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Full text for more than 5,300 periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals. | On or | |
The ACM DL is a vast collection of citations and full text from ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. | On or | |
The ALJC is a collection of e-journals published by members of ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers). Founded in 1972, the ALPSP is the international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and represents more than 300 members in 31 countries worldwide. Content includes medicine and life sciences, science and technology, arts, humanities, social sciences and law. | On or | |
Provides access to the online versions of 33 journals published or distributed by the American Chemical Society. | On or | |
A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data from educational and cultural institutions around the world. Includes collections from a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods, and media. The images are drawn from different sources, such as museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. | On or | |
Compiled by the American Theological Library Association, ATLA Religion Database covers Biblical studies, world religions,church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. With coverage dating as far back as 1949, ATLA contains over one million bibliographic records from journals, essays, book reviews and more. | On or |
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See Eureka.cc | Campus only | |
Comprises the data of BTL 4, supplemented by the texts of all Latin editions of the printed by 2008. | On or off campus | |
A full-text database of approximately 70 journals in the field of bio-science published by small societies and non-commercial publishers. The focus is on biological, ecological and environmental sciences. | On or | |
Provides full text for over 7,400 periodicals and other sources, including peer-reviewed business publications, country economic reports, industry reports and yearbooks, monographs and market research reports. | On or |
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Full text of more than 140 French language periodicals from the European publishers Belin, De Boeck, La Découverte and Erès. Coverage dates range from 2001 to the present, and subjects areas include history, psychology, economics, political science and sociology. | On or | |
Cambridge Collections Online offers subject or theme based collections of content within a fully cross-searchable online environment, covering literature, classics, philosophy, religion, and cultural studies. | On or | |
The website contains the full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia, the Youth Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, Feature Articles, and selected articles from Maclean's Magazine published since 1995. These resources can be accessed together or separately through the search engine or browsed through their own Subject Indexes, and are made available online through the Historica Foundation. | On or | |
The Canadian Literary Centre is a collection of reference books and magazines concentrating on Canadian fiction and poetry. The database contains 160 books from three major reference series, and four periodicals that specifically focus on Canadian authors and their writings. | On or | |
Compiled by the National Library of Canada, CMPI is an index of articles from Canadian music periodicals, with nearly 30,000 entries on articles dating from the late 19th century to the present. 500 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines are represented, almost 200 of which are currently active. Since 1999, significant articles on international music and musicians, published in Canadian periodicals, have been included. | On or | |
Full text of 20 major Canadian daily newspapers, plus our own local daily, the Record. | On or | |
| Canadian Publishers Collection | A multidisciplinary collection of approximately 8,100 English and French e-books from Canadian publishers, including the major university presses. | On or |
The largest Web resource providing free access to legal documents from Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments for both legal practitioners and the general public. | On or | |
Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System is produced by Statistics Canada. It is a database containing more than 650,000 time series covering various aspects of the Canadian economy and society. This database can be accessed though E-Stat. | On or | |
This collection provides in-depth access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines. The academic titles include the most prominent journals from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and professions. Other magazines focus on opinion, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, regional concerns, etc. | On or | |
| Census Canada | Provides demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the Canadian population. | On and off campus |
CICA Handbook | Online version of the CICA Handbook | Campus only |
Unique manuscript material relating to the activities and observations of British and American diplomats, missionaries, business people and tourists in China from 1793 to 1980, together with rare periodicals, color paintings, maps, photographs and drawings. | On or | |
Contains 400,000 pages of different genres of classical scores, spanning the time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Includes full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores and piano reductions. | On or | |
Provides full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. | On or | |
Includes all Conference Board research documents concerning Canadian economic and industrial trends, human resource management, risk management, public policy, corporate social responsibility and more, dating back to 1998 | On or | |
Provides access (some full-text, some indexing only) to a large number of Canadian periodical titles. Access to some Canadian reference materials also. This database replaces and extends the print edition of the Canadian Periodical Index, which is no longer being published. | Library | |
