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Architecture
AccessScience [On & Off Campus] The fully searchable, on-line version of the "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology", 9th edition, includes access to Research Updates from the "McGraw-Hill Yearbooks", 110,000+ definitions, links to evaluated web-sites and study guides. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

AGS: Architectural GRAPHIC Standards [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] Architectural Graphic Standards (AGS) is a comprehensive source of architectural and building design data and construction details. This indispensable tool of the trade for architects, builders, draftsmen, engineers, interior designers and students allows for the downloading and manipulating of architectural elements, many in vector format and access to manufacturers' product information. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

Archindont - Architectural Index for Ontario [On & Off Campus - no login required] Archindont is a database of architectural information and citations to periodical articles and books about buildings in Toronto dating back to the 1850s. The database is searchable by Architect name, Designer name, Name of Building , Type of Building and Street. Database Type: Abstracts Database Location: All Locations

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide in the field of architectural design and history. Coverage dates from the 1930s and includes city planning, interior design, historic preservation as well as archaeology. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

City of Toronto - Digital Mapping [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] This CD-ROM contains mapping data for the City of Toronto arranged in 5 directories: Property Data Map (PDM) Maps, Toronto Centreline (TCL), Digital Terrain Model (DTM), Orthoimagery, and Parcel Mapping. Check for detailed description. Database Type: Maps & Images Database Location: Casa Loma Open Access Computer Learning Centre

Films On Demand NEW! [On & Off Campus] A database of online videos from the Films Media Group. Topics include: Architecture, Construction, Environment, & Fine Arts. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Ontario Building Code 2006 [On & Off Campus] The online edition includes the following: Ontario Building Code 2006 Ontario Electrical Safety Code 24th Edition Ontario Electrical Safety Code Bulletins Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Oxford Art Online [On & Off Campus] Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2007 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Wilson Applied Science & Technology Abstracts [On & Off Campus] Full text articles and images with from over 590 leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes building, manufacturing, mechanical computer and electrical technologies. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

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Business
Associations Canada [On and Off Campus] Contains information on Canadian and International associations that represent industry, commercial and professional groups, registered charities and special interest groups. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Business Source Complete (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Journal and magazine articles on all aspects of business and management, company and industry profiles, SWOT analyses, market and product research reports, country economic reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Directory to Corporations and Foundations [On Campus Only] NEW! Funding and grants available from over 2,200 foundations and 140 Canadian corporations is provided along with application information. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: George Brown College (Local Access Only)

Canadian NewsStand (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Full-text access to 20 major daily Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star, retrospective for 25+ years. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] International and Canadian magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information providing a large collection of Canadian full text content. Updated daily. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CARDonline [On Campus Only] Canadian Advertising Rates and Data (CARD) online provides advertising rates for over 5,600 print and broadcast media, including daily, community, and campus newspapers; consumer and business magazines; radio and television networks; and website advertising agencies. Media association contacts, and population and retail sales statistics are also included. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Business (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Mainly Canadian magazines and journals on business and management comprise this predominantly full-text periodical database. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CICA Standards and Guidance Collection (CICAHB) [On & Off Campus] The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ e-book collection includes the CICA Handbook – Accounting, CICA Handbook – Assurance, CICA Public Sector Accounting Handbook, Management's Discussion and Analysis, Criteria of Control Publications, and the Risk and Governance Collection. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Conference Board of Canada E-Library [On & Off Campus] Surveys and research reports include economic and industrial trends and forecasts, consumer confidence indices, tourism trends, and issues relating to human resource management, organizational excellence and governance, risk management, corporate social responsibility, and public policy. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

E-STAT Statistics Canada [On & Off Campus] E-STAT is Statistics Canada's interactive learning tool designed for the education community, with databases on the cost of living, inflation, employment rates, census data, and more. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Factiva [On & Off Campus] A vast archive of publications and up-to-the-minute reports and news focusing on global developments and business, Factiva combines over 9,000 sources from the Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Financial Post Advisor [On & Off Campus] Detailed information on Canadian industries, public and private companies, company directors, and current and archival financial statistics. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Financial Reporting in Canada [On & Off Campus] This e-book provides the features of good financial reporting with the latest techniques, terminology, and overall trends; using examples from actual financial statements for 200 companies, auditors’ reports, and survey statistics on accounting practices. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Financial Reporting in Canada under IFRS [On & Off Campus] Details for changes to financial reporting in Canada with the application of International Financial Reporting Standards. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

General Business File ASAP [On & Off Campus] Coverage includes over 900 business, trade, and industry publications, profiles of over 100,000 companies, and investment reports and forecasts for over 11,000 U.S. and international companies and 53 industries. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Industry Canada [On & Off Campus] Industry Canada provides business and consumer information with customizable benchmarking tools, cost calculators, and online-business planning. You will find timely business and consumer information, including the current Consumer Price Index, information on starting a business and exploring new markets. You can also search trade and investment data by product or industry. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

International Financial Reporting Standards [On & Off Campus] This collection includes the complete set of International Financial Reporting Standards incorporating International Accounting Standards and Interpretations, plus a glossary. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Lexis-Nexis Academic Core (Now includes QuickLaw) [On & Off Campus] Provides access to 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference sources with daily updates. Now includes all the information previously in QuickLaw including Canadian Court cases, tribunal and arbitration decisions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

