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Name | Description |
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4 Seasons of Reconciliation |
This resource is a multi-media teaching unit that promotes a renewed relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadians, through transformative multi-media learning. [from vendor] |
ABI/INFORM Collection |
Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources, with international coverage of companies and business trends. [from vendor] |
Academic Search Alumni Edition |
Academic Search Alumni Edition offers alumni an invaluable research tool for their post-college pursuits. |
Academic Search Complete |
This is a component of theÌýUndergraduate Resource Bundle (URB). |
Academic Search Complete (Opt-In) |
Academic Search Complete (Opt-In) isÌýan annual, standalone subscription for those who did not wish to participate in theÌýUndergraduate Resource Bundle (URB). |
Academic Search Ultimate |
An collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.Ìý |
Academic Video Online (AVON) |
A comprehensiveÌývideo subscription that deliversÌý68,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. |
ACLS Humanities E-Book |
This collection consists of over 5,400 books of high quality in the humanities and related social sciences. [from vendor] |
ACM Digital Library |
A full-textÌýresearch, discovery and networking platform containing all ACM publications, a collection of full-text publications from select publishers, and the ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database focused on computing. [from vendor] |
American National Biography |
Offers portraits of more than 19,000 men and women whose lives have shaped America. Updated semi-annuallyÌýwith new entries and revisions of previously published entries. [from vendor] |
APA PsycBooks |
The most current and only comprehensive collection of full-textÌýscholarly and professional books published by the American Psychological Association. ProvidingÌýa pathway through the evolution of psychological thought, it provides access to high-quality publications in psychology and related fields. [from vendor] |
APA PsycExtra |
This database produced by the American Psychological Association combines bibliographic records with unique full-text materials, offering conference presentations, newsletters, reports, fact sheets, magazines, monographs and more. [from vendor] |
Applied Science & Technology Index Retrospective: 1913-1983 |
An archive index covering important historical scientific studies and discoveries between 1913 and 1983. Indexing and citations include book reviews and the complete files of Industrial Arts Index (1913-1957).ÌýPerpetual access for all 51ºÚÁÏÍø ELN partner libraries through the Common Suite. |
Applied Science & Technology Source |
This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering.Ìý[from vendor] |
Art & Architecture Source |
This database is the largest full-text art research database covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design. [from vendor] Ìý |
Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984 |
An archive index chronicling over a half a century of art literature. Covering fine, decorative and commercial art, it indexes hundreds of publications, plus thousands of book reviews, interviews, anthologies and more.ÌýPerpetual access for all 51ºÚÁÏÍø ELN partner libraries through the Common Suite. |
ATLA/ATLAS/ATLAS Plus |
TheÌýAtla Religion DatabaseÌý(Atla RDB) with AtlaSerials PLUS (Atlas PLUS)Ìýcombines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with Atla's largest online collection of major journals.Ìý[from vendor] |
Audio Cine Films (ACF) Streaming |
Streaming service for popular and classic filmsÌýfrom ACF. [from vendor] |
51ºÚÁÏÍø Historical Newspapers |
51ºÚÁÏÍø Historial Newspapers: full text archival content from the Province (1894-2010),Ìýthe Times Colonist (1884-2010) and the Vancouver Sun (1912-2010). |
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America |
More than 330,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles and government documents of the United States and Canada pertaining to culture, history, and daily life of Indigenous Peoples ofÌýNorth America. [from vendor] |
Books at JSTOR Purchase |
Books at JSTOR offers more than 100,000 ebooks from renowned scholarly publishers, integrated with journals and primary sources on JSTOR's easy-to-use platform. [from vendor] |
Britannica Academic Edition |
An updated, online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica that provides trusted information with balanced, global perspectives and insights. [from vendor] |
Business Market Research Collection |
This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical macroeconomic market research. [from vendor] |
Business Source Alumni Edition |
Designed for the business research needs ofÌýpost-college professionals,ÌýBusiness Source Alumni EditionÌýprovidesÌýthe most current information from essential business magazines and journals.Ìý |
Business Source Complete |
This is a component of the Undergraduate Resource Bundle (URB). |
Business Source Complete (Opt-In) |
Business Source Complete (Opt-In)Ìýis an annual, standalone subscription for those who did not wish to participate in theÌýUndergraduate Resource Bundle (URB). |
