canadian Research Index |
Indexing of Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal government reports, formerly Microlog. |
| eHRAF World Cultures |
Ethnography including all aspects of cultural and social life. Full text. |
| First Nations Periodical Index |
Indexing of selected journals and newspapers in the area of First Nations research. Canadian focus. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
All social sciences areas. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Sociology, social work and social sciences, as well as indexing several anthropology journals. |
| Geography and Geology |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
CBCA covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information as produced in Canada. It combines 3 database subsets: CBCA Business, CBCA Reference, and CBCA Education. Full text. |
| E-STAT |
Statistics Canada database with Census data, CANSIM time series, and environmental data. |
| General Science Index |
Botany, earth science, environment, medicine, nutrition, physics, physiology, etc. |
| GeoRef |
Geology, paleontology, seismology. |
| GeoScienceWorld |
Geosciences. 37 full text journals. |
| ScienceDirect |
Includes full text geography, geology journals. Full text. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Social Sciences. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Sciences, geography, medicine, nursing, social sciences, business, computer science, psychology, education and more. Full text. |
| Government & Statistical Publications |
| Database Name |
Description |
| BC Stats |
Statistical reports on all aspects of the B.C. economy and social issues. Full text. |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
Indexes Canadian government periodicals such as Canadian Social Trends. |
| Canadian Research Index |
Subscription cancelled. Click here for alternative sites for finding Canadian government publications. |
| E-STAT |
Statistics Canada database with Census data, CANSIM time series, and environmental data. Full text. |
| Guide to Research for Government Information |
UCFV web page of Internet resources from all levels of Canadian government. |
| Historical Statistics of the United States |
Historical statistics on population, work and welfare, economics, governance and international relations. U.S. |
| Statistics Canada Downloadable Publications |
Includes demographic, social, business and crime statistics. Full text. |
| Health Sciences |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Alt HealthWatch |
Complimentary and alternative medicine. |
| Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive Edition |
Medical journals, with almost 900 full text. Designed for doctors, researchers, students. |
| CINAHL with Full Text |
Nursing and allied health. Indexing for 2737 journals, as well as full text for 329 journals. |
| EBM Reviews |
Medicine, Nursing. Includes 4 databases: Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews (CDSR), ACP Journal Club, Database of Reviews of Abstracts of Effectiveness (DARE), and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR). Full text. |
| General Science Index |
Science, including medicine, nutrition. |
| Health Source Consumer Edition |
Consumer health information. Full text. |
| Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition |
Scholarly nursing and allied health journals. Full text. |
| LWW Total Access Journal Collection |
Medicine, Nursing. 240 full text journals from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins are included in the larger Journals@Ovid database. Full text. |
| Medline with Full Text (Ebsco version) |
Medicine, nursing, dentistry. Scholarly biomedical journals indexed. |
| Medline (Ovid version) |
| PubMed |
Simplified version of Medline, designed for novice searchers and the general public. Medicine and related fields. |
| Science Direct |
Science, Technology and Medicine. |
| SpringerLink |
Biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, and more. Full text. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Sciences, geography, medicine, nursing, social sciences, business, computer science, psychology, education and more. Full text. |
| History |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Adam Matthew Digital |
History. Primary source documents from 7 digital collections. Coverage includes China, Gender studies, Eighteenth Century Journals, the Empire, Mass Observation (Britian between 1937-57), Medieval Travel and Slavery and Abolition. |
| America: History & Life |
History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. |
| British Colonist, 1858-1910 |
One of western Canada's oldest newspapers. Full text. |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs |
Indexes Canadian history journals. Full text. |
| Globe & Mail - Canada's Heritage from 1844 |
Globe & Mail digitized newspaper from 1844 to 1997. Full text. Limited simultaneous users allowed. Off campus access now available. |
| Historical Abstracts |
World history, excluding North America. |
| Historical Statistics of the United States |
Historical statistics on population, work and welfare, economics, governance and international relations. U.S. |
| Humanities Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Humanities. |
| JSTOR |
All subject areas including History. Full text of journals, back to their first issue. |
| New York Times Newspaper |
The NY Time archives from 1987 to the present are available without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. Some material from 1923 to 1986 will be available without charge. |
| Project MUSE |
Humanities and social sciences. Full text. |
| Times Digital Archive, 1785 - 1985 |
The Times (London) newspaper from 1785 - 1985. |
| Kinesiology & Physical Education |
| Database Name |
Description |
| CINAHL with Full Text |
Nursing and allied health. Indexing for 2737 journals, as well as full text for 329 journals. |
| ERIC |
Education, including physical education. |
| General Science Index |
Science, including medicine, nutrition. |
| Medline with Full Text (Ebsco version) |
Medicine, nursing, dentistry. Scholarly biomedical journals indexed. |
|
Medline (Ovid version) |
| PubMed |
Simplified version of Medline, designed for novice searchers and the general public. Medicine and related fields. |
| Science Direct |
Science, Technology and Medicine. Full text. |
| SPORTDiscus |
Kinesiology, sport and fitness. |
| SpringerLink |
Biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine and more. Full text. |
| Web of Science |
