Here you will find a list of all our electronic and online resources to assist with your research.
Online Research by Subject
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| Academic Search Premier (ASP) | ||
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Subjects: Multidisciplinary: Social sciences, Humanities, Education, Computer Sciences, Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Linguistics, Arts & Literature. Coverage: 1965 forward. Full text from 1975. Indexes over 8100 journals, with full text for nearly 4700 scholarly publications, including more than 3600 peer-reviewed titles. |
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| ACM Digital Library | ||
Subjects: Technology Indexing coverage : 1985 to present. Full text articles |
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| agricola | ||
Subjects: Agriculture, plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, food and nutrition. Created by the National Agricultural Library (US). Coverage: 1970 forward (covers some pre-1970 materials). Many full text articles. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. |
Quick Guide to finding articles and citations. | |
| ALLDATA | ||
Subjects: Automotive manufacturer repair manuals. |
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| Restricted to Kwantlen students, faculty, staff and users in the Cloverdale library only | Quick Guide to finding articles and citations. | |
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| America: History & Life | ||
Subjects: Canadian & American history. Indexing coverage : 1950's to present -- Varies depending on the publication. Links to full text articles |
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| applied science and technology index | ||
Subjects: Astronomy, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Engineering, Physics, Zoology. Coverage: 1983 to present. Links to citations only. |
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| art index | ||
Subjects: Architecture, Costume, Decorative and Graphic arts, Industrial and Interior design, Landscape architecture, Photography, Textiles, Video Arts. Coverage: 1984 to present. Citations only. |
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| ARTstor | ||
Subjects: Art images from the areas of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Art images |
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| biological and agricultural index plus | ||
Subjects: Agriculture, Biology, Botany, Entomology, Environmental Science, Forestry, Horticulture, Zoology. Coverage: 1983 to present. Links to some full text from 1997. |
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| biomed Central | ||
Subjects: Medical Science. BioMedCentral is a database of over 100 full text medical journals that are available free over the Internet. Coverage depends on a journal title. Many full text articles. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. | ||
| biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive edition | ||
Subjects: Medical Science. Full text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences and the health care system. Many full text articles. |
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| British Columbia Building Code |
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Subjects: BC Building Code applies to the construction of buildings, including extensions, substantial alterations, buildings undergoing a change for occupancy, and upgrading of buildings to remove an unacceptable hazard. |
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| British Columbia Stats (Subscription Site) | ||
Subjects: BC census and statistical information |
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| Business source premier | ||
Subjects: Business. Full text journals covering such disciplines as management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and other related topics. Many full text articles. |
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| cambridge journals online | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities. Coverage: 1989 to present. Many full text articles. |
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| canadian association of research libraries (carl) open access metadata harvester | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Includes full-text theses and dissertations. Coverage: Over 21,000 records (as of September 2005). Full text. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. |
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| canadian business and current affairs (cbca) complete | ||
Subjects: Canadian Business, current events, arts, sciences . Indexes over 1650 journals, trade journals, general business publications, academic journals, topical journals, and professional publications. Coverage: 1982 to present. Many full text articles. |
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| Canadian Census Analyser | ||
Subjects: Canadian census information |
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| canadian newsstand | ||
Subjects: Articles, columns and features from major Canadian newspapers. Coverage varies depending on newspaper. Full text newspaper articles (generally 2-7 days embargo). |
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| canadian periodical index (cpi) | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Canadian periodicals. Coverage: 1980 to present. Full text from 1983. |
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| canadian reference centre | ||
Subjects: Canadian, US and UK periodicals, reference books in full text, 83000 biographies, and a 100,000 image collection. Coverage: 1975 to present (coverage varies amongst titles). Some full text articles. |
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| canadian research index (microlog) | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Canadian research and report literature in all fields. It includes research, scientific, technical and annual reports, policy papers and statistical materials. Coverage: 1982 to present. Citations and abstracts only. |
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| CANSIM | ||
Subjects: Canadian data and statistics. CANSIM is Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Statistical Information Management system. It is a searchable collection of tables from hundreds of surveys conducted by Statistics Canada. |
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| CICA Standards and Guidance Collection (CICAHB) | ||
| Subjects: Canadian accounting and auditing standards. | ||