PMB: Print Measurement Bureau [On & Off Campus] Canadian market and consumer profile data for over 3,500 products and services can be found in the Product Data “Category Reports.” Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Search the premier database from the American Psychological Association. Access nearly 50 top full-text psychology publications covering the disciplines of Human Physiology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, and more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Scott’s Ontario Directories [On & Off Campus] Search company information on 65,000 Ontario companies, by product type, industry classification number, company name, geographic and demographic characteristics. Records include manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and business services. NB: To access, select “Search Engine Version 2. Note: To save, print or e-mail from Scott's Ontario, select the Profile Print. This takes you to a pdf document from which you can organize your results Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Sedar [On & Off Campus - No login required] Brief profiles for public Canadian companies and investment funds are provided, along with many public documents and financial reports legally required to be filed with Canadian Securities Administrators, as well as documents filed with Canadian exchanges. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Small Business eCollection [On & Off Campus] Provides full-text access to approximately 250 periodicals with small business content. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Statistics Canada [On & Off Campus - no login required] This comprehensive website provides several access options, including The Daily, a portal to Statistics Canada news releases on current social and economic conditions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Statistics Canada - The Daily [On & Off Campus - no login required] Using "Search the Daily" from Statistics Canada provides you with a comprehensive one-stop overview of new information available from Statistics Canada. The Daily is a portal to Statistics Canada news releases on current social and economic conditions. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Strategis - Canadian Intellectual Property Office [On & Off Campus - no login required] The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), associated with Industry Canada, is responsible for the administration and processing of intellectual property in Canada, includes: Patents Trade-marks Copyrights Industrial designs Integrated circuit topographies Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Strategis see Industry Canada [On & Off Campus - no login required] Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

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Canadian Sources
Archindont - Architectural Index for Ontario [On & Off Campus - no login required] Archindont is a database of architectural information and citations to periodical articles and books about buildings in Toronto dating back to the 1850s. The database is searchable by Architect name, Designer name, Name of Building , Type of Building and Street. Database Type: Abstracts Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Directory to Corporations and Foundations [On Campus Only] NEW! Funding and grants available from over 2,200 foundations and 140 Canadian corporations is provided along with application information. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: George Brown College (Local Access Only)

Canadian Encyclopedia [On & Off Campus - no login required] Comprehensive information on all things about and related to Canada. Includes "Encyclopedia of Music in Canada" and fulltext articles from "Macleans" magazine regarding Canada and Canadians. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Native Law Cases [On & Off Campus - no login required] University of Saskatchewan Libraries' archive of all reported Canadian court decisions and Privy Council appeals from 1763-1978. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian NewsStand (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Full-text access to 20 major daily Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star, retrospective for 25+ years. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre [On & Off Campus] Canadian Points of View Reference Centre provides point-counterpoint overviews of controversial topics along with a selection of full text articles drawn from Canadian and international magazines and newspapers. Topics covered include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] International and Canadian magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information providing a large collection of Canadian full text content. Updated daily. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute [On & Off Campus - no login required] The Canadian Legal Information Institute, CanLII is a non-profit venture of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada to allow free access to Canadian Legal Documents. it provides simple access to free online Canadian and provincial legal materials including Statutes, regulations, and court decisions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Business (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Mainly Canadian magazines and journals on business and management comprise this predominantly full-text periodical database. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Current Events (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Journals and magazines, mainly of Canadian origin, focus on current events in Canada and the world, covering politics, business, the arts, sports, and social issues. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Education (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] A primary source of information on Canadian education.The database covers journal articles from over 150 Canadian education journals, plus selective coverage from 600 journals. In addition, the database includes Canadian federal and provincial government research reports, monographs from educational research communities across Canada, provincial curriculum guides, and graduate dissertations in education from 1976 to present Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Reference (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] In-depth access to a wide variety of Canadian scholarly journals and general interest magazines. Topics range from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and politics to opinion, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Conference Board of Canada E-Library [On & Off Campus] Surveys and research reports include economic and industrial trends and forecasts, consumer confidence indices, tourism trends, and issues relating to human resource management, organizational excellence and governance, risk management, corporate social responsibility, and public policy. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Department of Justice Canada [On & Off Campus - no login required] This site provides the full-text of Federal Canadian Laws and Regulations. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

E-STAT Statistics Canada [On & Off Campus] E-STAT is Statistics Canada's interactive learning tool designed for the education community, with databases on the cost of living, inflation, employment rates, census data, and more. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

National Construction Codes 1995 [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] This CD-ROM includes the National Building Code, the National Plumbing Code, the National Farm Building Code, and the National Fire Code. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

Statistics Canada - The Daily [On & Off Campus - no login required] Using "Search the Daily" from Statistics Canada provides you with a comprehensive one-stop overview of new information available from Statistics Canada. The Daily is a portal to Statistics Canada news releases on current social and economic conditions. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Strategis - Canadian Intellectual Property Office [On & Off Campus - no login required] The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), associated with Industry Canada, is responsible for the administration and processing of intellectual property in Canada, includes: Patents Trade-marks Copyrights Industrial designs Integrated circuit topographies Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Strategis see Industry Canada [On & Off Campus - no login required] Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

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Creative Arts
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

AP Multimedia Archive [On & Off Campus] AP Multimedia Archive is a research database of every news event covered by the Associated Press for 150 years. It contains over 3 million news photographs from the 1840's through today, with more than 3,000 photos being added on a daily basis. Additionally, users can search through over 100,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs. All content from AP Images may be downloaded and used for educational purposes. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index [On & Off Campus] Annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Films On Demand NEW! [On & Off Campus] A database of online videos from the Films Media Group. Topics include: Architecture, Construction, Environment, & Fine Arts. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Oxford Art Online [On & Off Campus] Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2007 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

WGSN [On Campus Only] This database requires a login. The passwords are openly displayed at the Reference Desk in the library or please contact the library at 416-415-5000, ext 4643 Contains fashion industry news, trade shows, and events globally. Also includes trend analyses and fashion reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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Design
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

AP Multimedia Archive [On & Off Campus] AP Multimedia Archive is a research database of every news event covered by the Associated Press for 150 years. It contains over 3 million news photographs from the 1840's through today, with more than 3,000 photos being added on a daily basis. Additionally, users can search through over 100,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs. All content from AP Images may be downloaded and used for educational purposes. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide in the field of architectural design and history. Coverage dates from the 1930s and includes city planning, interior design, historic preservation as well as archaeology. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