Business Source Ultimate |
Peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business. |
Can-Core |
This Web-based digital video delivery service allows users to view streaming videos from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas. [from vendor] Ìý |
Canadian Business & Current Affairs |
A comprehensive and diverse full-text online database that combines content from three focused databases: C51ºÚÁÏÍøA Business, C51ºÚÁÏÍøA Education, and C51ºÚÁÏÍøA Reference & Current Events. [from vendor] |
Canadian Literary Centre |
This database consists of book and reference content from Essays on Canadian Writing Press (ECW Press). [from vendor] |
Canadian Newsstream: Complete |
Canadian Newsstream provides users with unmatched full-text format access to current Canadian news content and archives as far back as the 1970s, from over 400 sources including newspapers, newswires, websites, and broadcasts. [from vendor] |
Canadian Newsstream: Major Dailies |
Canadian Major Dailies provides access to more than 35 of Canada’s most respected national and regional newspapers in full-text format, providing researchers with thorough and timely coverage of national and regional events. [from vendor] |
Canadian Points of View Reference Centre |
CPoV containsÌýresources that present multiple sides of a current issue — including information on key topics of interest to Canadian researchers — this database helps studentsÌýdevelop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issuesÌýand develop analytical thinking skills. PoV containsÌýresources that present multiple sides of an issue and provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issuesÌýand develop analytical thinking skills. [from vendor] |
Canadian Reference Centre |
This database includes leading Canadian and international periodicals, reference books and biographies, plus thousands of images from the Canadian Press. [from vendor] |
Canadian Research Index |
Includes federal, provincial, and municipal depository publications, non-depository publications issued by Canadian government agencies and departments, scientific and technical reports, Statistics Canada monographs, and serials. [from vendor] |
Canadian Who's Who |
This authoritative biographical publication captures the lives and achievements of Canada's notable politicians, business moguls, artists, writers, philanthropists, athletes, and more. [from vendor] |
Chicago Manual of Style Online |
This citation style manual provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. [from vendor] |
Communication & Mass Media Complete |
This resource provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for many top communication journals covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse. [from vendor] |
CPI.Q |
This database provides the most-requested Canadian reference information available. It includes more than 1,300 Canadian periodicals (more than 700 full text), including the Globe and Mail and Maclean's, and travel handbooks from Fodor's. [from vendor] |
Criminal Justice Abstracts |
This resource is the leading bibliographic database for criminal justice and criminology research. [from vendor] |
Criterion on Demand |
An online digital delivery feature film platform providing easy access to educationally relevant feature films used in Canadian higher education institutions. [from vendor] |
Curio.ca |
The Curio.ca platform provides streaming access to the best in educational content from C51ºÚÁÏÍø and Radio-Canada. Features documentaries from television and radio, news reports, archival material, and stock shots. [from vendor] |
Dictionary of National Biography |
This database is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. The Dictionary offers concise, up-to-date biographies written by named, specialist authors. [from vendor] |
EBSCO Academic eBook Subscription Collection |
A large selection of multidisciplinary ebook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. [from vendor] |
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) |
EBSCO is the leading discovery service provider for libraries withÌýthousands ofÌýdiscovery customersÌýworldwide. [from vendor] |
EBSCO eBooks Purchase |
This purchase offer contains ebooks from a large selection of multidisciplinary titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. [from vendor] |
Education Source |
This database is the world's largest full-text research database designed for education students, professionals and policymakers. [from vendor] |
eHRAF Archaeology |
Information on the prehistory of the world, organized by regions and archaeological traditions. Each tradition consists of a general summary andÌýdocuments including books, journal articles, dissertations, and manuscripts. Provides access to archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions. [from vendor] |
eHRAF World Cultures |
This resource contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. It is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level andÌýoffers researchers the ability to search by cultures, subjects, regions, and even subsistence types [from vendor] |
ERIC |
ERICÌý(Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative databaseÌýof indexed and full-text education literature and resources.Ìý[from vendor] |
