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Encyclopedia Britannica

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Explore the updated online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images, and web sites .

   
Encyclopedia Judaica Online

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Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge.

   
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Encyclopédie Universalis

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The Encyclopedia Universalis is the largest French language general encyclopedia on the internet, written and validated by over 7000 authors of international repute. It includes 30,000 articles, with more than 20,000 photographs, drawings, charts and diagrams; an atlas of 400 administrative and geographical maps; a dictionary containing 122,000 definitions; animations, essays on major issues today, interactive media, and interviews from the scientific and cultural community.

   
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Encyclopédie Universalis Junior

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Universalis Junior Online was created in collaboration with education and childhood experts. Students will enjoy the intuitive interface that offers access to 2,500 French encyclopedia articles. Perfect for homework, projects, and satisfying natural curiosity, Universalis Junior Online is an easy-to-use and engaging tool that teaches research skills and makes learning fun.

   
Canadian Encyclopedia Online The full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since 1999. Since its publication in book form in 1985, The Canadian Encyclopedia has provided the most comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for students, readers and scholars across Canada and throughout the world.
   

Newspapers & Magazines

   
Ebsco


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Canadian Reference Centre
Canadian Reference Centre
covers Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K) periodicals in full text; full text reference books; full text biographies and an Image Collection. 

Coverage: Varies

MasterFile Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database covers virtually every subject area of general interest. 

Coverage: 1976 onwards.

   
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ProQuest



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This database is composed of two other sub-databases:

Canadian Newsstand:
Canadian Newsstand offers unparalleled access to the full text of Canadian newspapers. Coverage: 1980’s – present. (There is a two-day delay for most recent newspaper articles.)

CBCA Reference & Current Events:
This collection provides in depth access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines. Some articles are available in full-text. Coverage: Varies depending on the title.

Eureka.cc

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Provides access to the full-text of major French newspapers from Quebec specifically, La Presse, Le Devoir, Le Droit, and Le Soleil. It also has some full-text major English papers, such as The New York Times.

Coverage: Varies depending on the title.

   

FindArticles.com



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FindArticles.com is a website that contains millions of full-text articles from leading academic, industry and general interest publications. Subjects include art, business, society, health, entertainment, history, sports, computers and technology.

Coverage: Varies

Literary Resources
   
Novelist



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Novelist is the number one guide to over 125,000 works of fiction. It includes reviews and annotations of books and other features such as Author Read-alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, Book Talks and Annotated Book Lists. Coverage: Includes works of fiction for all reading levels

   
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Business
   
ThomasNet



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ThomasNet, powered by ThomasRegister and ThomasRegional, is a directory of
companies, products and services, and brand names. It brings together industrial buyers and suppliers on a national, regional, and local level.
ThomasNet provides direct access to the detailed information needed to make
a purchasing or specifying decision, including line-item product details,
CAD drawings, and more.

   
Canadian Company Capabilities
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A centrally maintained current searchable database of 50,000 Canadian businesses
 
Language Learning
   
Mango is an online language learning system that can help you learn a foreign language. French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian and Russian are just some of the 29 languages offered.
   
   
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