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"The Dance Collection catalogue lists works about all forms of dance, from all cultures, in print and other media. It includes materials in many languages and serves as an index to an international range of dance periodicals."

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Explore the history of Canada's inhabitants,and their culture through the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (Covers the years 1000-1920).  Research people who played an important role in the formation of what is now Canada.

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Offers complete online access to all volumes of Gale's reference series, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and including the Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series and Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook Series. Find detailed biographies of more than 143.000 contemporary and historical authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights.

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Provides detailed information on Canadian library systems, information resource centres, associations, and learning centres. Includes an updated listing of library science periodicals, government libraries, information programs, and library service agencies.

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Provides access to full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. An excellent resource for articles written in other languages.

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Medical and science encyclopaedias covering diseases and other health conditions and disorders. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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