Feature Film Public Performance Rights: Education - ACF |
Education rights allowing private, for-profit institutions to exhibit films in classrooms. SeeÌý. |
Feature Film Public Performance Rights: Education - Criterion |
Education rights allowing private, for-profit institutions to exhibit films in classrooms. SeeÌý. |
Feature Film Public Performance Rights: Entertainment - ACF |
Entertainment rights for showing . |
Feature Film Public Performance Rights: Entertainment - Criterion |
Entertainment rights for showing .Ìý |
Films on Demand |
This Web-based digital video delivery service allows users to view streaming videos from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas. [from vendor] Ìý |
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia |
Contains images, brief biographies, and information in a variety of subject areas.Ìý |
Grove Art Online |
This resource is an unsurpassed authority on all aspects of the visual arts, with 30,000 signed and peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 international scholars. [from vendor] |
Grove Music Online |
This database is the leading online resource for music research since its inception in 2001. It is a comprehensive compendium of music scholarship offering the full texts of various authoritative texts and includes numerous subsequent updates and emendations. [from the vendor] |
Harvard Business Publishing Student Success Package |
Includes foundational text essential to students’ business knowledge, case studies to prepare for their careers and tools to build lifelong soft skills.[from vendor] |
Harvard Business Review Press eBook Collection |
More than 600 titles exclusively published by Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) that are suitable for readers at the undergraduate and graduate levels on the topics of leadership, strategy, innovation, technology and management. [from vendor] |
Hospitality and Tourism Complete |
Covers all areas of hospitality and tourism. In addition to full-text journals, it provides magazines, company and country reports, books and newspapers. [from vendor] |
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 |
An archive index covering important humanities and social sciences journals published from 1907 to 1984. High-quality indexing includes articles and book reviews. Perpetual access for all 51ºÚÁÏÍø ELN partner libraries through the Common Suite. |
Humanities Source |
ThisÌýfull-text database covers literary, scholarly and creative thought. ItÌýprovides full text, indexing andÌýabstracts for the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities. [from vendor] |
ICI Society Data Sharing Initiative |
Collection of GIS data from 51ºÚÁÏÍø municipalities, agencies, First Nations, unitilities, and government ministries. [from vendor] |
Informit Indigenous Collection |
Covers both topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. Provides access to specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, ebooks, and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. [from vendor] |
Kanopy |
Kanopy is a video streaming service for quality, thoughtful entertainment. |
Know51ºÚÁÏÍø |
The online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia, contains 4,000 entries and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips. [from vendor] |
Lexis Advance Quicklaw |
This database contains case law, legislation, exclusive current awareness services, expert commentary and more. [from vendor] |
LGBTQ+ Source |
This resource provides scholarly and popular LGBT publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines and newspapers. [from vendor] |
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text |
Created by librarians for librarians, this database provides cover-to-cover indexing, abstracting, and full-text for key library and information science periodicals. [from vendor] |
Literary Research Package |
This package consists of three resources: Literature Resource Center, Gale Literature, and select Gale eBooks titles. |
Maclean's Magazine Archive |
This database consists of issues from Canada's leading news and general interest magazine. [from vendor] |
MAS Ultra - School Edition |
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for popular high school magazines covering a wide-range of subject areas including history, science, careers and more. Offered free with subscription to Academic Search.Ìý |
McIntyre Streaming Service |
Provides a stable environment to host streaming videos and documents with new features being added on a regular basis. |
Military and Government Collection |
Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government;Ìýa thorough collection of periodicals, academic journalsÌýand relatedÌýcontent. |
MLA Handbook Plus |
Ìýis a subscription-based digital product providing online access to the ninth edition of theÌýMLA Handbook. |
National Film Board CAMPUS |
CAMPUS is the leading online streaming service for Canadian media content in the classroom. The film collection consists of over 3,700 documentaries, films and animations and is growing every month. [from vendor] |
National Geographic Virtual Library |
A comprehensive collection that includes the complete archive of the National Geographic magazine and a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos. [from vendor] |