| Current Biography Illustrated | Current Biography provides accurate, up-to-date biographies, drawing information from newspaper articles, magazine articles and books. The more than 25,000 articles and obituaries are searchable by name, profession, place of origin, gender, ethnicity, birth/death dates, titles of works and key words. In addition, profiles maintained in this database feature more than 19,500 images, and offer the subject's own views, attitudes and commentary as well as the commentaries of other journalists and colleagues. | On or off campus |
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Wide range of original sources including pamphlets, books, diaries, letters, poetry and other materials, all indexed by person and subject. | On or | |
Biographies of Canadian inhabitants who died between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years. Provides access to the 15 volumes of the print version and to be a selection of biographies from unprinted volumes. The biographies are fully searchable by keyword. | On or | |
A multi-database package offering, amongst others, Academic Search Premier, Communication and Mass Media Complete.. Not all of the databases are full text. Updated daily. | On or | |
References to worldwide economics research in journals, books and dissertations. | On or | |
The Economist Intelligence Unit is the world's foremost provider of country, industry and management analysis. The database covers over 200 markets, including country analysis and forecasts, risk assessment, economic and market data, daily news analysis, industry trends and management strategies. | On or | |
A bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to education, including all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Includes indexing and abstracts for more than 1,820 journals, and full text for more than 900 journals. | On or | |
Rare printed journals, periodicals and newspapers of the eighteenth century not covered in other sources, all full-text searchable. | On or | |
The Emerald database provides full-text access to the MCB University Press online journal collection. Among the subjects covered are management, information studies, human resources, marketing, etc. | Campus only | |
A wide variety of materials, including exploration journals, correspondence, diaries, periodicals, official documents, memoirs, fiction, maps, photos and other illustrations, all indexed in detail. | On or | |
Includes the complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and Britannica Book of the Year. | Campus only | |
The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada covers Canada's musical culture, including the historical and current aspects of popular, folk, religious, concert and other forms of music. | On or | |
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals. | On or | |
Érudit is a non-profit publishing consortium for the promotion and dissemination of Canadian research. This database provides access to the full text of 68 social sciences and humanities journals, mainly in the French language. | On or | |
Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective (1900-1984) | Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective cites more than 249,000 essays in collections back to 1900, including single and multi-author collections, plus selected annuals and serials. Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film. | On or |
This database contains the full text of the following Canadian-language news sources: L'Actualité, La Presse, Le Devoir, Le Droit, Le Soleil, and Voir. Archived text from January 1, 1943. | Campus only |
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| FADIS | The Federated Academic Digital Imaging System (FADIS) is a learning management and courseware system developed for image based teaching of art, architecture and visual culture. All content is to be used for the purpose of private study, research, criticism, and review. It is the user's responsibility to operate within and to observe the copyright laws of Canada. FADIS is available to all staff, faculty and students of registered institutions which include Bishop's University and Champlain College. Please contact Bishop's FADIS administrator, Willa Montague (willa.montague@ubishops.ca) to set up an account. | On or off campus |
Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the U.S. federal government, without having to know in advance which federal agency produces which particular statistic. Includes searching and linking capabilities to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more. | On or | |
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| This database includes investor, historical and industry reports, as well as information on dividends for the 500 largest Canadian companies. There is limited information on all companies traded on Canadian stock exchanges. | On or |
French Business Source provides full text coverage for French language business journals serving both the academic and the professional researcher. This collection also includes publications covering topics such as accounting & tax, administration, industry & manufacturing, marketing, logistics, technology and others. | On or | |
This index is a electronic version of Current Geographical Publications. This index includes a search feature that enables one to search back issues of Current Geographical Publications from 1985 to the present. The library has Volume 25 (1962) to Volume 66 (2003) in hardcopy in the bound periodicals (call # G 1 .C8) | Campus only | |
Provides access to both Bowker's Books In Print database of over 4 million titles available in the U.S. & Canada, and to Book Data's British Books In Print database of over 1 million titles available in the United Kingdom. | Campus only | |
GMID is a comprehensive source of information on world markets, economic forecasts and consumer trends. Some of the items it contains are: | Campus only | |
| GreenFILE | GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. | On or off campus |
Includes profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives. Records include company overview and history, competitors, rankings, related industry information and historical financials. | On or |
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Infotrac Computer Database is a computer database containing more than 316,000 full-text articles relating to computer science and business. It is available from the Library's homepage. | Campus only | |