CARDonline [On Campus Only] Canadian Advertising Rates and Data (CARD) online provides advertising rates for over 5,600 print and broadcast media, including daily, community, and campus newspapers; consumer and business magazines; radio and television networks; and website advertising agencies. Media association contacts, and population and retail sales statistics are also included. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index [On & Off Campus] Annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Films On Demand NEW! [On & Off Campus] A database of online videos from the Films Media Group. Topics include: Architecture, Construction, Environment, & Fine Arts. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Oxford Art Online [On & Off Campus] Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2007 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

WGSN [On Campus Only] This database requires a login. The passwords are openly displayed at the Reference Desk in the library or please contact the library at 416-415-5000, ext 4643 Contains fashion industry news, trade shows, and events globally. Also includes trend analyses and fashion reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
AccessEngineering (McGraw-Hill) [On & Off Campus] Offers searchable full-text content from 240+ reference books in 14 major areas of engineering including Construction, Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Communications and Environmental. Create a personal profile and use bookmarking, annotation, highlighting, dictionary and email features. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

AccessScience [On & Off Campus] The fully searchable, on-line version of the "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology", 9th edition, includes access to Research Updates from the "McGraw-Hill Yearbooks", 110,000+ definitions, links to evaluated web-sites and study guides. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

AGS: Architectural GRAPHIC Standards [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] Architectural Graphic Standards (AGS) is a comprehensive source of architectural and building design data and construction details. This indispensable tool of the trade for architects, builders, draftsmen, engineers, interior designers and students allows for the downloading and manipulating of architectural elements, many in vector format and access to manufacturers' product information. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

Books@OVID [On & Off Campus] Provides complete text of the following: Diseases: A Nursing Process Approach to Excellent Care Handbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing (Lippincott) Handbook of Pathophysiology Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests/Wallach Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide Nurses' Guide to Clinical Procedures (Lippincott) Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnosis and Collaborative Problems/Carpenito Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Encyclopedia [On & Off Campus - no login required] Comprehensive information on all things about and related to Canada. Includes "Encyclopedia of Music in Canada" and fulltext articles from "Macleans" magazine regarding Canada and Canadians. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines/ Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] The "Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines" database consists of nationally approved, science-based indicators of environmental quality for water, sediment, soil and tissue. Environment Canada's National Guidelines and Standards Office (NGSO) together with the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) have developed the guidelines. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) - Academic Support Program [On & Off Campus] This database provides environmental and occupational health and safety standards, legislation, articles and reports including MSDS, Material Safety Data Sheets from manufacturers and suppliers, CHEMINFO, health and safety information on pure chemicals, RTECS, Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances, Fatality Reports, CISILO database, plus full-text access to the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th Edition. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Dr. Galil's Oral Histology and Embryology [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] This CD contains a comprehensive set of interactive quizzes consisting of multiple choice questions, slides, and diagrams for Anatomy and Oral Histology. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

Encyclopaedia Britannica [On & Off Campus] The complete encyclopedia with over 215,000 entries, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. Over 300,000 links to evaluated web sites. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Mark's Standard Handbook for Engineers [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] The 10th edition of this essential reference work. Contains current engineering industry standards and practices, and more than 100 essential engineering topics. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

MasterFILE Elite (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,200 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Elite also includes 57 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 200,000 photos, maps and flags. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Oxford Art Online [On & Off Campus] Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2007 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Oxford Reference Online NEW! [On & Off Campus] Oxford Reference Online Premium offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in Oxford Companions Series. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Tech Books for Free [On & Off Campus - no login required] Tech books for free download. Topics include: Linux, Microsoft, Networking, Security and C and C++ Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Weissmann Online [On Campus Only] Provides online travel information with coverage on every country in the world, including more than 200 cities and cruise ports in depth, a global network of correspondents, and in-house staff of knowledgeable, well-traveled writers and editors. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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Education
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Canadian NewsStand (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Full-text access to 20 major daily Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star, retrospective for 25+ years. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Career Cruising [On & Off Campus] Career Cruising is a Canadian database that provides career information. It includes links to colleges, universities and training programs in all provinces. It includes career profiles, and provides a quiz to match students with careers. As well, there is over 900 multimedia interviews with experts in the field, and careers are searchable by school subject, industry, or an alphabetical index. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Education (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] A primary source of information on Canadian education.The database covers journal articles from over 150 Canadian education journals, plus selective coverage from 600 journals. In addition, the database includes Canadian federal and provincial government research reports, monographs from educational research communities across Canada, provincial curriculum guides, and graduate dissertations in education from 1976 to present Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Contemporary Women's Issues [On & Off Campus] A selected full-text resource for information about women. Particularly useful for material relating to current topics in the social sciences disciplines, such as political science, psychology, reproductive rights, as well as contemporary cultural studies. Includes book reviews, research reports, and fact sheets, in addition to journals and magazines. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

ERIC (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

GreenFILE [On & Off Campus] GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Health and Wellness Resource Center (GALE) [On & Off Campus] The database provides access to approximately 400 health/medical journals, various health reference books, hundreds of pamphlets and selective health related articles from general magazines and journals. The collection also includes over 700 brief health videos from Healthology, inc. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

InfoTrac Junior (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

InfoTrac Junior (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Graphic Interface Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

InfoTrac Student (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Graphic interface Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

InfoTrac Student (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Kids InfoBits (GALE) [On & Off Campus] http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itk12/(Location ID)?db=ITKE Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Search the premier database from the American Psychological Association. Access nearly 50 top full-text psychology publications covering the disciplines of Human Physiology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, and more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

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English
CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

ERIC (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

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Fashion
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Business Source Complete (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Journal and magazine articles on all aspects of business and management, company and industry profiles, SWOT analyses, market and product research reports, country economic reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Apparel Federation Directory (CAF) [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] Information on over 2000 Canadian apparel manufacturers, with listings for types of clothing sold by each company. Includes a buyers’ guide to manufacturers, contractors, designer-manufacturers and suppliers. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index [On & Off Campus] Annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Oxford Art Online [On & Off Campus] Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2007 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