Indexes key journals in sport sciences. Citation searching. |
| Latin America |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Historical Abstracts |
World history, excluding North America. |
| Humanities Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Humanities. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Social Sciences. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Sociology, social work and social sciences, as well as indexes journals related to anthropology, ethnology and third world development. |
| Library & Information Technology |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Academic Search Premier |
All subject areas, including many library science journals. Full text. |
| ERIC |
Includes school and academic librarianship. |
| Library Literature |
Print index. Located in Abbotsford Periodicals. |
| LISTA with Full Text |
Librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management. |
| NoveList |
Reader's Advisory database with over 150,000 fiction titles. Author read-alikes, book discussion guides, genre resources, booktalks, and more. Teen and adult literature. |
| NoveList K-8 |
Reader's Advisory database with over 60,000 children's literature titles. Designed for students, teachers and librarians. Author read-alikes, book discussion guides, genre resources, booktalks, and more. |
| Literature & Theatre |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Arts & Humanities Citation Index |
All major subject areas in the Arts and Humanities, including literature and theatre. |
| Gale Literary Index |
Indexing to the Gale Series of literary publications. |
| Literature Resource Center (Gale) |
Information on authors and their works. Includes plot summaries, critical essays, book reviews, author biographies, and more. Full text included. |
| Humanities Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Humanities. |
| JSTOR |
All subject areas, including Literature. Full text of journals, back to their first issue. |
| MLA International Bibliography |
Literature, language, linguistics, folklore, dramatic arts, literary theory and criticism. |
| Project MUSE |
Humanities and social sciences. Full text. |
| Theatre in Video |
More than 250 plays and documentaries in streaming video. |
| Mathematics |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Applied Science and Technology Index |
Applied mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, etc. |
| General Science Index |
Botany, earth science, environment, medicine, nutrition, physics, physiology, etc. |
| MathSciNet |
American Mathematical Society's comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. Full text. |
| Science Direct |
Science, Technology and Medicine. Full text. |
| SpringerLink |
Biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science. Full text. |
| Science Citation Index |
Science Citation Index from Web of Science. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Sciences, geography, medicine, nursing, social sciences, business, computer science, psychology, education and more. Full text. |
| Newspapers |
| Database Name |
Description |
| B.C. Newspaper Index |
Selective Indexing to the Vancouver Sun, The Province and Victoria Times Colonist, plus selected B.C. periodicals. Produced by the Legislative Library in Victoria. For full coverage, use Canadian Newsstand below. |
| British Colonist, 1858-1910 |
One of western Canada's oldest newspapers. Full text. |
| Canadian Newsstand |
Canadian major daily newspapers, now including the Globe & Mail. Full text. |
| Globe & Mail - Canada's Heritage from 1844 |
Globe & Mail digitized newspaper from 1844 to 1997. Full text. Limited simultaneous users allowed. |
| New York Times Newspaper |
The NY Time archives from 1987 to the present are available without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. Some material from 1923 to 1986 will be available without charge. |
| Times Digital Archive, 1785 - 1985 |
The Times (London) newspaper from 1785 - 1985. |
| Physics |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Applied Science and Technology Index |
Applied mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, etc. |
| General Science Index |
Botany, earth science, environment, medicine, nutrition, physics, physiology, etc. |
| Institute of Physics (IOP) Electronic Journals |
Subscription cancelled. |
| Science Direct |
Science, Technology and Medicine. Full text. |
| SpringerLink |
Biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science. Full text. |
| Science Citation Index |
Science Citation Index from Web of Science. |
| Wiley Interscience |
Sciences, geography, medicine, nursing, social sciences, business, computer science, psychology, education and more. Full text. |
| Political Science |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) |
CBCA covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information as produced in Canada. It combines 3 database subsets: CBCA Business, CBCA Reference, and CBCA Education. Full text. |
| Military & Government Collection |
Military and government. Includes journals & pamphlets. Full text. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Social Sciences. |
| Psychology |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts |
Criminal psychology, deviance, etc. |
| ERIC |
Educational, child psychology. |
| PILOTS |
"Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress" |
| PsycARTICLES |
Psychology. 56 full text journals published by APA and allied organizations. |
| PsycINFO |
Indexes the world's literature in psychology. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Social psychology. |
| Religious Studies, Philosophy, & Ethics |
| Database Name |
Description |
| Humanities Full Text |
All major subject areas in the Humanities. |
| Philosopher's Index |
Philosophy, ethics, religion, etc. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Sociology, social work and social sciences. |
| Sociology, Social Work, & Human Services |
| Database Name |
Description |
| AGELINE |
Aging, gerontology. Abstracts of articles, books, videos, reports. |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts |
Criminology, delinquency, etc. |
| PsycINFO |
Indexes the world's literature in psychology. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index |
Social Sciences citations. |
| Social Sciences Full Text |
Social problems, social issues, sociology. |
| Social Services Abstracts |
Social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. |
| Sociological Abstracts |
Sociology, social work and social sciences. |