Nexis UNI |
This online academic research database contains authoritative news content, including current coverage and deep archives. It provides university and college faculty and students with critical news, and legal and business information. [from vendor] |
Oxford Dictionaries Online |
As the world’s language data experts, investing over 150 years of experience and technological innovation into delivering authoritative, evidence-based content for languages around the world. [from vendor] |
Oxford English Dictionary |
This dictionary is one of the largest in the world and the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language, tracing the use of more than 600,000 words over the last 1,000 years through 3.5 million quotations. [from vendor] |
Oxford Islamic Studies Online |
This resourceÌýoffers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone in need of information and context on Islam. [from vendor] |
Oxford Reference Premium |
A core foundation of 150+ academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries providing carefully vetted, trusted short-entry content. [from vendor] |
Oxford Very Short Introductions |
This resourceÌýoffers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone in need of information and context on Islam. [from vendor] |
Points to the Past |
Points to the Past is a collection of perpetual access Gale databases made freely available to all B.C. and Yukon citizens thanks to a partnership between the University of Victoria Libraries, University of British Columbia Library, and Simon Fraser University Library. |
Primary Search |
For elementary school libraries. ProvidesÌýchildren’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and images. |
Professional Development Collection |
Professional Development Collection is a highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers. [from vendor] |
Project Muse eBooks Purchase |
This collection provides libraries, researchers, and students digital access to a wealth of high quality book-length scholarship, fully integrated with MUSE’s electronic journal collections. [from vendor] |
Project MUSE Journal Collection |
A database of digital humanities and social sciences journals from leading university presses and scholarly societies. [from vendor] |
ProQuest Academic Complete |
A collection of scholarly ebooks from leading publishers, with coverage in all academic subject areas. Librarian-curated ebooks essential to successful teaching, learning, and research outcomes. [from vendor] |
ProQuest College Complete |
A collection of scholarly ebooks from leading publishers, with coverage in all academic subject areas. Librarian-curated ebooks essential to successful teaching, learning, and research outcomes. [from vendor] |
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail |
This historic newspaper archive contains over 150 years of history with Canada's Heritage from 1844 - the online digitized full-image version of the complete works of The Globe and Mail newspaper since its inception as The Globe in 1844. [from vendor] |
RDA Toolkit |
RDA Toolkit is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources, including RDA: Resource Description and Access. |
SAGE Evidence Based Acquisition Program |
With Sage's Evidence Based Acquisitions Program (EBA), institutions pre-pay the minimum tiered content fee and receive access to the whole SAGE Knowledge Collection for one year.ÌýAt the end of that 12-month period the Subscribing Institution can choose titles to license in perpetuity based upon evidence-based usage, up to the value of the initial pre-paid deposit. [from vendor] |
Scientific Style and Format Online |
A reference for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields. [from vendor] |
Shared Streaming Video Collection |
A collection ofÌý46Ìýtitles selected by media librarians and licensed on a perpetual basis for all 51ºÚÁÏÍø public post-secondary libraries. |
Short Story Index Retrospective: 1915-1983 |
An archive database that includes the acclaimedÌýShort Story IndexÌýfrom 1915 to 1983. It indexes tens of thousands of short stories across all literary genres. Subject indexing includes topics, themes, locales, genre and people.ÌýPerpetual access for all 51ºÚÁÏÍø ELN partner libraries through the Common Suite. |
Sociology Collection |
The Sociology Collection provides access to Sociological Abstracts in combination with other databases covering the international literature in sociology and social services, along with related fields. [from vendor] |
Statista |
This resource provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information. [from vendor] |
Undergraduate Resource Bundle (URB) |
The URB is a bundle of foundationalÌýdatabases subscribed to by the majority of 51ºÚÁÏÍø ELN partner libraries. |
WestVault |
COPPUL's private LOCKSS network, available to Arca participating libraries. |
Wilson Legacy Bundle |
This is a Legacy resource, no new subscribers are able to join the agreement. |
World Book |
A comprehensive reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, ebook, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search. It is comprised of World Book Advanced, World Book Student, World Book Kids, Encyclopedia Decouverte, Estudiantil, and World Book Timelines and Mobile. [from vendor] |