WGSN [On Campus Only] This database requires a login. The passwords are openly displayed at the Reference Desk in the library or please contact the library at 416-415-5000, ext 4643 Contains fashion industry news, trade shows, and events globally. Also includes trend analyses and fashion reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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General
Academic OneFile (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, literature and other subjects. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Business Source Complete (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Journal and magazine articles on all aspects of business and management, company and industry profiles, SWOT analyses, market and product research reports, country economic reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Directory to Corporations and Foundations [On Campus Only] NEW! Funding and grants available from over 2,200 foundations and 140 Canadian corporations is provided along with application information. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: George Brown College (Local Access Only)

Canadian Encyclopedia [On & Off Campus - no login required] Comprehensive information on all things about and related to Canada. Includes "Encyclopedia of Music in Canada" and fulltext articles from "Macleans" magazine regarding Canada and Canadians. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Canadian NewsStand (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Full-text access to 20 major daily Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star, retrospective for 25+ years. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre [On & Off Campus] Canadian Points of View Reference Centre provides point-counterpoint overviews of controversial topics along with a selection of full text articles drawn from Canadian and international magazines and newspapers. Topics covered include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] International and Canadian magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books, and company information providing a large collection of Canadian full text content. Updated daily. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Current Events (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Journals and magazines, mainly of Canadian origin, focus on current events in Canada and the world, covering politics, business, the arts, sports, and social issues. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Conference Board of Canada E-Library [On & Off Campus] Surveys and research reports include economic and industrial trends and forecasts, consumer confidence indices, tourism trends, and issues relating to human resource management, organizational excellence and governance, risk management, corporate social responsibility, and public policy. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Discovering Collection (GALE) [On & Off Campus] This database provides a selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including video and audio clips in the areas of history, literature, biography, science and social studies. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Encyclopaedia Britannica [On & Off Campus] The complete encyclopedia with over 215,000 entries, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. Over 300,000 links to evaluated web sites. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Over 3,200 indexed and full-text titles – of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed – in all disciplines. Expanded Academic ASAP provides coverage through a wide-range of topics including: social sciences, humanities, education, science and technology. Sources include: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals and general interest magazines. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, 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. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

General Reference Center Gold (GALE) [On & Off Campus] A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry, and the arts and sciences. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

InfoTrac Student (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Graphic interface Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

InfoTrac Student (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

LookSmart's FindArticles [On & Off Campus - no login required] LookSmart's FindArticles is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals. You will find articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more. Each of the hundreds of thousands of articles can be read in its entirety and printed. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 350 full text reference books, 84,000 biographies, 100,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 200,000 photos, maps and flags. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

MasterFILE Elite (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,200 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Elite also includes 57 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 200,000 photos, maps and flags. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

MyiLibrary [On & Off Campus] A collection of e-books selected to support George Brown College’s courses and programs. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

National Newspaper Index (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Provides indexing and abstracts only (no full text) for the Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

ProQUEST [On & Off Campus] Database provider of the following: Canadian NewsStand CBCA Business CBCA Current Events CBCA Education CBCA Reference ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Journals ProQuest Science Journals Database Type: Database Provider Database Location: All Locations

Statistics Canada - The Daily [On & Off Campus - no login required] Using "Search the Daily" from Statistics Canada provides you with a comprehensive one-stop overview of new information available from Statistics Canada. The Daily is a portal to Statistics Canada news releases on current social and economic conditions. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

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Health & Medicine
ALT HealthWatch (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This alternative health database provides full text for 140 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. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Books@OVID [On & Off Campus] Provides complete text of the following: Diseases: A Nursing Process Approach to Excellent Care Handbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing (Lippincott) Handbook of Pathophysiology Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests/Wallach Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide Nurses' Guide to Clinical Procedures (Lippincott) Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnosis and Collaborative Problems/Carpenito Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) - Academic Support Program [On & Off Campus] This database provides environmental and occupational health and safety standards, legislation, articles and reports including MSDS, Material Safety Data Sheets from manufacturers and suppliers, CHEMINFO, health and safety information on pure chemicals, RTECS, Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances, Fatality Reports, CISILO database, plus full-text access to the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th Edition. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

CINAHL Cumulative Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] A primary research tool for nurses, the "Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL)" bibliographic database provides citation and abstract coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. More than 1200 journals are regularly indexed; online abstracts are available for more than 800 of these titles. There are more than 7000 records with full text now included. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

CPS (E-CPS) [On & Off Campus] For database details, please see E-CPS. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Dr. Galil's Oral Histology and Embryology [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] This CD contains a comprehensive set of interactive quizzes consisting of multiple choice questions, slides, and diagrams for Anatomy and Oral Histology. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

DS X-Ray [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] Decision support for interpretation of Radiographic Lesions and Clinical Management. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

E-CPS [On & Off Campus] e-CPS is the source for Canadian drug information with approximately 3,000 Health Canada approved product information. Fully searchable by brand or generic name, therapeutic class and manufacturer. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

EBM Reviews (OVID) [On & Off Campus- login and click on "Continue"] EBM Reviews is Evidence Based Medicine Reviews. Search for current answers to clinical questions from professional sources. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Free Medical Journals [On & Off Campus - no login required] Free Medical Journals is a Free Medical Information website. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

GreenFILE [On & Off Campus] GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Health and Wellness Resource Center (GALE) [On & Off Campus] The database provides access to approximately 400 health/medical journals, various health reference books, hundreds of pamphlets and selective health related articles from general magazines and journals. The collection also includes over 700 brief health videos from Healthology, inc. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This is a collection of consumer health information 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. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Health Source : Nursing / Academic Edition (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Journals@OVID Full Text [On & Off Campus - login and click on "Continue"] Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals is a collection of 14 essential journals: "AACN Clinical Issues:Advanced Practice in Acute & Critical Care", "American Journal of Nursing", "Cancer Nursing", "Clinical Nurse Specialist", "CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing", "Gastroenterology Nursing", "Journal for Nurses in Staff Development", "JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration", "Journal of Infusion Nursing", "MCN, American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing", "Nurse Educator", and many more... Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Medline (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Bibliographic and abstract coverage of medical and health care literature. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Medline (OVID) [On & Off Campus- login and click on "Continue"] Bibliographic and abstract coverage of medical and health care literature. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the United States military and government, providing cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