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| CINAHL WITH fULL TEXT (CUMULATIVE INDEX TO NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH LITERATURE) | ||
Subjects: Nursing, Allied Health, Biomedicine. Coverage: indexes 2,200 journals from 1982 to present. Many full text articles. |
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| COMMUNICATIONS & MASS MEDIA COMPLETE | ||
Subjects: Communications, Mass Media. Coverage: Indexes 400+ journals from 1920 to present. Many full text articles. |
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| CRIMINAL JUSTICE ABSTRACTS | ||
Subjects: Crime Trends, Crime Prevention, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Police, Courts, Punishment, Sentencing. Coverage: 1968 to present. Some full-text articles. |
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| CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERIODICALS INDEX | ||
Subjects: Corrections Administration, Law Enforcement, Social Work, Drug Rehabilitation, Criminal and Family Law. Coverage: 1981 to present; full text from 1988. Some full-text articles. |
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| CRIMINOLOGY: A SAGE FULL TEXT COLLECTION | ||
Subjects: Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology. Coverage: 1984 to present. Full-text articles. |
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| Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) | ||
Subjects: Canadian data and statistics. A large collection of data from Statistics Canada. It includes public-use microdata files (PUMFs), databases and geographic files, covering many areas: business, education, the social sciences, and more. These files are usually 'raw' datasets which must be downloaded into special software like SPSS or ArcView for statistical analysis. |
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| Restricted to Kwantlen students, faculty, staff and students. Use is restricted by the DLI license agreement. Currently, all requests for DLI data must be sent to Chris Burns (604-599-3198) in the Library. | ||
| DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Includes free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Many full-text articles. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. |
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| Dominion Law Reports | ||
Subjects: Canadian case law Full text case law from all levels of Canadian courts from 1912 to present. |
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| Restricted to Kwantlen students, faculty, staff and users in the Richmond & Surrey libraries only | ||
| Dun & Bradstreet Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios | ||
Subjects: Industry and company information |
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| Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database - Western Canada |
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Subjects: Company profiles and information for Western Canada |
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| E-STAT | ||
Subjects: Canadian data and statistics.
From Statistics Canada. Includes data and statistics from both the Census and CANSIM. Users can cross-tabulate data variables; generate charts, tables and maps; or download the information into a variety of programs for further analysis. |
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| ELECTRONIC JOURNALS SERVICE | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Coverage: 1997 to present. Many full-text articles. |
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| Encyclopedia of British Columbia | ||
Subjects: A comprehensive online reference source for BC-related information. 2000 edition. Full-text articles. |
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| ERIC Resources in Education | ||
Subjects: Education. Coverage: 1966 to present. Many full-text articles and reports. |
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| EVIDENCE BASED MEDICAL REVIEWS | ||
Subjects: Medicine. Coverage: 1991 to present. Many full-text articles and reports. |
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| Garden, Landscape & Horticulture index | ||
Subjects: Horticulture, Garden and Landscape Design, Botany, Ecology, Plant and Garden Conservation, Garden Management, Horticultural Therapy. Coverage: Citations, abstracts, some full-text. |
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| General Science Index | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Environment, Genetics, Health, Mathematics, Physics, Zoology. Coverage: 1984 to present. Citations only. |
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| The Globe & Mail: Canada's Heritage since 1844 | ||
Subjects: Complete coverage of The Globe and Mail newspaper from 1844 through 2003. Full-text articles. |
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| Google Scholar | ||
Google Scholar provides access to broadly search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources. The main focus is on Scientific subject areas, but also Social Sciences and Humanities. Some full-text articles. |
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| GreenFILE | ||
Subjects: human impact on the environment Some full text articles. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. |
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| Grove Art Online |
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Subjects: Articles and images from the areas of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Full-text articles. |
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| Health Sciences Databases | ||
Subjects: Nursing, Allied Health. Coverage: 1990 to present. Some full-text articles. |
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| Hein Online
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Subjects: Legal documents, treaties and commentaries. Political Science journals. Full Text. |
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| Hoover's Company Records | ||
Subjects: Company and industry profiles. Coverage: 2000 forward. Full Text. |
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| Humanities Index | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Coverage: 1984 to present. Citations only. |
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| IngentaConnect | ||
Subjects: Table of contents alerting service. Coverage: 1971 to present. Citations at no charge. Full text - payable by personal Visa. |
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| International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) |