117 full-text humanities databases that make available collections of editions from seminal figures in the humanities and social sciences. These collections are in both the original language and in English translation. | On or | |
| International Directory of Company Histories | An encyclopedic directory of company histories with detailed information on more than 11,000 influential and emerging companies worldwide. It includes:
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The complete set of International Financial Reporting Standards incorporating International Accounting Standards and Interpretations. From the International Accounting Standards Board, based in London. | Campus only | |
Full text of articles in over 30 journals published by the Institute of Physics. | On or | |
The JSTOR archives include scholarship published in over one thousand of the highest-quality academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. JStor Arts & Sciences I through VI, including Business II, Arts & Sciences Complement and Life Sciences (Biological Scineces/Health and General Sciences combined) are included. | On or | |
| Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) | Index of over 600 journals, plus books, reports and proceedings. Subjects covered include librarianship, bibliometrics, information retrieval and more. | On or off campus |
A comprehensive literary reference database, which combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and other unique sources. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. | On or | |
Provides access to bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most- studied authors. MLA is an index with articles from over 3,000 journals published worldwide, plus monographs, conference papers, and reference works covering scholarship in modern languages, literature, and folklore. | Campus only |
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Original papers created and collected by the Mass-Observation organization, together with printed publications, photographs and interactive maps. Material pertaining to everyday life in Britain during the Second World War. | On or | |
A comprehensive mathematical database providing access to reviews and bibliographical information. | On or | |
Medieval manuscripts from libraries around the world dating from the 13th to 16th centuries, augmented with supporting material and interactive maps showing the travel routes. | On or | |
Full text for more than 1,370 journals indexed in , with no embargo, and coverage dating back to 1965. | On or | |
Global business and financial information, including financials, company profiles, news and reports. | Campus only | |
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| A collection of more than 19,000 e-books in the humanities and social sciences from Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Taylor and Francis and some volumes int he Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science collection. These e-books are hosted and searchable on the MyiLibrary platform. | |
See "Literature Resource Center" link. | Campus only | |
| Montreal Gazette Digital Microfilm | Browse issues of the digital microfilm version of the Montreal Gazette, from 2011 on. | On or off campus |
Indexes over 700 international music periodicals, covering all styles and genres of music, musicians and the music industry. | On or | |
Naxos Music Library is a comprehensive collection of online classical music recordings offering over 602,000 tracks of classical music, as well as some jazz, world, folk, pop & rock and other genres. It includes the complete BIS, Chandos, Hänssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Naxos, Ondine and selected titles of other independent labels. | On or off campus | |
| NFB Campus | Online access to over 2800 Canadian films from the National Film Board of Canada. Search by film title or subject area. | On campus only |
A historical dictionary, including words from across the English-speaking world. A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. | On or | |
| Oxford Music Online | Includes access to Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music and the Oxford Dictionary of Music. | On or off campus |
Oxford Reference Online contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, plus information across a broad subject range from titles in the Oxford Companions Series. | On or |
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A searchable database, providing access to the full text of all Taylor & Francis’ social sciences and humanities journals in the following subject areas: arts and humanities, business and management, economics, education and social sciences. Go to the ‘Advanced Search’ and select ‘Journals’ and ‘My subscriptions only’ to search within Bishop’s subscriptions. | On or | |
| Teacher Reference Centre | Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. | On or off campus |
An English-French-Spanish electronic dictionary consisting of terms, synonyms, acronyms, definitions, phraseology units, examples of usage and observations in a wide variety of fields. Updated monthly. | Campus only | |
Contains more than 250 performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all. This release contains 242 titles, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. | On or | |
| TOCS-IN: Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists | TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%). To browse through the tables of contents of any of these journals, search for the journal name, the name and year, or for the name, volume, and issue number. | On or off campus |
This World Bank database provides direct access to more than 800 development indicators with time series for 209 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2008, where data are available. | On or | |
science database, indexing more than 5700 journals in 164 disciplines. Includes searchable author abstracts, and covers data from 1989 onward. | Library only | |
Index of more than 1700 social science journals, as well as selected items from over 3300 scientific and technical journals. | ||
Indexes the journal literature of the arts and humanities, including over 1100 journals | ||
A collection of information and statistics about the countries of the world that allows you to create comparative charts and tables, now included in the Encyclopedia Britannica database. | Campus only |