National Recreation Database LIN [On & Off Campus - no login required] Canada ’s National Recreation Database provides practitioners and organizations in recreation and sport with articles, book reviews and resources and is published by The Lifestyle Information Network (LIN) . Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

OVID [On & Off Campus] Database provider of the following: EBM - Evidence Based Medicine Books@OVID Journals@OVID Medline Database Type: Database Provider Database Location: All Locations

ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Journals [On & Off Campus] Full-text information from leading nursing from such journals as: Nursing, Nursing Management, Nursing Economics, Nursing Forum, RN, Journal of Nursing Education, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Researcher, and Nursing Diagnosis. Over 280 titles covered. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Search the premier database from the American Psychological Association. Access nearly 50 top full-text psychology publications covering the disciplines of Human Physiology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, and more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Psychology Collection (Gale) [On & Off Campus] This database provides full-text access to approximately 200 full-text periodicals in the field of psychology. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

PubMed Central [On & Off Campus - no login required] This is the U.S. National Institutes of Health free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. All articles are free, although some might be delayed. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

RECAL Legacy [On & Off Campus - no login required] This database is primarily for the use of Orthotics/Prosthetics students and faculty. The world's most comprehensive bibliographic database in the field of prosthetics, orthotics and related rehabilitation engineering contains 78,000+ records and is updated quarterly. Database Type: Abstracts Database Location: All Locations

SAGE Health Sciences Full-Text Collection [On & Off Campus] This is a full text collection of 26 scholarly full-text nursing journals with particular emphasis on nursing research. Other areas such as public health, autism and gerontology are also covered. 1879 – current Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

ScienceDirect College Edition [On & Off Campus] The ScienceDirect College Edition offers local and remote access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles online; 890 in the Life Sciences field and 600 in the Physical Sciences Journal Collection. This database allows for quick searching by keyword, subject or journal title and full searching using basic or advanced modes. Interactive tutorials are offered in 13 languages Unavailable on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 due to maintenance Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Teen Health and Wellness [On & Off Campus] Get information on nutrition, mental health, diseases, drugs and family life. Content is provided by professionals. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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Hospitality & Tourism
Academic OneFile (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, literature and other subjects. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Business Source Complete (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Journal and magazine articles on all aspects of business and management, company and industry profiles, SWOT analyses, market and product research reports, country economic reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian NewsStand (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Full-text access to 20 major daily Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star, retrospective for 25+ years. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Conference Board of Canada E-Library [On & Off Campus] Surveys and research reports include economic and industrial trends and forecasts, consumer confidence indices, tourism trends, and issues relating to human resource management, organizational excellence and governance, risk management, corporate social responsibility, and public policy. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Culinary Arts Collection (GALE) [On & Off Campus] The Culinary Arts collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research & industry news. This database combines three collections: Cornell University’s former Hospitality database, Articles in Hospitality & Tourism (AHT), and Lodging, Restaurant & Tourism Index (LRTI). This collection contains 500,000+ records from 500+ titles, as far back as 1965. In addition, Hospitality & Tourism Complete contains full text for more than 200 journals. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection (Gale) [On & Off Campus] With current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals, this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Weissmann Online [On Campus Only] Provides online travel information with coverage on every country in the world, including more than 200 cities and cruise ports in depth, a global network of correspondents, and in-house staff of knowledgeable, well-traveled writers and editors. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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Humanities
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre [On & Off Campus] Canadian Points of View Reference Centre provides point-counterpoint overviews of controversial topics along with a selection of full text articles drawn from Canadian and international magazines and newspapers. Topics covered include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Contemporary Women's Issues [On & Off Campus] A selected full-text resource for information about women. Particularly useful for material relating to current topics in the social sciences disciplines, such as political science, psychology, reproductive rights, as well as contemporary cultural studies. Includes book reviews, research reports, and fact sheets, in addition to journals and magazines. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index [On & Off Campus] Annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

General Reference Center Gold (GALE) [On & Off Campus] A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry, and the arts and sciences. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Humanities International Index (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Humanities International Index is a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 2,000 journals and contains more than 2 million records. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

InfoTrac Religion and Philosophy (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Access to magazines and academic journals, including over 130 full-text, covering religion, philosophy, and the related areas of archaeology and anthropology. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

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Information Technology
Academic OneFile (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, literature and other subjects. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

AccessEngineering (McGraw-Hill) [On & Off Campus] Offers searchable full-text content from 240+ reference books in 14 major areas of engineering including Construction, Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Communications and Environmental. Create a personal profile and use bookmarking, annotation, highlighting, dictionary and email features. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

AccessScience [On & Off Campus] The fully searchable, on-line version of the "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology", 9th edition, includes access to Research Updates from the "McGraw-Hill Yearbooks", 110,000+ definitions, links to evaluated web-sites and study guides. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Business Source Complete (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Journal and magazine articles on all aspects of business and management, company and industry profiles, SWOT analyses, market and product research reports, country economic reports. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Computer Database (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Research, reviews and career information pertaining to the telecommunication, electronics, and IT industries. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

FAITS: Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Studies [On & Off Campus] In-depth, current reports in all areas of IT including: Infrastructure, Wireless Communications, Security, Data Networking, Technology Vendors, Convergence, Linux/Open Source, Healthcare IT and much more. FAITS also offers company directories. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Lexis-Nexis Academic Core (Now includes QuickLaw) [On & Off Campus] Provides access to 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference sources with daily updates. Now includes all the information previously in QuickLaw including Canadian Court cases, tribunal and arbitration decisions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