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Subjects: Financial Reporting Standards for more than 90 countries, including the European Union, Australia, and Russia |
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| JSTOR | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Coverage: varies depending on journal titles. Full text. |
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| Literature Resource Center | ||
Subjects: biographies and excerpts from literary criticism. Full text. |
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| LWW Total Access Journal Collection | ||
Subjects: Includes the essential core journals to specialized resources in such areas as medicine, nursing, and life sciences. Full text. |
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| Medline | ||
Subjects: MEDLINE is the NLM's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.Coverage: 1950 to present. Citations and abstracts. Some full text articles. |
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| Restricted to Kwantlen students, faculty and staff. Access provided to free public site. |
Quick Guide to finding articles and citations (Ovid). Quick Guide to finding articles and citations (Ebsco). |
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| Mental Measurements Yearbook | ||
Subjects: English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. Coverage: 1985 to present. Full text. |
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| Military and Government Collection (US) | ||
Subjects: US Military and Government. Many full text articles. |
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| MLA International Bibliography | ||
Subjects: Language, Linguistics, Folklore, Printing, Publishing. Coverage: 1963 to present. Some full text articles. |
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| National Research Council Press | ||
Subjects: Science. Coverage: 1971 to present. Full text articles. |
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| Naxos Music Library | ||
| Subjects: Online collection of music. Audio files. | ||
| Restricted to Kwantlen students, faculty and staff | Quick Guide to finding articles and citations. | |
| NetLibrary | ||
| Subjects: Online collection of over 800 business-related ebooks and over 3400 public domain titles. | ||
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| Nursing & Health Sciences: A Sage Full Text Collection | ||
Subjects: Nursing, Allied Health. Full text. |
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| OAIster Digital Depository | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary.Theses, dissertations, electronic books, online journals, audio files, images, movies, and reference texts. Full text. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. |
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| Oxford English Dictionary (OED) | ||
| Full text dictionary entries. | ||
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| Oxford Reference Online |
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Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Access to 170+ key Oxford dictionaries and reference works across a broad subject spectrum. The collection also includes the Literature Collection and the Western Civilization Collection. Full text. |
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| Philosopher's Index | ||
Subjects: Philosophy. Citations only. |
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| Political Science Journals (Plus)
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Subjects: Legal and political science journals.. Full Text. |
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Subjects: Audit Standards. |
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| PsycARTICLES | ||
Subjects: Psychology and the behavioural sciences . Coverage: 1806 to present. Full text. |
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| PsycCRITIQUES | ||
Subjects: Psychology. Book and film reviews. Full text reviews. |
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| PSYCINFO | ||
Subjects: Psychology. Coverage: 1840 to present. Many full-text articles. |
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| PUBMED (CENTRAL) | ||
Subjects: Medicine. Full text articles. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. |
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| QP LEGAL EZE | ||
| Subjects: Current British Columbia Legislation. | ||
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| Quicklaw |
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Subjects: Canadian Case Law and Legislation, some articles. Full text. |
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| READERS' GUIDE ABSTRACTS | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Coverage: 1983 to present. Citations and abstracts. |
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| RILM ABSTRACTS OF MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
Subjects: Music. Note that only one person may use RILM at a time. Please logout of your session when you have finished your searches so others can use the database. Citations only. |
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| SOCIAL SCIENCES FULL TEXT | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Coverage: 1983 to present. Full text from 1995. |
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| SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS | ||
Subjects: Social Sciences. Coverage: 1963 to present. Citations and abstracts. Some full text. |
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| SERIALS CATALOGUE (JOURNAL TITLES OF BC'S PUBLIC, COLLEGE & INSTITUTE LIBRARIES) | ||
Subjects: Journal titles of BC's public, college & institute Libraries.
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. | ||
| THESES CANADA PORTAL | ||
Subjects: Multidisciplinary. Coverage: 1965 to present; limited full-text (1998-2002). Citations and abstracts with some full text. |
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| Open access database freely available to anyone over the Web. |
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| Trade Analyser | ||
Subjects: Canadian and international trade statistics |
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| WORLD SHAKESPEARE BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
Subjects: Annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1964 and early 2005. Citations only. |
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Updated: 05/16/08