Journal & Magazine Articles
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A scholarly general reference database covering all subject areas. Provides full-text coverage for thousands of publications, many of which are peer-reviewed. Backfiles to selected journals are available from 1975 or earlier. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Indexes articles in agricultural magazines and journals from 1970 to the present. Covers veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming, food and human nutrition, and environmental studies. Thousands of Agricola records are linked to online fulltext documents. Updated monthly. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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All In One allows you to search a collection of up to 50 popular electronic resources and the Library Catalogue at one time. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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An Independent, alternative journalism database that includes more than 7,000 stories from over 200 sources. Searchable by Keyword. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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International coverage of contemporary and historical art and artists. Includes articles (many of which are full text), images, a specialized thesaurus and more. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Topics range from advertising art, antiques, archaeology and architecture to decorative arts, industrial design, photography and textiles. Consists of citations from the Art Index (1929-1984) for periodicals published throughout the world. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
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This resource is no longer available. Try our research guide on architecture for other suggestions. |
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Index to historical information about BC in books, magazines and newspapers in the VPL collection Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Provides full text for scholarly and peer-reviewed business publications. Covers business-related subject matter, including country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs offers access to its Business (general and specialized), Current Events (newspapers and other media transcripts) and Reference (popular and academic journals) databases. Full-text retrospective coverage to 1993, and citations to 1982. Also now includes selected images. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Contains book reviews, essays, author biographies, literary criticism and books from Essays on Canadian Writing Press (ECW Press). Subjects can be international, but the sources will be Canadian. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Lists articles published in Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines from the 19th century to the present. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Provides access to full-text articles from Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires (including La Presse Canadienne) and reference books (Canadian Global Almanac, Gage Canadian Dictionary, Gage Canadian Thesaurus), as well as US and UK periodicals and international publications. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Consumer Health Complete
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Provides information and advice on consumer products and services. Includes the full text of Consumer Reports Magazine, spotlight areas, news, blogs, forums and video content. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Covers Canadian content in all subject areas. Both English and French periodicals are indexed in full text from 1983 and retrospective citations from 1977. Includes selected full text of the Globe and Mail (1985 to present). Access Now [opens in new window] |
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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." Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Provides access to full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. An excellent resource for articles written in other languages. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Find out which magazines and newspapers you can access online through VPL's subscription databases. This resource is currently under construction - watch for improvements and additions daily. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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A searchable bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million journal and non-journal education related citations going back to 1966. It also includes over 107,000 full-text non-journal documents issued from 1993 to date. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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eLibrary Canada
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Over 9,000 international media sources; current and historical full-text articles from newspapers, leading business magazines, trade publications, and newswires. |
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Contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 400 magazines and journals. Find Articles at BNET.com covers a range of topics, both popular and scholarly, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more. Searchable by keyword or category. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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This database archives of about 200 online journals, primarily biomedical. The coverage ranges from 6 months to 2 years ago. Some full-text available. You can browse by topic or search by keyword, author, title, abstract, or full-text. "the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 7/25/03, we are assisting in the online publication of 586,572 free full-text articles and 1,495,840 total articles." Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Ideal for students! Offers full-text access to articles from hundreds of historical magazines and journals, as well as the complete text of reference/history books and encyclopedias, biographies, historical documents, images of photos and maps, and video footage. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Hobbies and Crafts Reference Centre
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A guide to locating magazine articles that contain how-to information, instructions, plans, suggestions and tips on how to solve and prevent problems, construct projects, pursue an art, craft, or hobby. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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LexisNexis
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Canadian, U.S. and international media, legal, and government full-text information; current and historical. |
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Indexes library and information science publications, and provides full-text articles for over a hundred select publications. Includes conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and theses. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Scholarly, trade and popular articles on librarianship, information management, cataloguing and related subjects. LISTA contains articles dating from the mid- 1960s to the present, many of them full-text. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Literary Reference Centre
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Provides full text and indexing for thousands of general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines, including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues, and more. Also includes book reviews, biographies, dictionaries and image collections of photos, maps, and flags. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Medline is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's index to more than 4,300 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries covering the areas of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Medline contains over 12 million citations dating back to the mid-1960's. Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Middle Search Plus
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Access full-text articles from 1980 to today. Book Review and the Magazine supplements are included. Note: does not include classified obituaries and advertisements, stock tables, or graphics. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Explores controversial subjects by including materials representing both sides of an issue. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Primary Search
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For those in the education field; this database provides full text access to more than 520 Canadian and American education journals and reports, as well as to journals in school librarianship. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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A full text database of over 150 popular Chinese magazines published in China. Viewable in either traditional or simplified characters. Browse magazines by subject, or search for articles by keyword, author, or magazine title. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Indexes popular general-interest American periodicals from 1890 through 1982. Topics range from biographies, business, children, environment, fashion, film, food, foreign affairs, gardening, health, history, literature, medicine, music, news, religion, science, sports, technology, and travel. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Provides full text of business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Religion and Philosophy Collection
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A broad range of science-related information in a 100% full text database. Covers agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, ecology, robotics and many more subjects. Coverage is 1994 or later up to the present. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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