ScienceDirect College Edition [On & Off Campus] The ScienceDirect College Edition offers local and remote access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles online; 890 in the Life Sciences field and 600 in the Physical Sciences Journal Collection. This database allows for quick searching by keyword, subject or journal title and full searching using basic or advanced modes. Interactive tutorials are offered in 13 languages Unavailable on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 due to maintenance Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Tech Books for Free [On & Off Campus - no login required] Tech books for free download. Topics include: Linux, Microsoft, Networking, Security and C and C++ Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Wilson Applied Science & Technology Abstracts [On & Off Campus] Full text articles and images with from over 590 leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes building, manufacturing, mechanical computer and electrical technologies. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

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Law
Canadian Law List [On & Off Campus - no login required] Canada Law Book's directory of Canadian law firms, lawyers, judges and government departments. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Native Law Cases [On & Off Campus - no login required] University of Saskatchewan Libraries' archive of all reported Canadian court decisions and Privy Council appeals from 1763-1978. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute [On & Off Campus - no login required] The Canadian Legal Information Institute, CanLII is a non-profit venture of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada to allow free access to Canadian Legal Documents. it provides simple access to free online Canadian and provincial legal materials including Statutes, regulations, and court decisions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Conference Board of Canada E-Library [On & Off Campus] Surveys and research reports include economic and industrial trends and forecasts, consumer confidence indices, tourism trends, and issues relating to human resource management, organizational excellence and governance, risk management, corporate social responsibility, and public policy. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Department of Justice Canada [On & Off Campus - no login required] This site provides the full-text of Federal Canadian Laws and Regulations. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

E-Laws : Ontario Statutes & Regulations [On & Off Campus - no login required] This web site contains current consolidated versions of most of Ontario's public statutes and regulations. A consolidated law, whether a statute or a regulation, is one that includes all amendments that have been made. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

LegalTrac (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Indexes over 1400 major legal publications and law-related articles from over 1,000 business and general interest titles. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Lexis-Nexis Academic Core (Now includes QuickLaw) [On & Off Campus] Provides access to 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference sources with daily updates. Now includes all the information previously in QuickLaw including Canadian Court cases, tribunal and arbitration decisions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Military and Intelligence Database (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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News
Canadian NewsStand (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Full-text access to 20 major daily Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star, retrospective for 25+ years. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Current Events (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Journals and magazines, mainly of Canadian origin, focus on current events in Canada and the world, covering politics, business, the arts, sports, and social issues. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Eureka.CC [On & Off Campus] This database contains well-known Francophone resources available in PDF or text files. The resources are updated daily and contain 20 years of archives. The collection includes national and international newspapers, news wires, audio capsules and radio/television transcripts. The French-language titles are bundled with 20 English-language daily newspapers from across Ontario. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Factiva [On & Off Campus] A vast archive of publications and up-to-the-minute reports and news focusing on global developments and business, Factiva combines over 9,000 sources from the Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Lexis-Nexis Academic Core (Now includes QuickLaw) [On & Off Campus] Provides access to 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference sources with daily updates. Now includes all the information previously in QuickLaw including Canadian Court cases, tribunal and arbitration decisions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

National Newspaper Index (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Provides indexing and abstracts only (no full text) for the Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

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Nursing
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

ALT HealthWatch (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This alternative health database provides full text for 140 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. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Books@OVID [On & Off Campus] Provides complete text of the following: Diseases: A Nursing Process Approach to Excellent Care Handbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing (Lippincott) Handbook of Pathophysiology Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests/Wallach Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide Nurses' Guide to Clinical Procedures (Lippincott) Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnosis and Collaborative Problems/Carpenito Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CINAHL Cumulative Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] A primary research tool for nurses, the "Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL)" bibliographic database provides citation and abstract coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. More than 1200 journals are regularly indexed; online abstracts are available for more than 800 of these titles. There are more than 7000 records with full text now included. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

CPS (E-CPS) [On & Off Campus] For database details, please see E-CPS. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

E-CPS [On & Off Campus] e-CPS is the source for Canadian drug information with approximately 3,000 Health Canada approved product information. Fully searchable by brand or generic name, therapeutic class and manufacturer. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

EBM Reviews (OVID) [On & Off Campus- login and click on "Continue"] EBM Reviews is Evidence Based Medicine Reviews. Search for current answers to clinical questions from professional sources. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Free Medical Journals [On & Off Campus - no login required] Free Medical Journals is a Free Medical Information website. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Health and Wellness Resource Center (GALE) [On & Off Campus] The database provides access to approximately 400 health/medical journals, various health reference books, hundreds of pamphlets and selective health related articles from general magazines and journals. The collection also includes over 700 brief health videos from Healthology, inc. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This is a collection of consumer health information 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. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Health Source : Nursing / Academic Edition (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Journals@OVID Full Text [On & Off Campus - login and click on "Continue"] Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals is a collection of 14 essential journals: "AACN Clinical Issues:Advanced Practice in Acute & Critical Care", "American Journal of Nursing", "Cancer Nursing", "Clinical Nurse Specialist", "CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing", "Gastroenterology Nursing", "Journal for Nurses in Staff Development", "JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration", "Journal of Infusion Nursing", "MCN, American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing", "Nurse Educator", and many more... Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Medline (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Bibliographic and abstract coverage of medical and health care literature. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Medline (OVID) [On & Off Campus- login and click on "Continue"] Bibliographic and abstract coverage of medical and health care literature. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

OVID [On & Off Campus] Database provider of the following: EBM - Evidence Based Medicine Books@OVID Journals@OVID Medline Database Type: Database Provider Database Location: All Locations

ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Journals [On & Off Campus] Full-text information from leading nursing from such journals as: Nursing, Nursing Management, Nursing Economics, Nursing Forum, RN, Journal of Nursing Education, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Researcher, and Nursing Diagnosis. Over 280 titles covered. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Search the premier database from the American Psychological Association. Access nearly 50 top full-text psychology publications covering the disciplines of Human Physiology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, and more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Psychology Collection (Gale) [On & Off Campus] This database provides full-text access to approximately 200 full-text periodicals in the field of psychology. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

PubMed Central [On & Off Campus - no login required] This is the U.S. National Institutes of Health free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. All articles are free, although some might be delayed. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

SAGE Health Sciences Full-Text Collection [On & Off Campus] This is a full text collection of 26 scholarly full-text nursing journals with particular emphasis on nursing research. Other areas such as public health, autism and gerontology are also covered. 1879 – current Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

ScienceDirect College Edition [On & Off Campus] The ScienceDirect College Edition offers local and remote access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles online; 890 in the Life Sciences field and 600 in the Physical Sciences Journal Collection. This database allows for quick searching by keyword, subject or journal title and full searching using basic or advanced modes. Interactive tutorials are offered in 13 languages Unavailable on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 due to maintenance Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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Science & Technology
AccessEngineering (McGraw-Hill) [On & Off Campus] Offers searchable full-text content from 240+ reference books in 14 major areas of engineering including Construction, Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Communications and Environmental. Create a personal profile and use bookmarking, annotation, highlighting, dictionary and email features. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

AccessScience [On & Off Campus] The fully searchable, on-line version of the "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology", 9th edition, includes access to Research Updates from the "McGraw-Hill Yearbooks", 110,000+ definitions, links to evaluated web-sites and study guides. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

ALT HealthWatch (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] This alternative health database provides full text for 140 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. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Auto Repair Reference Center [On & Off Campus] Auto Repair Reference Center contains repair procedures, service bulletins, service recalls, wiring diagrams, labor and quick tips for cars produced between 1945 to present. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide in the field of architectural design and history. Coverage dates from the 1930s and includes city planning, interior design, historic preservation as well as archaeology. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines/ Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] The "Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines" database consists of nationally approved, science-based indicators of environmental quality for water, sediment, soil and tissue. Environment Canada's National Guidelines and Standards Office (NGSO) together with the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) have developed the guidelines. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

City of Toronto - Digital Mapping [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] This CD-ROM contains mapping data for the City of Toronto arranged in 5 directories: Property Data Map (PDM) Maps, Toronto Centreline (TCL), Digital Terrain Model (DTM), Orthoimagery, and Parcel Mapping. Check for detailed description. Database Type: Maps & Images Database Location: Casa Loma Open Access Computer Learning Centre

Computer Database (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Research, reviews and career information pertaining to the telecommunication, electronics, and IT industries. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Discovering Collection (GALE) [On & Off Campus] This database provides a selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including video and audio clips in the areas of history, literature, biography, science and social studies. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

FAITS: Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Studies [On & Off Campus] In-depth, current reports in all areas of IT including: Infrastructure, Wireless Communications, Security, Data Networking, Technology Vendors, Convergence, Linux/Open Source, Healthcare IT and much more. FAITS also offers company directories. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Films On Demand NEW! [On & Off Campus] A database of online videos from the Films Media Group. Topics include: Architecture, Construction, Environment, & Fine Arts. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Free Medical Journals [On & Off Campus - no login required] Free Medical Journals is a Free Medical Information website. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

GreenFILE [On & Off Campus] GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Mark's Standard Handbook for Engineers [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] The 10th edition of this essential reference work. Contains current engineering industry standards and practices, and more than 100 essential engineering topics. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

Medline (OVID) [On & Off Campus- login and click on "Continue"] Bibliographic and abstract coverage of medical and health care literature. Database Type: Indexed Bibliographic Database Location: All Locations

Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the United States military and government, providing cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Military and Intelligence Database (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

National Construction Codes 1995 [On Campus only @ Casa Loma Library Learning Commons] This CD-ROM includes the National Building Code, the National Plumbing Code, the National Farm Building Code, and the National Fire Code. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: Casa Loma Library Learning Commons

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

NRC Research Press Journals [On & Off Campus - no login required] The National Research Council(NRC)Press, the publishing arm of the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information provides full text access to its scholarly journals and abstracts to affiliated journals. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Ontario Building Code 2006 [On & Off Campus] The online edition includes the following: Ontario Building Code 2006 Ontario Electrical Safety Code 24th Edition Ontario Electrical Safety Code Bulletins Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

ProQuest Science Journals [On & Off Campus] References to over 490 journal titles—with more than 380 available in full text. Subject coverage includes computers, telecommunications, engineering, physics, and transportation. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

PubMed Central [On & Off Campus - no login required] This is the U.S. National Institutes of Health free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. All articles are free, although some might be delayed. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

ScienceDirect College Edition [On & Off Campus] The ScienceDirect College Edition offers local and remote access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles online; 890 in the Life Sciences field and 600 in the Physical Sciences Journal Collection. This database allows for quick searching by keyword, subject or journal title and full searching using basic or advanced modes. Interactive tutorials are offered in 13 languages Unavailable on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 due to maintenance Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Tech Books for Free [On & Off Campus - no login required] Tech books for free download. Topics include: Linux, Microsoft, Networking, Security and C and C++ Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Wilson Applied Science & Technology Abstracts [On & Off Campus] Full text articles and images with from over 590 leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes building, manufacturing, mechanical computer and electrical technologies. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) [On & Off Campus] Multidisciplinary full text database containing full text for peer-reviewed journals and magazines covering computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Canadian NewsStand (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] Full-text access to 20 major daily Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Toronto Star, retrospective for 25+ years. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre [On & Off Campus] Canadian Points of View Reference Centre provides point-counterpoint overviews of controversial topics along with a selection of full text articles drawn from Canadian and international magazines and newspapers. Topics covered include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Combined Databases [On & Off Campus] Search the combined Canadian Business and Current Affairs group of databases: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events, CBCA Education, and CBCA Reference. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

CBCA Education (PROQUEST) [On & Off Campus] A primary source of information on Canadian education.The database covers journal articles from over 150 Canadian education journals, plus selective coverage from 600 journals. In addition, the database includes Canadian federal and provincial government research reports, monographs from educational research communities across Canada, provincial curriculum guides, and graduate dissertations in education from 1976 to present Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Contemporary Women's Issues [On & Off Campus] A selected full-text resource for information about women. Particularly useful for material relating to current topics in the social sciences disciplines, such as political science, psychology, reproductive rights, as well as contemporary cultural studies. Includes book reviews, research reports, and fact sheets, in addition to journals and magazines. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

CPI. Q (Canadian Periodicals Index ) (GALE) [On & Off Campus] Use this database to find articles with a Canadian focus from Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Health and Wellness Resource Center (GALE) [On & Off Campus] The database provides access to approximately 400 health/medical journals, various health reference books, hundreds of pamphlets and selective health related articles from general magazines and journals. The collection also includes over 700 brief health videos from Healthology, inc. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

NetLibrary - eBooks [On & Off Campus] A collection of about 7,000, research, reference and reading electronic books and 5,000+ public domain titles. Usage Tips: Create an account – exclusive access for 2 hours; lets users set search preferences, use Notes and Bookmarking functions; automatically checked in; remote users must create an account Browse - only allows reading; automatically checked in after 15 minutes of idle time To create an account; create a username/password; enter name and e-mail address. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) [On & Off Campus] Search the premier database from the American Psychological Association. Access nearly 50 top full-text psychology publications covering the disciplines of Human Physiology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, and more. Database Type: Fulltext Database Location: All Locations

Psychology Collection (Gale) [On & Off Campus] This database provides full-text access to approximately 200 full-text periodicals in the field of psychology. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

SAGE Health Sciences Full-Text Collection [On & Off Campus] This is a full text collection of 26 scholarly full-text nursing journals with particular emphasis on nursing research. Other areas such as public health, autism and gerontology are also covered. 1879 – current Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Statistics Canada - The Daily [On & Off Campus - no login required] Using "Search the Daily" from Statistics Canada provides you with a comprehensive one-stop overview of new information available from Statistics Canada. The Daily is a portal to Statistics Canada news releases on current social and economic conditions. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Teen Health and Wellness [On & Off Campus] Get information on nutrition, mental health, diseases, drugs and family life. Content is provided by professionals. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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Statistics
CANSIM [On & Off Campus] The Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System (CANSIM) lets users track trends in Canadian life with statistics on labour, health, income, trade, education, manufacturing, investment, and more. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

E-STAT Statistics Canada [On & Off Campus] E-STAT is Statistics Canada's interactive learning tool designed for the education community, with databases on the cost of living, inflation, employment rates, census data, and more. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

NationMaster.com [On & Off Campus - no login required] This site uses statistics to promote education and understanding about the world from international sources, making facts that shape global commerce, health, politics and ecology easily accessible and meaningful. All statistics on this site are cited. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

PMB: Print Measurement Bureau [On & Off Campus] Canadian market and consumer profile data for over 3,500 products and services can be found in the Product Data “Category Reports.” Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Scott’s Ontario Directories [On & Off Campus] Search company information on 65,000 Ontario companies, by product type, industry classification number, company name, geographic and demographic characteristics. Records include manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and business services. NB: To access, select “Search Engine Version 2. Note: To save, print or e-mail from Scott's Ontario, select the Profile Print. This takes you to a pdf document from which you can organize your results Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Statistical Resources on the WEB [On & Off Campus - No login required] From the University of Michigan Library. Database Type: Database Provider Database Location: All Locations

Statistics Canada [On & Off Campus - no login required] This comprehensive website provides several access options, including The Daily, a portal to Statistics Canada news releases on current social and economic conditions. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Statistics Canada - The Daily [On & Off Campus - no login required] Using "Search the Daily" from Statistics Canada provides you with a comprehensive one-stop overview of new information available from Statistics Canada. The Daily is a portal to Statistics Canada news releases on current social and economic conditions. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Strategis - Canadian Intellectual Property Office [On & Off Campus - no login required] The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), associated with Industry Canada, is responsible for the administration and processing of intellectual property in Canada, includes: Patents Trade-marks Copyrights Industrial designs Integrated circuit topographies Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Strategis see Industry Canada [On & Off Campus - no login required] Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

United Nations Statistics Division [On & Off Campus - no login required] The Statistics Division compiles statistics from many international sources, including the Statistical Yearbook, World Statistics Pocketbook and yearbooks in specialized fields of statistics. It also provides a global centre for data gathered from many national and international sources on: international trade national accounts energy industry environment transport demographic and social statistics Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

United States Census Bureau [On & Off Campus - no login required] An important resource for data about the people and economy of the United States. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

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Theatre
Asian American Drama [On & Off Campus] Asian American Drama brings together plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information, providing a comprehensive overview of Asian American drama. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Black Drama (Second Edition) [On & Off Campus] Black Drama contains the full text of plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 100 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard-to-find, or out of print. Nearly a quarter of the collection will consist of previously unpublished plays by writers such as Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Femi Euba, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

North American Indian Drama [On & Off Campus] Contains the full text of more than 200 plays representing the stories and creative energies of American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the twentieth century. Many of the plays were previously unpublished or hard to find. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

North American Theatre Online [On & Off Campus] Contains the databases: Twentieth Century North American Drama, Black Drama, Asian American Drama, North American Women’s Drama, North American Indian Drama, and Latino Literature. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

North American Women's Drama [On & Off Campus] Contains over 1500 plays, together with detailed information on related biographical, production, and theatrical information. Contains some previously unpublished plays. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

Oxford Reference Online NEW! [On & Off Campus] Oxford Reference Online Premium offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in Oxford Companions Series. Database Type: Reference & E-Book Database Location: All Locations

Twentieth Century North American Drama [On & Off Campus] A collection of plays together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and includes selected playbills and production photographs. Database Type: All Database Location: All Locations

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